Visa rules for us citizens

By Ethan Baron | [email protected] | Bay Area News GroupFebruary 28, 2019 at 2:44 pm Members of an industry group representing outsourcing companies have filed dozens of lawsuits in one federal court, fighting new H-1B visa rules they say are designed to put them out of business, according to a new report. Members of the ITServe Alliance have filed more than 40 lawsuits in U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia, all attacking a policy imposed in February 2018, Bloomberg Law reported Thursday. The policy change by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services requires applicants for the controversial H-1B to provide specific details about where the visa holder would work for the duration of the visa period. The ITServe Alliance, which says it represents more than 1,000 IT consultant companies, argued in a suit it filed against Citizenship and Immigration last year that the new policy creates two tiers of applicants: companies employing H-1B holders directly, and … [Read more...] about H-1B: Outsourcers file barrage of lawsuits attacking tighter visa rules: report

By Ethan Baron | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: October 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm | UPDATED: October 17, 2018 at 3:49 pm The lawsuit’s claims were inflammatory: that Apple “schemed” and “conspired” with controversial Indian outsourcing firm Infosys to bring trainers into the U.S. in an illegal and fraudulent maneuver to get around the expense and difficulty of obtaining H-1B visas. On Tuesday, Apple and Infosys scored a victory. Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court in San Jose dismissed the lawsuit, filed in 2016 by Carl Krawitt, a former Apple contractor employed by Infosys. But Koh left open the opportunity for Krawitt to keep the suit alive, granting him leave to amend his complaint with additional facts. At the heart of the whistle-blower lawsuit’s claims were visas obtained by Apple and Infosys for two Indian citizens who were brought to the U.S. to provide training at the Cupertino iPhone giant, for the … [Read more...] about H-1B: Apple wins fight to get ‘immigration scheme’ whistleblower lawsuit thrown out — for now

By Ethan Baron | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group October 17, 2018 at 3:00 pm The lawsuit’s claims were inflammatory: that Apple “schemed” and “conspired” with controversial Indian outsourcing firm Infosys to bring trainers into the U.S. in an illegal and fraudulent maneuver to get around the expense and difficulty of obtaining H-1B visas. On Tuesday, Apple and Infosys scored a victory. Judge Lucy Koh of the U.S. District Court in San Jose dismissed the lawsuit filed in 2016 by Carl Krawitt, a former Apple contractor employed by Infosys. But Koh left open the opportunity for Krawitt to keep the suit alive, granting him leave to amend his complaint with additional facts. At the heart of the whistle-blower lawsuit’s claims were visas obtained by Apple and Infosys for two Indian citizens brought into the U.S. to provide training at the Cupertino iPhone giant. Krawitt claimed the two companies “systematically” created … [Read more...] about H-1B: Apple gets ‘immigration scheme’ whistleblower lawsuit thrown out — for now