US court blocks two H-1B visa regulations proposed by Trump administration

Most of the nearly 600,000 H-1B visa holders in the US are from India and China

Trump admin proposes to scrap computerised lottery system to select H-1B visas

The system will be replaced with wage-level-based selection process, a move that could counter the downward pressure on wages of US workers

Already a large number of Indians have lost their jobs and are headed back home during the pandemic that has severely hit the US economy

The lawsuit was filed by 169 Indian nationals who are residing in the US in lawful nonimmigrant status under temporary labour petitions

Ashish Sawhney allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate improper submission of fraudulent applications for H-1B work visas

Speaking after Biden, Kamala Harris said Indian and US communities are bound together by so much more than 'our shared history and culture'

More than 50 tech firms have signed onto a court filing in support of a suit by US Chamber of Commerce against Trump blocking work visas.

The move follows the June 23 suspension of H-1B and other foreign work visas until end 2020 to safeguard American jobs in an election year.

There were more than 1 million international students in US for 2018-19 academic year, according to the Institute of International Education

The latest rules force the universities' foreign students to leave the United States unless they attend at least one in-person course