TCS, Infosys visa issue: Govt to intervene when required

Last Updated: Sunday, June 14, 2015, 14:36

With the US probing TCS and Infosys for alleged visa rule violations, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said the government will intervene if the need arises.

Disney ABC TV reverses plans to outsource IT jobs

Last Updated: Saturday, June 13, 2015, 15:03

Amid reports of a US government probe of two top Indian IT companies for possible violations of H-1B visa rules, Disney ABC TV has cancelled plans to outsource IT jobs, according to a media report

TCS, Infosys say they are fully compliant with visa rules

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 20:18

Bangalore-based IT services major Infosys said it has received "no indication of any broader investigation" on its visa practices.

Visa row: Nasscom sees attempts to portray Indian IT negatively

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 17:15

Asserting that Indian IT firms have always remained compliant with the US visa regulations, Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar said its members continue to cooperate with the US authorities in respect of any requests for information.

US opens probe against TCS, Infosys for H1-B visa violations

Last Updated: Friday, June 12, 2015, 12:22

The US government has opened an investigation against two of the biggest Indian outsourcing companies for possible violations of H1-B visa rules, according to a media report.

Disney lays off 250 employees, replaces them with Indian H1-B workers

Last Updated: Thursday, June 4, 2015, 17:58

Entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off about 250 employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, raising new questions on how outsourcing companies are using the temporary visas to bring immigrants into technology jobs in the US, according to a media report.

US starts accepting employment applications of H-4visa holders

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 13:00

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) yesterday started accepting the applications for H-4 visas.

HDFC makes to world's top-10 list of consumer finance firms

Last Updated: Sunday, May 10, 2015, 14:43

Mortgage lender HDFC has emerged as the only Indian company among the world's 10 biggest consumer financial services firms, after giants like American Express, Visa and Mastercard.

China opens bank card clearing sector to foreign firms

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 10:33

China has announced plans that will allow giants such as Visa and MasterCard to set up credit card clearing services in the country, breaking the monopoly in a multi-trillion-dollar market foreign firms have been trying to tap for decades.

Govt to accept online visa applications from Pak Hindus

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 20:02

As a first step to grant Indian citizenship to nearly 60,000 Hindu refugees from Pakistan, government has rolled out an online system for submission of Long Term Visa (LTV) application and for its processing by various agencies.

TCS says Modi-Obama bonhomie yet to reflect on visa front

Last Updated: Sunday, April 19, 2015, 15:09

He said there is no change in the rules that govern sending professionals under the H1-B visa regime, where the companies' requirements have overshot the quota fixed by 65,000, nor the L1 visas.

US has record number of applications for H-1B tech visas

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 09:25

Applications for H-1B visas allowing U.S. businesses to hire foreign workers in science, engineering and computer programming totalled a record 233,000 for fiscal 2016, according to government figures released on Monday.