US increases H-1B visa limit
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an extra 30,000 foreign worker visas for 2006 under a visa programme popular with many technology companies, but the increase was halved from an earlier committee proposal.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved an extra 30,000 foreign worker visas for 2006 under a visa programme popular with many technology companies, but the increase was halved from an earlier committee proposal.
A controversial visa programme that allows US companies to hire foreign IT workers and other professionals has reached its cap for 2006 applications, a month before the US government’s 2006 fiscal year begins.