The co-founder and chief technology officer of a San Francisco-based firm used the Trump administration’s decision to increase the H-1B visa fee to $100,000 for new applicants as a hiring opportunity. In a LinkedIn post, Metaview CTO Shahriar Tajbakhsh advertised a list of available positions for H-1B candidates at his company. The post comes at…
After Donald Trump hiked the annual fees for H-1B visas to $100,000, sending shockwaves among foreign workers in the US, Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s old tweets on his flip-flop stance on the visa program have gone viral. Musk, who was born in South Africa, initially defended the H-1B system, crediting it with allowing him and…
Elon Musk had long defended the H-1B visa as “a vital tool for attracting global talent,” adding that “H1B makes America strong.” The billionaire and Vivek Ramaswamy, then leaders of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), had advocated for the H-1B visa to help US companies recruit the world’s best talent and stay competitive. “The…
Amazon has advised its employees with H-1B and H-4 visas to avoid international travel for the foreseeable future. As per a company note reviewed by news agency Reuters, the e-tailer has recommended Indian and other foreign employees currently outside the country to return back before midnight EDT on September 21. The move comes after Trump…
Microsoft has urged its employees on H-1B and H-4 visas to return to the US immediately before the Trump administration’s September 21 deadline, after which companies will be required to pay $100,000 per year for each H-1B worker visa. According to an internal email reviewed by Reuters, the software giant has also advised those already…
Rahdar Hussain Afridi, a Pakistani national studying for a PhD in robotics at Peking University, had been worried about whether he could stay on after graduating in January. He hopes to secure a job in China, but the recruitment process can take a while and his student visa, which might expire soon after graduation, does…