Unable to face and cope hiccups in love affair, an IT employee Preethi (26) committed suicide by hanging herself to a ceiling fan. She was working for a major IT Organisation from last four months and been residing at serenity apartment in Nanakramguda.
It is heard that her love affair with a friend was no longer working and that made her end life. They were quarreling and exchanging messages till late midnight of Thursday and she hanged herself in early hours after that.
The neighbors informed her brother in Ayyappa society after finding her dead. After he lodged a complaint, police reached her apartment and moved the body to Osmania. Investigation is still on.
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TEA's 2016 “Learn How to Profit from Growing DFW Real Estate Market” event received a very positive and enthusiastic response from the community in Dallas, Texas.
(TEA) A non-profit 501(c) volunteer based organization established in 2010 in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.
TEA’s organizational goals, aims, and objectives are geared towards wealth creation through entrepreneurship. TEA focus is to Foster Entrepreneurship among Telugu community and with a special focus on fostering entrepreneurship among Youth and Woman Globally.
Telugu Entrepreneurs’ Association (TEA) successfully conducted seminar on “Learn How to Profit from Growing DFW Real Estate Market” in Dallas, Texas May, 08 2016 at Desi Plaza event center.
About 150 enthusiastic current and future real estate investors and promoters attended the event. Attendees felt that they learnt a lot in the 2 hours’ session than they would have learnt by themselves in few years. They commended the presenters on sharing their expertise and experiences that are much needed for investor at any level.
The purpose of the event was to discuss the various real estate opportunities in the DFW market as well as discuss the dos and don’ts of real estate investing.
The event was kicked off by founder and chairman, Mr. Gurram Srinivas Reddy, who shared with the attendees the objective of TEA and his vision. He thanked Sinu Pohar, Suresh Vuluvala and Pratap Bhimreddy the past Presidents and their teams who helped to execute his vision from 2010 to 2015.
Mrs. Pallavi Thotakura, the current Vice President played the MC role for the event.
Mr. Raja Pabba, President of TEA Dallas Chapter for the year 2016 welcomed the attendees and shared the plans for the year ahead. He emphasized the need for TEA being the platform for current and future entrepreneurs.
Specifically he laid out 5 step agenda to improve TEA’s presence and reach within the Dallas Fort Worth community.
Mr. Mahesh Gajjala, started the presentation part of the session by sharing his experiences and framework on how an investor can get into commercial development projects. He shared key elements of successful commercial development venture.
Followed by Mahesh was Mr. Shawn Goff, founder of Graham Hart Home Builders, who presented on how the stock market returns varied with the real estate sector. His presentation was filled with many golden nuggets of data and information that would help real estate investors. He also, shared the demand and supply of homes as well as profitability of different real estate players in the value chain. His presentation forced the attendees glue to their seats.
Mr. Sinu Pohar, past TEA President, and successful investor and realtor shared the market demographics and a perspective on “pre-owned” homes. He shared a model that shows how to calculate or measure investor return with a specific example. Many attendees were awe struck looking at the model and have felt that they learnt a lot from this session.
Based on active participation from the attendees a dedicated panel was setup by the presenters to answer questions from the attendees. Speakers answered multiple questions ranging different areas of real estate investments also sharing their personal experience and opinions.
The entrepreneurs and business men and women in attendance were glued to their seats throughout the presentation. All speakers gave a call for more attendees to take advantage of the organization by involving more and volunteering their time.
Our local Telugu organization TANTEX, was represented by BOT Chair Mr. Gurram Srinivas Reddy, President Mr. Subbu Jonnalagadda, Past president Mr. Urimindi Narashima Reddy and our national Telugu organizations NATA,TANA,ATA, NATS, TATA, TDF, DATA and TPAD extended their support for this event.
The services and sacrifices of all the volunteers that helped to conduct the event successfully were acknowledged.
A couple and two other Indian Americans have been charged with conspiracy of H-1B visa fraud and they approximately earned $17 million gross profits and $3.3 million in net profit just in a span of 5 years from 2010 to 2014.
Venkat Guntipally and his wife Sunitha allegedly own two employment staffic organisations, DS Soft Tech and Equinett. Another Pratap Kondamoori owns a similar company called SISL networks and his sister Sandhya Ramireddy is operations manager and HR for all these three companies.
They were charged with an indictment alleging their action and participation in submitting more than 100 fraudulent applications for H-1B specialty occupation work visas. They were charged with mail fraud, false statements, visa fraud and witness tampering.
The indictment says that they submit for H-1B applications to place those foreign workers in specific companies in US, which neither existed or did not want any foreign workers named in applications of defendants. They allegedly submitted more than one hundred additional fraudulent applications for foreign workers in 5 years -
Venkat Guntipally and his wife Sunitha allegedly own two employment staffic organisations, DS Soft Tech and Equinett. Another Pratap Kondamoori owns a similar company called SISL networks and his sister Sandhya Ramireddy is operations manager and HR for all these three companies.
They were charged with an indictment alleging their action and participation in submitting more than 100 fraudulent applications for H-1B specialty occupation work visas. They were charged with mail fraud, false statements, visa fraud and witness tampering.
The indictment says that they submit for H-1B applications to place those foreign workers in specific companies in US, which neither existed or did not want any foreign workers named in applications of defendants. They allegedly submitted more than one hundred additional fraudulent applications for foreign workers in 5 years -
USA: Discover the winner in you this IPL season by using the App created by mana Telugu NRI’s.
IPL fever is at its peak, every cricket fan is predicting and cheering for their favorite players. As the IPL teams are playing on the field, there is a big battle happening off-field too - fantasy cricket.
The preferred venue for this seems to be the recently launched Mobile App “Supersixfantasy”, which is offering Daily fantasy cricket for IPL. An awesome cricket fantasy game that allows you to win real money! Yes, you read that correctly.
Fantasy cricket is a game of skill where users create virtual teams and win real money based on their players’ performances in the real matches. So it gives every person a chance to be a selector, and an opportunity to demonstrate their cricket knowledge.
Supersixfantasy app launched three weeks back and got a great response in the current on-going IPL. The daily matches and winnings made it not just any other regular fantasy app, this is edge-of-your-seat fantasy. The idea behind Supersixfantasy is to give cricket fans adrenaline shoot up right through the roof and leave them wanting more.
All you have to do is download the Supersixfantasy app, create your amazing team, start playing one-on-one matches and voila... If your lineup scores well, you’ll win real-freakin’-money for your cricket knowledge.
So what are you waiting for? Discover a winner in you with SuperSix!
Supersixfantasy can be accessed on the Android mobile apps by downloading from their website at www.supersixfantasy.com. The app is only available in Android platform now but soon will be released for IPhone.
If you are Indian resident with 18+years of age and do not live in Odissa or Assam, start playing and winning!
Singer Madonna bared her chest and derriere in a racy ensemble which she donned at the 2016 Met Gala held here.
The "B***h I'm Madonna" hitmaker wore a custom Riccardo Tisci-designed black Givenchy gown which she teamed with a pair of latex knee-length boots and a silver headpiece for the event held on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reports aceshowbiz.com.
She flashed her chest which was only covered by lace overlay and black tape. According to Vogue magazine, the musician's dress was "inspired by the therapeutic kinesiology tape she wears for her fatigued muscles on tour".
She also revealed her derriere through lacy fabric over a skimpy black leotard. She also covered her arms and thighs in black tape, which is commonly used for sports injuries.
The Queen of Pop stepped out amid a custody battle with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie over son Rocco.
Previsouly on April 29, Madonna reunited with her beloved son in London. She shared on Instagram a sweet photograph of herself embracing the 15-year-old boy.
The "B***h I'm Madonna" hitmaker wore a custom Riccardo Tisci-designed black Givenchy gown which she teamed with a pair of latex knee-length boots and a silver headpiece for the event held on Monday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, reports aceshowbiz.com.
She flashed her chest which was only covered by lace overlay and black tape. According to Vogue magazine, the musician's dress was "inspired by the therapeutic kinesiology tape she wears for her fatigued muscles on tour".
She also revealed her derriere through lacy fabric over a skimpy black leotard. She also covered her arms and thighs in black tape, which is commonly used for sports injuries.
The Queen of Pop stepped out amid a custody battle with her ex-husband Guy Ritchie over son Rocco.
Previsouly on April 29, Madonna reunited with her beloved son in London. She shared on Instagram a sweet photograph of herself embracing the 15-year-old boy.
Vidyullekha Raman who attracted with her cute expressions and chubby looks in Allu Arjun's Sarrarinodu and Rajugari Gadi landed in trouble in foreign country. When she went to vacation along with her friends to Vienna in Austria, she lost her bag which included her passport too.
Helpless Vidyullekha then requested help tweeting to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Sharing her woes she posted the following on twitter. Vidyullekha is daughter of senior actor Mohan Raman.
“So I was not allowed to see the CCTV footage in the 5 star hotel but the Austrian police saw it. A man who entered distracted me for a sec. He asked me how to get to an address and by the time I said I don't know. His friend came from behind & took it Shocked. Hope embassy helps. Devastating to have had a fab trip with friends and it ends on a sour note with all money, passport and valuables lost. Fate I guess”.
@PMOIndia My bag has been stolen with passport, cards & currency in my hotel lobby. Need to contact the Indian embassy asap in Vienna. Sos
@SushmaSwaraj My bag has been stolen with passport, cards & currency in my hotel lobby. Need to contact the Indian embassy asap in Vienna.
Helpless Vidyullekha then requested help tweeting to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Sharing her woes she posted the following on twitter. Vidyullekha is daughter of senior actor Mohan Raman.
“So I was not allowed to see the CCTV footage in the 5 star hotel but the Austrian police saw it. A man who entered distracted me for a sec. He asked me how to get to an address and by the time I said I don't know. His friend came from behind & took it Shocked. Hope embassy helps. Devastating to have had a fab trip with friends and it ends on a sour note with all money, passport and valuables lost. Fate I guess”.
@PMOIndia My bag has been stolen with passport, cards & currency in my hotel lobby. Need to contact the Indian embassy asap in Vienna. Sos
@SushmaSwaraj My bag has been stolen with passport, cards & currency in my hotel lobby. Need to contact the Indian embassy asap in Vienna.
Police in California (US) have arrested the husband of a 48-year-old Indian-American woman who was found shot dead.
Sonia Nallan -- a technical recruiter at Encore Semiconductors -- was allegedly shot dead by her husband James Nallan, also an Indian-American, at a home on Indigo Oak Lane, San Jose. James, 63, was arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Jail for murder.
Officers arrived to find her with at least one gunshot wound, police said. She was rushed to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The motive behind the shooting that took place on Saturday is still under investigation, San Jose Police Department said. There are no outstanding suspects.
Sonia has left behind her two sons -- Sahil, 21, who attends UC Berkeley and Nitin, 20, who attends UC Irvine. Chris Nallan, the suspect's younger brother, visited the Nallans' two-story home and said the family is in shock. "They had a wonderful relationship," he was quoted as saying by The Mercury News.
Chris Nallan said James and Sonia who met at a technology firm, had been married for a long time. He revealed, about seven years ago, James suffered severe injuries in a fall while doing home repairs and was in a coma for three months. When he awoke, his personality had changed dramatically, his brother said. Once fun-loving and engaging, he became withdrawn, and his moods were unpredictable, Chris said.
Chris added, Sonia cared for her husband, who was unable to work. (PTI)
Bengaluru: Shreya Ukil, a 40-year-old Indian woman who was formerly a techie at the Wipro office in London, has won a landmark lawsuit in a British court against the IT major for sacking her on grounds of gender discrimination, unequal pay and victimisation.
"The Wipro leadership team, including its (then) chief executive T.K. Kurien, conspired to push Ukil out of her job and her role in Britain," her counsel Slater Gordon said in a statement from London on Wednesday.
The court observed that the direction (to sack Ukil) had come from the very top and was followed through with considerable resolve.
"Ukil was victimised by Wipro's leadership for speaking up about sex discrimination, unequal pay and a culture of sexism," the statement said.
Ukil, who worked with Wipro for almost 10 years, won multi-million-dollar contracts for the firm and received numerous performance awards, started raising concerns in 2012, which went unheeded.
Ukil sued the Bengaluru-based outsourcing firm in October 2015, seeking one million pounds compensation for gender discrimination, unequal pay and harassment.
Sacking Ukil and her superior Manoj Punja, 54, the company had then said that they were relieved from service after an internal inquiry established that they were into a relationship but did not report about it to the company as a policy.
Ukil, who was the sales and market development manager for Wipro's back office operations in London, filed the lawsuit with the central London employment tribunal, claiming she was forced into an affair by Punja, a married man, who was head of its business process outsourcing (BPO) office in London.
In early April, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that the agency received more than 236,000 petitions for H-1B visas during the annual filing period. This means, that once again the demand for high-skilled temporary foreign workers in the US is nearly three times higher than the 85,000 cap on H-1B visas mandated by the US Congress.
The fact, that demand for visas continues to be so high – despite the reinstated and increased visa fees unfairly imposed by Congress in December 2015 – certainly proves that a shortage of information technology specialists in the US persists.
In fact, the shortage is getting worse as businesses and other organisations across all sectors of the American economy seek digital strategies to gain efficiencies, improve customer service and open new markets.
According to US government data, there could be 2.4-million unfilled STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths-related) jobs in the US by 2018, with more than half of these vacancies in computer and IT-related skills.
So why do certain US “experts” and the journalists who follow them continue to claim that employees of India’s IT sector operating in the US are stealing jobs from Americans? In part, such claims reflect an election year climate in the US, when complicated issues are boiled down to simplistic slogans to attract votes. But they also reflect myths that we at Nasscom are working hard to correct.
One such myth is the mistaken notion that American workers are losing jobs to less than fullyqualified foreign workers on temporary visas and are required to “train” these workers before departing. In reality, the IT professionals coming to the US from India on temporary H-1B visas are well educated and highly trained in technical knowledge.
Another myth is that temporary high-skilled workers earn far less than their American counterparts.
This has been disproven by credible US institutions such as the Brookings Institution, whose studies have found that H-1B visa holders are paid salaries comparable to or even higher than American workers with bachelor’s degrees.
Also a myth is the notion that building a virtual wall of policies and even higher costs to keep Indian IT companies from operating, investing and recruiting in the US would somehow benefit the job prospects and quality of life of Americans. Most certainly the opposite is true. If American businesses cannot obtain skilled IT support in the US, they will have no choice but to curtail operations and cut jobs, or to move operations to overseas locations.
Besides making their US customers more efficient and competitive, Nasscom member companies also invest nearly $1 billion annually in the US, support the employment of more than 411,000 Americans and pay $6 billion in federal, state and local taxes a year.
Yet another “idea” that seems to be growing in this US election year is that foreign trade hurts Americans. Certainly the opposite is true when it comes to India, which the World Bank expects to overtake China in real GDP growth this year. A long-standing US trade deficit with India is beginning to turn around, based on 2015 data.
When increased US defence sales to India are added to the equation, that deficit is further reduced. US military sales to India have increased dramatically along with remarkable strides in military cooperation since the New Framework for Defence Cooperation in 2005.
Rather than building walls, we should remove impediments to strategic collaboration, trade, and the free exchange of intellectual talent. A strong commercial and strategic partnership between India and the US is in the interests of both of our nations. Unfairly focusing blame on India’s IT sector is not.
Delaware, USA, April 29th, 2016: The fastest growing South Indian restaurant in the world - Godavari, the authentic South Indian Cuisine was opened on April 16, 2016 to the public on a grand scale in the city of Wilmington in Delaware province.
The ostentatious inauguration was followed by a lavish buffet. The diversified menu infuses new laudable recipes and authentic flavors that includes Veg specialties like 'Vidya Balan' Vadalu, Gongura Idly, 'Paritala' Pineapple Rasam, Kunda Perugu along with many Non vegetarian specialties like 'KTR' Kodi Roast, 'Urmila' Uragai Mamsam Koora, 'Rathamma' Gari Royyalu Eguru, 'Pitapuram' Peethala Pulusu and many more.
Mohan Tummala and Gopi Chigurupati from Godavari Delaware franchise expressed their happiness in joining the Godavari family and extending Godavari torn the state of Delaware which is lacking an authentic South-Indian restaurant.
The 150-seater Delaware restaurant's design will be a nod to the heritage and the authentic delights from the Southern India. Talking about this the franchise owners said, "Food lovers are going to have their authentic food under Hut like structures which you typically find in your Grandparents villages with a huge collection of Kondapalli Toys."
Elated with the expansion, Teja Chekuri & Koushik Koganti said, "With immense pleasure, we take pride to carry the legacy of Indian food, especially south Indian cuisine to various parts of United States through 'Godavari'. We as a "Team Godavari" are working very hard to innovate new recipes and serve different kinds of dishes to the community. We want every Indian food lover in the world to own a piece of Godavari."
Godavari Delaware will have close access to the Financial Office Hub and proximity to I-95. Taking the advantage of the location, Godavari, the restaurant would be serving and catering to the people in and around Philadelphia, King of Prussia, Exton and adjoining cities.
Godavari Group will soon set up their corporate offices in India at Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) and Hyderabad (Telangana) to better serve their Global ventures.
Godavari also catered Ugadi events for more than 2000 guests for GMATA (Madison), TAGB (Boston) and many more with authentic dishes.
Godavari Group would like to Thank the people of Metro Washington area for making Godavari Maryland a huge success and Click Here for the Grand Opening Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffro7phkAFE
Godavari chain is actively promoting the Hashtags of #GoogleofIndianFood and #IncredibleIndianFood.
Godavari Delaware is happy to celebrate the Motherhood with a special Lunch Buffet on Mother's Day weekend. Please join us for Lunch to enjoy the Traditional Mother's Recipes during the Mother's Day Weekend @ Godavari Delaware.
We TRUST our Legacy Continues in the state of Delaware and would invite every food lover to taste our authentic recipes.
Looking forward to serve you at:
GODAVARI DELAWARE
3615 Kirkwood Hwy,
Wilmington, DE, 19808.
Ph: 302-999-0286
Thanks again.... Hope you all avail and enjoy our services.
CONTACT:
MR.SATISH CHALASANI
DELAWARE@GODAVARIUS.COM
Ph: 248-719-8795
www.Godavarius.com
Press note released by: Indian Clicks, LLC -
The ostentatious inauguration was followed by a lavish buffet. The diversified menu infuses new laudable recipes and authentic flavors that includes Veg specialties like 'Vidya Balan' Vadalu, Gongura Idly, 'Paritala' Pineapple Rasam, Kunda Perugu along with many Non vegetarian specialties like 'KTR' Kodi Roast, 'Urmila' Uragai Mamsam Koora, 'Rathamma' Gari Royyalu Eguru, 'Pitapuram' Peethala Pulusu and many more.
Mohan Tummala and Gopi Chigurupati from Godavari Delaware franchise expressed their happiness in joining the Godavari family and extending Godavari torn the state of Delaware which is lacking an authentic South-Indian restaurant.
The 150-seater Delaware restaurant's design will be a nod to the heritage and the authentic delights from the Southern India. Talking about this the franchise owners said, "Food lovers are going to have their authentic food under Hut like structures which you typically find in your Grandparents villages with a huge collection of Kondapalli Toys."
Elated with the expansion, Teja Chekuri & Koushik Koganti said, "With immense pleasure, we take pride to carry the legacy of Indian food, especially south Indian cuisine to various parts of United States through 'Godavari'. We as a "Team Godavari" are working very hard to innovate new recipes and serve different kinds of dishes to the community. We want every Indian food lover in the world to own a piece of Godavari."
Godavari Delaware will have close access to the Financial Office Hub and proximity to I-95. Taking the advantage of the location, Godavari, the restaurant would be serving and catering to the people in and around Philadelphia, King of Prussia, Exton and adjoining cities.
Godavari Group will soon set up their corporate offices in India at Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) and Hyderabad (Telangana) to better serve their Global ventures.
Godavari also catered Ugadi events for more than 2000 guests for GMATA (Madison), TAGB (Boston) and many more with authentic dishes.
Godavari Group would like to Thank the people of Metro Washington area for making Godavari Maryland a huge success and Click Here for the Grand Opening Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffro7phkAFE
Godavari chain is actively promoting the Hashtags of #GoogleofIndianFood and #IncredibleIndianFood.
Godavari Delaware is happy to celebrate the Motherhood with a special Lunch Buffet on Mother's Day weekend. Please join us for Lunch to enjoy the Traditional Mother's Recipes during the Mother's Day Weekend @ Godavari Delaware.
We TRUST our Legacy Continues in the state of Delaware and would invite every food lover to taste our authentic recipes.
Looking forward to serve you at:
GODAVARI DELAWARE
3615 Kirkwood Hwy,
Wilmington, DE, 19808.
Ph: 302-999-0286
Thanks again.... Hope you all avail and enjoy our services.
CONTACT:
MR.SATISH CHALASANI
DELAWARE@GODAVARIUS.COM
Ph: 248-719-8795
www.Godavarius.com
Press note released by: Indian Clicks, LLC -
n yet another tragic incident of Telugu students losing their lives in the US, M Jayabharath Kumar Reddy, a 24-year-old student from Guntur died after suffering severe injuries in a road accident that took place while on his return after watching Pawan Kalyan's Sardaar Gabbar Singh in Texas, USA on April 9th.
A native of Venkataramana Colony in Guntur, Jayabharath was pursuing MS final year with Texas University. On the night of April 9, he was returning home after watching the premiere show of Sardaar Gabbar Singh along with his friend. Their car was hit by a speeding truck coming in the opposite direction and Jayabharath sustained serious injuries on his head.
Jayabharath was soon rushed to Christus Spohn Hospital in Texas, where he slipped into coma and the doctors put him on the ventilator. Doctors performed two surgeries on Jayabharath and kept him under observation for 9 days. On Sunday night, doctors finally declared him brain dead and removed the ventilator. Jayabharath Reddy's mortal remains are expected to arrive in Guntur by Wednesday. -
A native of Venkataramana Colony in Guntur, Jayabharath was pursuing MS final year with Texas University. On the night of April 9, he was returning home after watching the premiere show of Sardaar Gabbar Singh along with his friend. Their car was hit by a speeding truck coming in the opposite direction and Jayabharath sustained serious injuries on his head.
Jayabharath was soon rushed to Christus Spohn Hospital in Texas, where he slipped into coma and the doctors put him on the ventilator. Doctors performed two surgeries on Jayabharath and kept him under observation for 9 days. On Sunday night, doctors finally declared him brain dead and removed the ventilator. Jayabharath Reddy's mortal remains are expected to arrive in Guntur by Wednesday. -
The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas - the most sought after American work visas -- with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or having huge footprint in India.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap for H-1B visas in the general category and also the 20,000 for those who completed higher education from inside the US in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
USCIS did not give the number of H-1B petitions it received since April 1, when it started accepting applications for this most coveted visa for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, this year. But, it says the successful petitions would be determined by a computerised draw of lots.
"We had 230,000 H-1B visa petitions last year. I think, this year it is going to be higher. We think 250,000 H-1B petitions were filed this year," Bill Stock, incoming president of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners told PTI in an interview.
Stock's estimates are based on his experience and interaction with lawyers and those groups who mostly file H-1B visas. This is fourth consecutive year that the Congressional mandated cap has been reached in the first five days of the filing. "Unless the economy changes again, we would continue to see it," he said.
Majority of these estimated 250,000 H-1B visa applications are "certainly" either by companies that have Indian owner like TCS or companies that have substantial operations or development centres in India like IBM, Stock said in response to a question.
The recent increase on certain category of H-1B visas, he said, "may have had a little impact" on Indian companies. "But I think their business so much depends on H-1B and being able to send people on projects, they (Indian companies) are going to pay fees on those petitions," Stock said. President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Victor Nieblas Pradis said the "avalanche" of petitions for H-1B visas mean that USCIS will once again randomly determine which of those petitions will actually be considered for one of the 85,000 available visas.
Each petition not selected is a business need unfulfilled and a growth opportunity that is delayed or thwarted.
"However, artificial limits established more than a generation ago are again hobbling the economic potential of this great nation," Mr Pradis said, calling for lifting this visa cap.
"Why do we continue to artificially limit this program? In a reasonable system, market demand should factor into how many business visas are granted, and indeed, demand for H-1B visas slowed when the economy took a downturn. But each year that we cap these visas when demand outweighs supply, all we're doing is creating obstacles to economic growth. We're losing out on shared prosperity for no good reason," he said in a statement.
The US is one of the most important economies in the world, but its full potential is going unrealised, he said.
"We live in a wireless world, but our visa system is a relic from the days of the dial-up modem. It's long past time for Congress to lead on this issue and reform the H-1B program in a way that addresses the needs of American businesses, US workers and our economy. Congress must bring our immigration system out of the last century and into this one," Mr Pradis said.
The US received over 2,36,000 H-1B petitions in just five days of opening up the process earlier this month for the most sought-after work visa for IT professionals, including from India, and has completed the computerised draw of lots.
This is more than thrice the Congressionally-mandated cap of 65,000 in the general category for the work visas for highly-skilled workers in the general category for Financial Year 2017.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday announced it also received more than the limit of 20,000 H-1B petitions by those foreign students who completed their higher studies from a US academic institute in subjects if science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
USCIS received over 2,36,000 H-1B petitions during the filing period, which began on April 1, including petitions filed for the advanced degree exemption, a media statement said.
It said it has completed the computerised draw of lots that would determine the successful applicants.
On April 9, USCIS used a computer-generated random selection process, or lottery, to select enough petitions to meet the 65,000 general-category cap and the 20,000 cap under the advanced degree exemption, also known as the master's cap.
The agency conducted the selection process for the advanced degree exemption first. All unselected advanced degree petitions then became part of the random selection process for the 65,000 limit, it added.
USCIS will reject and return all unselected petitions with their filing fees, unless the petition is found to be a duplicate filing, it said.
As announced on March 16, 2016, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B cap cases no later than May 16.
It would continue to accept and process petitions that are otherwise exempt from the cap.
H-1B visa, popular among Indian techies, is used by American companies to employ foreign workers in occupations that require highly specialised knowledge in fields such as science, engineering and computer programming. (PTI)
In a shocking incident, three Indian medical students named Pranav Shaindilya, Ankur Singh and Indrajeet Chauhan were brutally attacked by three Ukraine nationals at 11 am on Sunday. While Pranav and Ankur succumbed to their wounds, Indrajeet is severely injured and recuperating.
The victims were the students of Uzhgorod Medical College in Ukraine and according to the reports, the murderers were caught by the police while trying to cross the Ukrainian border. Police recovered the blood-stained knife and passports of the three Indian students from the attackers.
The Indian Embassy in Kiev has confirmed the tragedy and the officials at Ministry of External Affairs have informed the victims' families. The embassy officials are carrying out the necessary measures to bring back the victims' bodies to India. -
The victims were the students of Uzhgorod Medical College in Ukraine and according to the reports, the murderers were caught by the police while trying to cross the Ukrainian border. Police recovered the blood-stained knife and passports of the three Indian students from the attackers.
The Indian Embassy in Kiev has confirmed the tragedy and the officials at Ministry of External Affairs have informed the victims' families. The embassy officials are carrying out the necessary measures to bring back the victims' bodies to India. -
The US government is believed to have received about 250,000 petitions for H-1B visas –- the most sought after American work visas -– with a majority of them being from either Indian companies or having huge footprint in India.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap for H-1B visas in the general category and also the 20,000 for those who completed higher education from inside the US in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
USCIS did not give the number of H-1B petitions it received since April 1, when it started accepting applications for this most coveted visa for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, this year. But, it says the successful petitions would be determined by a computerised draw of lots.
"We had 230,000 H-1B visa petitions last year. I think, this year it is going to be higher. We think 250,000 H-1B petitions were filed this year," Bill Stock, incoming president of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners told PTI in an interview.
Stock's estimates are based on his experience and interaction with lawyers and those groups who mostly file H-1B visas. This is fourth consecutive year that the Congressional mandated cap has been reached in the first five days of the filing. "Unless the economy changes again, we would continue to see it," he said.
Majority of these estimated 250,000 H-1B visa applications are "certainly" either by companies that have Indian owner like TCS or companies that have substantial operations or development centres in India like IBM, Stock said in response to a question.
The recent increase on certain category of H-1B visas, he said, "may have had a little impact" on Indian companies. "But I think their business so much depends on H-1B and being able to send people on projects, they (Indian companies) are going to pay fees on those petitions," Stock said.
President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Victor Nieblas Pradis said the "avalanche" of petitions for H-1B visas mean that USCIS will once again randomly determine which of those petitions will actually be considered for one of the 85,000 available visas.
Each petition not selected is a business need unfulfilled and a growth opportunity that is delayed or thwarted. "However, artificial limits established more than a generation ago are again hobbling the economic potential of this great nation," Pradis said, calling for lifting this visa cap.
"Why do we continue to artificially limit this program? In a reasonable system, market demand should factor into how many business visas are granted, and indeed, demand for H-1B visas slowed when the economy took a downturn. But each year that we cap these visas when demand outweighs supply, all we're doing is creating obstacles to economic growth. We're losing out on shared prosperity for no good reason," he said in a statement.
The US is one of the most important economies in the world, but its full potential is going unrealised, he said.
"We live in a wireless world, but our visa system is a relic from the days of the dial-up modem. It's long past time for Congress to lead on this issue and reform the H-1B program in a way that addresses the needs of American businesses, US workers and our economy. Congress must bring our immigration system out of the last century and into this one," Pradis said.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services yesterday said it has reached the Congressional mandated cap for H-1B visas in the general category and also the 20,000 for those who completed higher education from inside the US in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects.
USCIS did not give the number of H-1B petitions it received since April 1, when it started accepting applications for this most coveted visa for the fiscal year 2017 beginning October 1, this year. But, it says the successful petitions would be determined by a computerised draw of lots.
"We had 230,000 H-1B visa petitions last year. I think, this year it is going to be higher. We think 250,000 H-1B petitions were filed this year," Bill Stock, incoming president of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and a founding partner of Klasko Immigration Law Partners told PTI in an interview.
Stock's estimates are based on his experience and interaction with lawyers and those groups who mostly file H-1B visas. This is fourth consecutive year that the Congressional mandated cap has been reached in the first five days of the filing. "Unless the economy changes again, we would continue to see it," he said.
Majority of these estimated 250,000 H-1B visa applications are "certainly" either by companies that have Indian owner like TCS or companies that have substantial operations or development centres in India like IBM, Stock said in response to a question.
The recent increase on certain category of H-1B visas, he said, "may have had a little impact" on Indian companies. "But I think their business so much depends on H-1B and being able to send people on projects, they (Indian companies) are going to pay fees on those petitions," Stock said.
President of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Victor Nieblas Pradis said the "avalanche" of petitions for H-1B visas mean that USCIS will once again randomly determine which of those petitions will actually be considered for one of the 85,000 available visas.
Each petition not selected is a business need unfulfilled and a growth opportunity that is delayed or thwarted. "However, artificial limits established more than a generation ago are again hobbling the economic potential of this great nation," Pradis said, calling for lifting this visa cap.
"Why do we continue to artificially limit this program? In a reasonable system, market demand should factor into how many business visas are granted, and indeed, demand for H-1B visas slowed when the economy took a downturn. But each year that we cap these visas when demand outweighs supply, all we're doing is creating obstacles to economic growth. We're losing out on shared prosperity for no good reason," he said in a statement.
The US is one of the most important economies in the world, but its full potential is going unrealised, he said.
"We live in a wireless world, but our visa system is a relic from the days of the dial-up modem. It's long past time for Congress to lead on this issue and reform the H-1B program in a way that addresses the needs of American businesses, US workers and our economy. Congress must bring our immigration system out of the last century and into this one," Pradis said.
US authorities announced on Tuesday the arrest of 10 people from India and 11 from China for alleged visa fraud involving college admission and likely deportation of hundreds of Indian students.
The accused used a phony university in New Jersey to grant certification needed for legitimate student and work visas but were not aware it was run by federal agents investigating them.
Authorities said defendants helped over 1,000 foreign students stay in the US legally with papers provided to them from this phony institution, University of Northern New Jersey (UNNJ).
The accused are charged with visa fraud and making false statements, each carries a sentence of five years, and H-1B visa fraud and harboring aliens, each carrying 10 years.
Authorities are cancelling non-immigrant student visas of foreign nationals who benefitted from the racket, and, if applicable, arrest them and start deportation proceedings against them.
The Indian Embassy in Washington is in touch with the US government about Indians among these students — around 370 and 380 according to official sources — seeking fair treatment for them.
The embassy has requested the US government to not arrest or deport them. And given them a chance, instead, to keep their student visa by transferring to another university.
“This has been done before in the case of Tri-Valley (a fake California university busted by authorities in 2011 for running a pay-to-stay student visa racket),” said an official in Delhi.
The embassy is also awaiting consular access to those among the arrested who hold Indian passports — going by their names, 10 of them seemed to be Indian or of Indian descent.
Students from India have been found enrolled in vast numbers in almost every fake university busted in recent years — Tri-Valley in 2011 and University of Northern Virginia in 2013.
Late 2015, US authorities deported hundreds of Indian students headed for two California universities from the airport itself, San Francisco, and in some cases from their stop-overs.
Most of these universities operate as fronts from pay-to-stay operations, selling I-20s —“Certificate of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status - for Academic and Language Students — needed to get a student F-1 visa.
This time agents of Homeland Security Investigations (a wing of the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees immigration) started one as part of a sting operation.
Set up in 2013, UNNJ had no instructors or educators, no curriculum, and conducted no classes or education activities, said a statement from the office of US attorney for New Jersey.
The university, which “operated solely as a storefront location with small offices staffed by federal agents posing as school administrators”, could issue I-20s, however.
That brought them the defendants, recruiting companies, brokers and business entities located from all over the country — New Jersey, California, Illinois, New York, and Virginia.
Everyone involved — recruiting agents and their clients, mostly from India and China — knew UNNJ was a phony university, as perhaps like the others they had heard of.
Only, this one was being run by undercover federal agents.
Defendants are charged with producing false documents to facilitate their clients’ enrolment at UNNJ and also arrange for H-1B visas meant for highly skilled foreign workers.
Beneficiaries were mostly those already in the US on valid visas. Enrolment and work permit through UNNJ allowed them to continue staying, legally but through illegal means.
Washington: Indians studying in American educational institutions should not be kicked out as the country needs smart people like them, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has said as he sought to set the record straight about his immigration policies.
"Whether we like that or not, they pay, et cetera, et cetera but we educate a lot of people, very smart people. We need those people in the country," Trump, 69, told Fox News in an interview when asked about his views on legal immigration.
"They cannot come into the country. You know, they go to Harvard, they are first in their class and they're from India they go back to India and they set up companies and they make a fortune and they employ lots of people and all of that," he said.
"Many people want to stay in this country and then want to do that. I think somebody that goes through years of college in this country we shouldn't kick them out the day they graduate, which we do," Trump said clarifying his position on certain aspect of H-1B visas.
Trump has been widely accused of having an "all or nothing" stance when it comes to immigrants. There are about the roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
Indian muslims are very angry with trump. Sorry guys you were bullying the world., now you are paying for it. Cry babies, should not act bully.
He has been advocating the scrapping of the H-1B visa programme from the beginning of his campaign as he thinks it is "very unfair" for American workers and has been taking away their jobs.
IT professionals from India and major Indian IT companies are beneficiary of H-1B, a non-immigrant visa in the US which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in speciality occupations. (PTI)
Of late, there have been an alarmingly increasing deaths of Telugu students and IT professionals in abroad. In a latest tragedy, Rajiv Krishna, an MBA student from the Thompson Rivers University died while his car met with an accident in Canada. Rajiv was 28 and he left for the US in August last year.
On Saturday night, Rajiv died while being taken to a hospital after a fatal crash. The Canadian authorities on Monday informed Rajiv's parents who live in Hyderabad. The grieving parents in turn informed their elder son Vamsi Krishna, who works in Virginia, USA.
However, Vamsi Krishna has been denied visa to travel to Canada and this left the bereaved family request the state and central governments to intervene and ensure Rajiv's mortal remains reach Hyderabad at the earliest -
On Saturday night, Rajiv died while being taken to a hospital after a fatal crash. The Canadian authorities on Monday informed Rajiv's parents who live in Hyderabad. The grieving parents in turn informed their elder son Vamsi Krishna, who works in Virginia, USA.
However, Vamsi Krishna has been denied visa to travel to Canada and this left the bereaved family request the state and central governments to intervene and ensure Rajiv's mortal remains reach Hyderabad at the earliest -
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