Wed, May 16, 2012 - There's a new push in the Senate to set aside as many as 55,000 green cards to science, technology, engineering and math graduates -- so-called STEM workers.

Thu, April 26, 2012 - U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren isn't giving up on a bill to give green cards to advanced degree graduates in technical fields, but she has been unable to find any Republican backing for it.

Tue, April 24, 2012 - Aiming to address workforce skills shortage, the U.S. Secretary of Education has unveiled an initiative to reauthorize Perkins Act to bolster career and technical education.

Tue, April 24, 2012 - One of India's largest IT services firm, Infosys, is warning investors that it is facing a U.S. government probe over its use of work visas, and "cannot predict the final outcome."

Thu, April 05, 2012 - A former human resources manager at Larsen & Toubro InfoTech Limited Inc., a leading India-based IT services firm, accused the company of visa fraud in a complaint filed this week in a federal court in New Jersey.

Tue, April 03, 2012 - This week, the U.S. began accepting H-1B applications for the next fiscal year. But the real battle, for now, is over the L-1 visa and this fight just got bigger.

Wed, March 28, 2012 - Offshore outsourcing firms rely heavily on the H-1B visa to deliver services, and the chart accompanying this story provide data on the top users of the visa since 2009.

Tue, March 27, 2012 - India's IT firms have been lobbying U.S. officials to improve access to work visas by telling them, in part, that they are hiring more American workers.

Wed, February 08, 2012 - Until President Barack Obama responded to a question about H-1B visas during an online forum last week, the administration had said little about the controversial program.

Fri, February 03, 2012 - The White House is following up on an offer made by President Barack Obama this week to help find a job for an unemployed semiconductor engineer in Texas.

Fri, February 03, 2012 - H-1B workers are better educated than U.S. born workers and earn more, according to a new study by an independent research group.

Tue, January 31, 2012 - President Barack Obama faced perhaps his toughest and most direct question ever on the H-1B program by a Texas woman during an online town hall Monday.

Fri, January 27, 2012 - Offshore outsourcing companies continued to make up the majority of the top 10 H-1B visa users in 2011, according to new government data. These offshore firms have been adding employees by the thousands as their revenues increase.

Fri, January 13, 2012 - Are you prepared as global IT outsourcers shrink onshore staff? These tips will help you keep projects moving as offshore IT service provides cut back on the on-site staff that used to work as liaisons between customer and provider.