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I'm an international student graduating this month, but the company I was supposed to start working for on OPT has rescinded my job offer.

Ariful Islam, an international student in the US, shares his journey from being an F1 OPT student who lost his job during Covid-19 to securing a dream job and obtaining an H-1B visa

The case highlights two key fears of conservatives - that Americans are losing jobs to migrants, and federal bureaucrats exceed their powers by making rules that should be passed by Congress.

The United States is home to Harvard, Yale and Stanford, to name a few. Students from across the globe aspire to enrol at the world’s most prestigious universities. An education from prominent state or private schools alike, adds considerable value to a graduate’s resume, opening an array of doors and career growth both within the US and globally. However, international students face fierce competition when applying for some of the most reputed and renowned educational institutions in the US...

The statutory limit of H-1Bs available per fiscal year is 65,000 for those who have a bachelor's degree or equivalent, with 6,800 reserved for citizens of Chile and Singapore.

Deadline: 29-Jun-23 The Office of Global Educational Programs in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA),

According to a report by the non-profit organisation Gun Violence Archive (GVA), seven shootings over the weekend, including a massacre at a Dallas-area outlet mall, have brought the total number of mass shootings in the US to over 200 incidents.

Researchers on Thursday likened long-term care’s quest to entice immigrant nurses to using a Band-Aid to stop a hemorrhaging workforce wound.

On Friday, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced that there was a dramatic increase in multiple H-1B registrations for single individuals for Fiscal Year 2024. ...

The latest Murray State University Racer Report includes student, faculty, staff, and alumni accomplishments, announcements, upcoming campus events, and more for the week of May 1-5.