India
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Australia, the land of opportunities, is also the country which hurts foreign students the most financially. It has beaten US, Britain, Canada, Germany and Hong Kong to emerge as the most expensive destination for international students, according to an HSBC Bank report released on Tuesday. Despite the fact that the annual fee in Australia and… Read More »
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Despite rupee decline, Indians among top 5 US property buyers
Posted on July 10, 2013
Comment (0)Despite the depreciating rupee, Indians have once again made it to the top five foreign buyers for a bulk of realty purchases in the United States in the year ended March 2013, where it is relatively easy for foreign buyers to purchase homes. According to data provided by the National Association of Realtors, of the $68.5… Read More »
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For Indian engineers, H-1B visa is key to career growth
Posted on July 1, 2013
Comment (0)For the past three years, 32-year-old Jagadish Kumar has worked in India testing software systems before they are installed in slot machines in American casinos. Now the curly-haired, round-eyed Indian software engineer is weeks away from appearing for a U.S. Consulate visa interview — the final step in a process that could take him to the… Read More »
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Chinese firms eye big potential in India: Official media
Posted on June 7, 2013
Comment (0)Chinese firms are eying India’s fast growing market despite their frustrating experience over slow clearances of projects and visa problems for its workers, China’s official media claimed today. Li Jian, secretary-general of the New Delhi-based Chindia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which represents over 110 Chinese firms in India, said not all Chinese companies are now doing very… Read More »
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H1B visa rejection rates at all-time high for Indian IT cos
Posted on May 6, 2013
Comment (0)If the backlash of the proposed immigration reforms wasn’t bad enough for the Indian IT sector, sources told CNBC-TV18’s Kritika Saxena that the H1B visa rejection rates for the Indian IT sector may have touched an all-time high. The applications for H1B visa for FY14 began in April, and within a week they touched 65,000. As… Read More »
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US student visas to Indians rise year-on-year 50% in 2012
Posted on March 7, 2013
Comment (0)Issuance of student visas to Indians by the USA went up by 50 per cent in 2012, as compared with the previous year. The country welcomed students particularly in high-quality courses of mathematics, science and technology, Jonathan C Scott, Vice-Consul, Consular Section, US Embassy, New Delhi, said, as per a PTI report. Asked if America… Read More »
Foreign students pay a big price for studying in Australia
Posted on August 16, 2013