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VOL 17, No. 910
February 24, 2012
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BIG RISE IN L-1 & H-1B DENIALS TO INDIANS
India Post News Service
NEW YORK: Analysis of new data obtained from US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) reveals the agency has dramatically increased denials of L-1 and H-1B petitions over the past four years, harming the competitiveness of US employers and encouraging companies to keep more jobs and resources outside the United States, according to a new report released by the National Foun-
dation for American Policy (NFAP), an Arlington, Va.based policy research group. The report used official data from US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The data indicate much of the increase in denials involves Indian-born professionals and researchers. "The high denial rates belie the notion adjudications have become more lenient," said Stuart Anderson, NFAP's executive director and former head of policy and counselor to the Commissioner of the INS. Details on page 36
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Amb. Rao reaches out to US Senators Details on page 5
Feds, mortgage servicers’ relief to homeowners Details on page 17
Sahara, Turner join hands to build townships Details on page 18
Mumbai world's 2nd least expensive city Details on page 7 DELHI CORPORATE GAMES: Capt Krishan Sharma (MD, India Post), Silver Medalist in running, receiving the Best Team Award from Chattisgarh Governor Shri Shekhar Dutt, on behalf of the Siri Fort Team
CONTENTS Bollywood ---------------------- 42-43 Classifieds ------------------------- 47 Community Post -------------- 12-16 Date Book -------------------------- 11
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Edit Page --------------------------- 49 HealthScience Post --------- 25-30
INDIA POST SURVEY
Horoscope ------------------------- 41
survey@indiapost.com
Immigration Post ------------- 36-39
This week’s question
Life Style ----------------------- 44-46
Indo-Pak trade will ease tensions?
Philosophy ------------------------- 48 Publisherís Diary ------------------ 4
Last week’s result
Does the US discriminate against India’s IT industry? YES 65%
NO 35%
Real Estate -------------------- 17-19
TWO NOBEL MEN: Amartya Sen, the Indian economist and Nobel Prize winner, receives the 2011 National Medals of Humanities award from US President, Barack Obama, at White House on February 13. (Details on page 10)
Sports Post ------------------------ 40 TechBiz Post ------------------- 20-23 Travel & Hospitality Post ---- 31-33
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