Applying for H1B visa? Be ready for stricter rules

The US government is issuing costly and time-consuming challenges to applications for skilled foreigners to work in the United States more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to new data. H-1B visas, are controversial because their biggest users are outsourcing firms, but they are also used across the American tech, education, healthcare and other industries. In fact, top Indian IT firms have raised red flags over such probes. This is what the data shows…