Indians get more UK visas as European Union citizens exit over Brexit
New figures released on Thursday show a rise in the number of visas granted to Indian professionals, visitors, students and…
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2400 Indians lodged in US jails for illegally crossing border
As many as 2,400 Indians are languishing in various American jails for illegally crossing the US border to seek asylum…
Air India launches nonstop flight between New York and Mumbai
Air India announced that it will introduce three-times-a-week nonstop service between New York’s JFK International Airport and Mumbai, effective December…
India sends U.S. its 2nd largest number of foreign students
Despite restrictions on visitors to the US by the Trump administration, foreign students seeking higher education continue to rise. India…
USCIS for New Policies Adversely Affecting International Students
Four U.S. colleges have filed a lawsuit against U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, stating that a new policy which was…
US Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi introduces Bill to expedite H-1B Visas to Doctors
“It is gratifying to inform you that the US Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi (R), in response to AAPI’s request,…
US IT organization sues USCIS for violating H-1B visa policies
ITServe Alliance, a non-profit trade association of over a thousand companies in the IT service sector has sued the United…
Students with advanced degrees from US varsities to get more H-1B visas
The US government has reportedly proposed massive changes to the H-1B visa system, in 2019. A key highlight of these…
Indian Govt. considers OCI Card for foreign nationals married to Indians
Foreign-origin spouse of any Indian national or an Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholder will now be eligible for obtaining…
Infosys, TCS sued in U.S. for underpaying employees, hiring practices
Indian tech giants Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys have been sued in the U.S., over wage discrimination and unfair hiring…
New Rule by DHS, denies Green Cards to U.S. Residents receiving Federal Aid
The Trump administration on Saturday, September 22nd, has proposed a rule that immigrants who are in the United States legally,…
Visitors, Students from India to USA Overstay Visas: Report
Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors to the US overstay their visas, some of them indefinitely. One out of…
Rep. Krishnamoorthi introduces Bill to give H-1B visa workers job flexibility, reduce Green Card backlog
Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has introduced legislation in the House of Representatives which gives H-1B workers the flexibility to switch…
Air India to connect Mumbai with New York
India’s national carrier Air India will start flight services to New York from Mumbai, besides resuming services to Frankfurt, which…
USCIS Modifies Unlawful Presence Policy for Foreign Students, Exchange Workers
Foreign national students and exchange workers have been given a little breathing room in a new policy memo. It provides a…
Indian visa applicants hit with most denials, report says
The Donald Trump administration’s crackdown on work visas is hitting Indians disproportionately hard. Now, a report from the National Foundation…
Top CEOs raise concern about changes made by Donald Trump in H1-B policies
The Trump administration’s “inconsistent” immigration policies, including on the H1-B visa for professionals, could “disrupt” operations of American firms and…
USCIS updates student visa regulations
After considering the feedback received during a 30-day public comment period that ended on June 11, the U.S. Citizenship and…
H-1Bs and H-4 Dependents to be deported if Immigration Status Expires During Renewal Process
A policy memo issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services subjects H-1B workers and their dependents to deportation proceedings if…
India seen as the third largest aviation market by 2025
Talk about one industry that’s growing by leaps and bounds in India, aviation gives a tough beating to most others….
HAF’s Third Annual DC Policy Conference Highlights Immigration, Gun Safety
More than 100 people attended the Hindu American Foundation (HAF)’s third annual policy conference this past Monday, June 18 in…
Citizenship application backlog ‘skyrocketed’ under Trump, report finds
The backlog of pending applications for immigrants legally in the country trying to become U.S. citizens has “skyrocketed” under President…
In reverses his policy, Trump signs order stopping Family Separation
President Donald Trump, under mounting political pressure from angry members of his own party, signed an executive order Wednesday reversing…
Sushma Swaraj, Nirmala Sitharaman to hold 2+2 India-US talks in Washington on July 6
India and the United States will hold the inaugural 2+2 meeting of their defense and foreign ministers in Washington on…
No change in visa policy for students from India, says UK
The United Kingdom clarified that Indian students would face no change in the visa application even as New Delhi takes note of…
52 Indian asylum seekers detained in US under Trump’s zero-tolerance policy
As many as 52 men from India are among the asylum seekers being held in US federal prisons in Trump…
Flying to US: Powdery substance over 350 grams not allowed in hand bag from next Saturday
From next Saturday (June 30) passengers flying to the United States may not be allowed to carry more than 12…
Ambassador Richard Verma to India joins strategic consultancy group
Richard Verma, the first ever Indian-American U.S. ambassador to India, is joining a leading U.S.-based international investment advisory group. Paladin…
Indian Consulate in NY holds Baithak@Consulate
To popularize Indian Classical Music amongst the youth the Consulate has launched new initiative titled “Baithak@Consulate” which features prominent artists…
200% rise in invites to Indians for Canadian permanent residency – Canada has emerged as a coveted destination for India’s diaspora.
Indians appear gung-ho about Canada’s Express Entry programme which invites topranked candidates — under the country’s point-based immigration system —…
UAE to grant free 48-hour transit visa at hubs like Dubai, Abu Dhabi
People flying between India and the rest of the world through United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) mega hubs like Dubai and…
More than three-fourths of green card waiting list comprise of Indians: USCIS
Indians account for more than three-fourths of those highly-skilled professionals waiting in queue to obtain legal permanent residence status in the…
Dinesh D’Souza gets presidential pardon
President Donald Trump issued a full pardon to controversial Mumbai-born conservative pundit, author, and filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, who pleaded guilty…
DHS Announces Additional Visas for Foreign Workers to Assist American Businesses at Risk of Failing
On May 25, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen announced that an additional 15,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas…
New USCIS Draft Policy tough on International students
International students may become deportable on the first day after they finish their course of study, in a new draft…
New Rule: No Police Verification for New Indian Passports
Indian goverment plans to merge the process with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems Project (CCTNS), a project first…
H-4 Visa Holders With Work Authorization Are Overwhelmingly Women from India
A new report released by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services on May 11 has stated that an overwhelming beneficiaries…
Indian doctors, engineers among thousands being denied UK visas due to immigration cap
Latest Office of National Statistics (ONS) data shows Indians as the largest chunk of skilled work visas granted to nationals…
Rupee rout: on the Indian currency’s slide Slide of the currency and a widening trade deficit present the RBI with a huge dilemma
India’s macroeconomic threats lie exposed as it grapples with the rupee’s slide. The currency sunk to a closing low of 68.07…
Silicon Valley college, called ‘Visa Mill’ for Indian Students, shuts down with millions missing
Silicon Valley University, one of the most popular institutions in California for foreign students from South India, was abruptly shut…
India sends 2nd highest number of students abroad to study
With about 211,703 Indian students attending various American universities, India has become the second largest source country of foreign students…
USCIS begins USPS Signature Confirmation Restricted Delivery service to mail Green Cards
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that the agency will begin phasing in use of the U.S. Postal…
USCIS issues restrictions on F-1 student work visas
After curtailing the work visas, the Trump administration has turned its eyes on the work-based student visas, known as the…
H-1B Cap for 2018 reached within 5 days
The United States (USCISUS) Citizenship and Immigration Services announced April 6 that it has reached the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 visa cap…
Cap for H-1B visa reached: US Immigration
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said it has reached the Congressionally-mandated 65,000 H-1B visa cap for fiscal year 2019 and would conduct…
Saudi Arabia stops retaining Indian crew passports on arrival
In a major relief to crew of Indian carriers flying to Saudi Arabia, the authorities there have stopped retaining passports of…
El Al Sues Israel After Air India Flies Through Saudi Airspace
The Israeli government has hailed Air India’s new nonstop service from New Delhi to Tel Aviv as a historic breakthrough…
US wants visa applicants to submit phone, email, social media details
The Trump administration wants all US visa applicants to submit details of their previous phone numbers, email addresses and social…
Changes to H1-B Visa process that started on April 2nd
H-1B visa filing for the fiscal year 2019 (beginning October 1, 2018) started on April 2nd. The petitions for the…
‘Unknown Tibet: The Tucci Expeditions and Buddhist Painting’ Opens to American Audiences for First Time
Buddhism & Beyond is a series of programs exploring Buddhism, its practice, and its popularity in contemporary culture, organized in conjunction…
Termination of Work Authorization for H-4 Visa Holders put on hold
The Department of Homeland Security issued a court filing on February 28th, stating it would not issue a new rule…
US announces 2+2 ministerial dialogue with India to take place in Washington DC
In an on-going sign of growing partnership, the United States has announced that the inaugural “2+2” ministerial dialogue between its…
American firms want more H-1B visas issued to foreign-born workers
While Trump administration is going on with its plan to slash or do away with the H-!B, highly skilled workers…
US has not made major change to H-1B regime: Sushma Swaraj
Allaying apprehensions over changes in H-1B visa rules, foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said there had, so far, been no major change in the H-1B…
ICE arrests went up in 2017, with biggest increases in Florida, northern Texas, Oklahoma
After years of decline, the number of arrests made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) climbed to a three-year…
Indian-Americans march in support of Trump’s new immigration policy
Several hundred Indian-Americans participated in a march outside of the White House on Saturday, February 3, in support of U.S….
Immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir granted temporary stay of deportation
Ravi Ragbir, the executive director of the immigrant rights group New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, has been granted…
Amidst controversies, a new H-1B reform bill seeks to expand annual quota
While the debate on hiring foreign workers and granting them a way to citizenship, a new Bill has been introduced…
Foreign citizens make up 71% of Silicon Valley tech workforce
While the Trump administration and the right wing Republicans continue to mount their attack against foreign workers in this country,…
Naturalization rate among U.S. immigrants up since 2005, with India among the biggest gainers
From Pew Research Most of the United States’ 20 largest immigrant groups experienced increases in naturalization rates between 2005 and…
H-1B get a reprieve: They will not be forced to leave, USCIS says
The Trump administration, after all, is not considering any proposal that would force H-1B visa-holders to leave the country. As per reports,…
Germany: Most widely accepted Passport with 177 nations allowing visa free entries
45 nations accord visa free entry to Indian Passport holders Henley & Partners, a London-based consulting firm specializing in citizenship…
New US bill seeks to increase Green Cards but limit entry of their dependents
A bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives is looking to increase the allotment of green cards by 45…
Indian Passports may not serve as address proof
Passports may no longer serve as a valid proof of address as the External Affairs Ministry has decided not to…
Potential changes to H-1B Visa Program Could ‘Self Deport’ Over Half A Million Indians
As President Donald Trump considers plans to create new rules that would curb H-1B visa extensions and could see thousands of mostly…
Indian techs head to Canada as US uncertainty over H-1B visa continues
With Trump’s rhetoric over America first campaign undermining high tech Indian Americans’ prospects of continuing to work and contribute to…
H-4 visa EAD to be terminated in 2018, H-1B visa rules to change
Tens of thousands of immigrant families in the US. Are going to face a bitter truth. the Trump Administration has…
9.3 million family-based visas issued in 10 years, White House says
For the first time, the White House said, the federal government has counted the green cards issued between 2005 and…
No change in H-1B visa system: US
Amid the H-1B visa row in India, the US government has said there has been no change in law regarding…
No China-type easier UK visa for Indians soon
Immigration minister Brandon Lewis said there is “no limit on the number of international students who can come to the…
Tillerson Meets Modi, Swaraj; discusses H1 visa, terrorism, trade, technology, Indo-Pacific
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, on his first visit to India as a cabinet member, discussed expanding and solidifying…
Trump Admin policy makes H-1B Visa extension harder to get
With a recent move, the Trump administration has made it more difficult for the renewal of non-immigrant visas such as…
India is a top source and destination for world’s migrants
India has a long history of migration. More than a century ago, large numbers of Indian migrants – many of them…
India looking forward to visit by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson
India says it is looking forward to a visit by US secretary of state Rex Tillerson to New Delhi next week to…
‘SUCCEED Act’ by GOP to protect undocumented kids in US
Three Republican senators introduced the ‘SUCCEED Act’ Sept. 25, designed to protect undocumented children, including over 7,000 Indian Americans, who…
State Dept. Tightens Rules for Visitors’ Visas: Misuse Results in Deportation
The State Department has released changes to its foreign policy manual that tighten rules for people entering the U.S. on…
Trump makes it harder to shift from work visa to green card
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that those who are on work visas and applying for permanent residence are…
Uncertainty over DACA leaves future of thousands of “dreamer” NRI kids in doubt
The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – an Obama-era initiative providing relief from deportation to more than 800,000 undocumented…
H-1B visa applications see spike in inquiries from US authorities
Indians working in the US may find it more challenging to transition from a work visa (such as H-1B) to…
UAE topples Saudi as top draw for Indian job seekers in Gulf
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as the leading destination for Indians migrating to the Gulf in search of work, as per emigration clearance…
USCIS to Expand In-Person Interviews for Permanent Residency Applicants Starting October 1st
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is expanding in-person interviews for persons applying for permanent…
US lawmaker calls for removal of country quota in Green Card
An influential American lawmaker has called for removal of country-specific quotas for legal permanent residency, also known as green cards,…
Bill introduced to give Green Cards to immigrants who worked at Ground Zero
Ground Zero recovery workers would get green cards allowing them to live legally in the United States under new legislation…
Trump Administration wants to do away with startup Visa rule
Giving into the pressure from right wing nationalists, the Trump administration plans to delay and ultimately scrap a rule that…
More than half of new green cards go to people already living in the U.S.
BY D’VERA COHN AND NEIL G. RUIZLEAVE A COMMENT About a million immigrants receive U.S. green cards each year, but fewer than half…
Speedy entry into US for Indian travelers as India signs Global Entry Program
Low-risk Indian travelers to the US from now on would experience speedy entry into the country after landing, with India…
Gov. Cuomo orders probe after NRI asks immigration status of tenants
Jaideep Reddy, an Indian American landlord in Queens, New York, has apologized for having sent letters to the tenants in…
2 NRIs charged with posing as DHS agents, defrauding immigrants of $6 million
Three men, including two Indian Americans, were arrested on June 7 in connection with a scheme to allegedly defraud victims…
Donald Trump’s ruling on H-1B visa is based on wrong data
During the election campaign candidate Trump won support from the electorate by promising to bring back job sot America. Now,…
US Labor Department to ramp up fraud probes of H-1B visa program
The U.S. Labor Department is stepping up efforts to root out potential fraud in its visa programs for foreign workers,…
Lawmakers reintroduce bipartisan legislation to retain foreign-born PhDs trained in America
Congressman Erik Paulsen, R-Minnesota, and Congressman Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, reintroduced a bill that if passed by Congress would further smooth…
Raja Krishnamoorthi says H1-B not responsible for U.S. unemployment
Illinois Democratic Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi says unemployment in the U.S. cannot be laid at the door of highly skilled foreign…
World’s leading authority to lead luxury Jewish-India tour by Pacific Delight Tours
My Second Home tour (hosted by leading Jewish-India scholar Professor Nathan Katz) features all the “must see” sights, while offering insights…
US asks visa applicants for social media handles
The United States has begun asking some would-be visitors applying for visas to provide their identities on social media, among…
US welcomes Infosys decision to hire 10,000 workers in US
The US administration has welcomed the decision of Indian IT giant Infosys to hire 10,000 Americans in the next two…
Key facts about the U.S. H-1B visa program
President Donald Trump has ordered a comprehensive review of the H-1B visa program, the primary way that companies in the…
Student visa’s 24-month OPT extension lawsuit dismissed
Encouraging foresing students who graduate with specialized degrees in the United States, the US administration had allowed them, especially STEM…
Trump orders review of H-1B Visas to encourage hiring Americans
In yet another indication of short-sightedness and lack of vision for the future of the nation, President Donald Trump ordered a…
India, US reaffirm strategic partnership; shared perspectives in region
The United States and India reaffirmed a strategic partnership that involves not only a growing defense relationship but also shared…
H1-B Visa: Computer programmer won’t qualify as specialty occupation
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has ruled that being a simple computer programmer would no longer qualify as…