On April 8, an Indian-origin woman took the Oath of Allegiance and became a US citizen at the age of 99, much to the surprise and delight of Indians stuck in the #GreenCardbacklog. The naturalization of Daibai, a great grandmother of US-born kids of Indian descent, not only made headlines but also elicited an overwhelming […]
The US citizenship which is more coveted than space adventure for Indians with legal permanent residency is going to be a little more difficult to obtain for those with low proficiency in English language. Statistically, the United States welcomed more than 7.6 million immigrants as naturalized citizens in the last decade. In fiscal 2022 alone, […]
In 2021 alone, a record 78,284 Indians gave up their Indian citizenship and became US citizens. The 2018 American Community Survey conducted by the US Census Bureau revealed that Indian Americans make the second-largest immigrant group in the United States. This would not have been possible if JJ Singh had not laid the foundation for […]
President Joe Biden set the ball rolling to keep his electoral promises regarding immigration overhauls hours after he took office on January 20. Reportedly, the 46th US President sent a new reform bill to Congress, directing major overhauls to the US immigration system and aiming to remove the roadblocks that the Trump administration laid on […]
In August 2018, Stephen Miller in the Trump Administration drafted a policy to deny US citizenship and legal permanent residency to immigrants who don’t have high income standards or who depend on federal benefits, including Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act, childcare, food stamps, and public housing. Considered a deliberate act to axe the number […]
As the year 2019 is approaching its end, the Trump administration is hardening its stance towards citizenship and legal permanent residency for immigrants in the US. In October 2019, the US government revised the fee waiver policy for US citizenship applicants, which have left thousands of green card holders unable to become citizens. As a […]
If you are a green card holder or applicant, or an immigrant on some work visa, or a naturalized citizen, you may not be exempted from the current US government’s plans to know what you do on the Web. The Department of Homeland Security’s notice regarding this move was first published on the website of […]
“Nearly 30 million Indians abroad make the largest diaspora in the world. Taking a foreign passport for the sake of convenience does not make them any less Indian,” said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor while introducing a bill in the Parliament, seeking to amend Article 9 of the Indian Constitution, so that foreign nationals of Indian […]
President Donald Trump’s tweet about a potential path to citizenship for H1B visa workers in the United States is just like a bolt out of the blue. This morning, he made a tweet about the upcoming changes to the immigration policy and US work visa programs which, he believes, would bring ‘simplicity and certainty’ to […]
Is the US President above the law? Could he scrape off a constitutional guarantee to those born on the American soil? Is it legal for the President to violate or deny a constitutional amendment? Is an executive order above the Constitution? In a recent interview with Axios on HBO, President Donald Trump’s hints at signing […]