A new mandate for green card applicants in the United States! The US government has mandated in-person interview for employment-based visa holders applying for green cards in USA. The new addition to the green card application process is applicable to whoever is seeking lawful permanent residency in the US. It means that L1 and H1B […]
The sun seems shining for the foreign-born PhD degree holders in America against the Trump Administration’s executive orders on issuance and revision of employment-related US visas including H1B. Erik Paulsen and Mike Quigley from the US House of Representatives have reintroduced a bill seeking to exempt foreign-born individuals, including students and professionals, having or pursuing […]
Applying for an American visa for tourism, business, education, or immigration seems a herculean task in the wake of the Trump administration’s newest directive to all of its diplomatic missions for rigorous scrutiny of certain groups of US visa applicants from across the world. The latest ordinance is a revised version of the previous executive […]
Houston selected 10-year-old Yash Semlani, an Indian American boy, as its Inaugural Young Ambassador. Houston City’s Mayor Sylvester Turner felicitated Yash for his achievements as a young community leader and awarded him a proclamation for his contributions, at a ceremonial event in the city hall. Houston Mayor’s Young Ambassador Program seeks to educate the students […]
In a new measure to restrict the inflow of foreign workers on H1B visa and soothe the ruffled feathers in the current political scenario, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has decided to suspend premium processing of all H1B visa petitions from April 3, 2017. Premium processing for H1B visas is a special […]
With the implementation of work authorization for the abused spouses of H1B visa holders, the victims of domestic violence among the H4 visa holders got a good reason to cheer in the current tumultuous political climate of USA. Under the aegis of the 2005 Violence Against Women Act, the US Congress legalized work authorization for […]
All the speculations and apprehensions about immigration enforcement across the US culminated in the release of two memos by the US Department of Homeland Security, hardening and enforcing the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The couple of directives to execute President Donald Trump’s immigration plans put 11 million undocumented immigrants on the verge of deportation. The […]
The “Outstanding American by Choice” award to seven Indian Americans came like a new ray of hope penetrating dark clouds of despair and disdain in the current tempestuous political milieu of America. Though the Indian American community is a minority constituting only 1% of the US’ total population, they undeniably make significant contributions to the […]
Since the beginning of US elections 2016, immigration experts and foreign students as well as professionals have been panicked about immigrant and non-immigrant visas for jobs in the United States. The introduction of various bills in the US Senate seeking to ban or curb hiring of foreign workers on H1B visa sent thousands of American […]
Atlanta-based Patti Tripathi is up with the Saris to Suits Calendar 2017 edition, which features 13 powerful women activists, humanitarians, entrepreneurs and professionals from different communities. A tribute to women power and an initiative for women empowerment, the Saris to Suits Calendar seeks to raise funds to drive campaigns against domestic violence and gender inequality. […]