Indian American Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, who was a living legend in Statistics, departed to heaven before India reached the Moon on August 23. At the age of 102, Dr C R Rao, a mathematician with several feathers in his cap, breathed his last at his residence in Buffalo, New York on August 22. Unlike today’s […]
Unless you travel on nonstop flights between USA and India, checking the citizenship-based visa requirements for transit in a third country is a prerequisite for international travel. This simple step can avert unexpected events such as denial of boarding. If you are scheduled to travel between India and USA via Canada, you should know whether […]
The years of advocating for Diwali to be declared an official school holiday in New York City has come to a fruition. Mayor Eric Adams’ message, “Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023”, to a diverse populace of over 2,00,000 Hindus, Jains, Buddhists and Sikhs has ignited fireworks in […]
If you are on H1B visa, you must be wondering, sometimes, how to extend your H1B status after the maximum period of 6 years or whether you can extend your stay in the US after 6 years of valid H1B status. Yes, you can do that without accruing visa overstay or incurring a penalty. The […]
The way the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is working to reduce visa wait times in India and upgrade the security features of Green Cards, it seems that the federal agency has regained its pre-pandemic tempo. Recently, USCIS announced details of the security upgrade to Green Card and EAD redesigns. Reportedly, the redesigned cards […]
Once again, international travelers to New Delhi, India are classified as at-risk arrivals and not-at-risk arrivals depending on their travel origin and transit. India-bound travelers coming from or transiting in Japan, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea, and China are currently high-risk arrivals due to a fresh COVID-19 wave in those countries. Pre-departure RT-PCR testing […]
The season of layoff that Elon Musk started with the downsizing of employees after his takeover of Twitter has spiraled out of control to impact over 91,000 tech workers including non-immigrants on H1B and other visas in the US so far. Reportedly, the layoff season will extend into the New Year 2023 and turn many […]
Tamil Nadu’s regulations for international travelers flying into Chennai are aligned with Indian Government’s current guidelines for international arrivals. Traveling to Chennai is now as normal as the pre-pandemic times. Neither vaccination nor pre-arrival RT-PCR testing is mandatory, except for travelers from five countries: China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and South Korea. Recently, India […]
Since February 2022, Karnataka’s guidelines for international arrivals to Bangalore International Airport and Mangalore Airport have been relaxed. The removal of the Air Suvidha form, effective from November 21, has made it a lot easier to travel to India from the United States and other countries. Besides, full-vaccination or pre-departure RT-PCR testing is no longer […]
Non-immigrant visa holders felt the ordeal of being stuck in the green card backlog intensely during the pandemic, as their entry to the US was heavily restricted by President Biden’s proclamations curbing the import of COVID-19 cases from the affected countries. Consequently, thousands of H1B, H4, L1 and other non-immigrant visa holders were stranded in […]