34 naturalized US citizens, including two India-born Americans, will be recognized as ‘Great Immigrants of 2022’ and receive the ‘Pride of America’ award this July 4, the US Independence Day. Since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation of New York has been celebrating naturalized Americans from different walks of life, who have enriched the nation through their […]
A presidential advisory commission has made certain recommendations, through unanimous voting, for the Biden administration to clear the existing green card backlog within 6 months. If the recommendations, if adopted through an executive order to reduce the green card wait times to six months, will be the best boon that hundreds of thousands of Indians […]
A marriage-based green card issued to foreign spouses of US citizens and legal permanent residents is often referred to as the easiest passage into America for foreign nationals despite the challenges of status adjustment from conditional permanent residence (CPR) to legal permanent residence (LPR). Usually, it takes between 12 and 38 months to get a […]
The new bill introduced in the House of Representatives, if singed into a law, will make America a dream destination for H4 visa holders, who are often referred to as dependents of H1B, H2A, H2B, and H3 visa holders in the US. Lauded by non-immigrants from all quarters, the bill is aimed at making H4 […]
Some leaders from the upper echelons of a conglomerate’s totem pole think of hanging up their hats following an illustrious career spanning two to three decades. But Indian American Raj Subramaniam, 55, is all set to don a new hat; the hat of a CEO for FedEx Corporation headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. He will assume […]
With 2021 making way for 2022, India gave one more CEO to the United States. The most elite club of Indian-origin CEOs in America welcomed India-born Anand Eswaran as the Chief Executive Officer of a leading data management and security solutions provider headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. With a global clientele base of over 400,000 and […]
After Parag Agarwal, the CEO of Twitter, was given a red-carpet welcome into the elite club of Indian-origin CEOs helming global conglomerates, another Indian-origin business leader is appointed the CEO of an American global e-commerce company. India-born Kedar Deshpande, who has been the CEO of Zappos since Sep 2020, will become the CEO of Groupon, […]
“A genuinely free society cannot be a spectator society”. Founded on this premise way back in 1964, the White House Fellows program has been engaging young leaders of exceptional caliber in the process of governing the nation and offering them first-hand experience in the practice of decision-making leadership for more than five decades. Individuals, regardless […]
After four months of deliberation on easing entry restrictions for foreign nationals in a calibrated manner, the White House has finally issued new entry rules and travel guidelines for international travelers boarding flights into USA on or after November 8, 2021. President Biden signed a new proclamation for safe resumption of air travel to the […]
With effect from August 30, 2021, the United Arab Emirates resumed issuing tourist visas to only fully-vaccinated nationals of the countries, including India, tourist arrivals from where had been suspended hitherto. The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) made this announcement jointly on August 28. […]