A lot has been written about the green card limbo affecting the future of Indian families in the United States. Several bills including the HR 3648 EAGLE Act 2021, the RELIEF Act, and the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act have been brought onto the table seeking elimination of the country-wise cap on the number of […]
It has been a little over one month since President’s proclamation restricting arrival of travelers from the pandemic-hit India, except certain groups, took effect on May 4, 2021. The temporary ban on entry into the United States for travelers from India principally applies to non-American residents having neither a US-born kid nor a spouse with […]
May 18, 2021 marks an important day in the history of the Biden administration, as President Biden eliminated a Trump-era rule that had attempted at narrowing the definition of “speciality” occupations within the ambit of the H1B visa program. In October 2020, the Trump administration had issued a new regulation to redefine speciality occupations for […]
Since the pandemic began, time has been a roller-coaster ride for many non-immigrant US visa holders. They are back to where they were early in 2020. In the wake of the pandemic, India suspended all international flights, inbound and outbound, leaving thousands of non-immigrant visa holders stranded and separated from their families in the US […]
Many US green cardholders, who are still stuck in India because of adverse circumstances triggered by the pandemic, need to reclaim their legal permanent residence in the United States. A majority of the green cardholders stuck in India are senior citizens and middle-aged professionals whose return travel to the US has been disrupted due to […]
January 26, 2021 marked a milestone in the US history of immigration, as America’s 46th President Joe Biden took a historic move in favour of H4 visa holders by rescinding Donald Trump’s proposal that had sought abolition of H4 EAD. A welcome relief to the Indian beneficiaries who were on the verge of being stripped […]
The initial registration for H1B visa lottery, the most sought-after passage for Indian IT professionals to enter the United States – the land of American Dreams – is supposed to begin on March 9, 2021 for the fiscal 2022. However, H1B visa is caught in a new storm in the new political regime. Immigration Voice, […]
A new era of independence has been ushered in for H4 visa holders just on the sixth day of the Biden-Harris administration at the White House. H4 visa professionals, including Indian beneficiaries of the Employment Authorization Document, lived under the fear of losing their jobs until the Trump regime came to an end. Though they […]
What was denied to an H1B visa petitioner in 2017 has been acknowledged in 2020. In a major development against the alleged denial of H1B visas to computer programmers, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that computer programming falls under the ambit of a specialty occupation. Furthermore, the court described the US Citizenship and […]
In the phase 7 of Vande Bharat Mission, the Government of India lifted restrictions for the entry/arrival of OCI cardholders and foreign nationals of Indian origin with a valid visa. Though several visa types for travel to India, which were earlier suspended in view of the Coronavirus pandemic, have been restored, tourist visa, e-visa (visa […]