The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is up with a surprise for legal permanent residents awaiting their naturalization sooner or later. The USCIS policy manual on good moral character has recently been updated with a set of new guidelines requiring legal permanent residents to safeguard their moral character from the “unlawful” acts that may […]
The United States is done with implementation of the H1B electronic registration process online for the employers seeking qualified foreign nationals for the US fiscal 2021. US-based companies or their authorized representatives looking to hire H1B visa workers from India and other countries would have to register online paying a processing fee of US$10 before […]
Unarguably, the increased scrutiny of visa renewal applications has been causing the issuance of requests for evidence (RFEs) in an increasing number since the Trump administration started taking a restrictive stance towards immigration. The applicants, who the request for evidence is issued to, may be required to put their documents of previous approval (s) or […]
Adding value to the OCI card for foreign citizens of Indian origin, the government of India has decided to allow Overseas Citizens of India to invest in the country’s most popular retirement pension instrument. Until before the recent announcement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the National Pension Scheme (NPS) was a restricted territory […]
Diwali is a festival of joy, happiness and togetherness. But this Diwali is not a happy one for Suhas Khamgaonkar who had to part from her daughter and take a flight back to India last week, as she lost her right to continue staying in the US as a H4 visa dependent after her husband […]
In the wake of frequent mass shootings, including the most recent El Paso and Dayton incident which claimed at least 31 lives, socio-religious inclusion of immigrants and minorities is the only panacea for hate crimes in the United States. Immigrants and minorities including Indians are being represented culturally and religiously in different walks of life […]
Those who are awaiting the approval of their petitions for H4 visa extension must know that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) added biometrics to the eligibility criteria for H4 visa dependents applying for the status extension and made it compulsory for them to undergo the biometric process as part of the overall […]
The only petition titled “H4 EAD – Please do not revoke the H4 EAD policy”, which was launched on the White House website in March 2019 to save work permit for H4 EAD beneficiaries, bit the dust as it failed to garner 100,000 signatures in a stipulated period of time. The H4 Employment Protection Act […]
H1B visa continues to be a conundrum for many Indians in the United States. That the scrutiny of H1B visa renewal applications has been enhanced to a greater degree is evident from the number of Request for Evidences (REFs) increased from 38% to 60% as per the US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ data for the […]
While India is in full swing of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, with the Modi government oscillating between life and death, the Donald Trump administration is up with its re-election campaign message, “Replace green cards with Build America Visa,” as part of its merit and points-based immigration policy for making America great again. Yesterday, the […]