Recently, Washington-based desi Microsoft engineer Sri Ponnada’s Facebook post about her soon-to-expire STEM-OPT status, her numbered days of stay in the US and the uncertain future course of her life post possible deportation has raised a storm on social media by dividing the Indian American community into two groups with different opinions. One group sympathizes […]
Many dreams of becoming another Satya Nadella, the CEO of Microsoft or another Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google Inc. may fall apart in India, if international students are deported on the very next day of the completion of their studies in the United States. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services, has drafted a new […]
Discarding all petitions from different quarters to let spouses of H1B visa holders work legally, the US government is stepping forward to eliminate the Obama-era EAD work permit for H4 visa holders including the highly-qualified ones. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ director, Lee Francis Cissna hinted at it in a letter to Senator Chuck […]
Yesterday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) launched a new E-Verify website, E-Verify.gov, in order to streamline the employee identity and employment eligibility verification process for the US-based employers. The website would help the E-Verify enrolled employers check and confirm if their newly hired employees who are foreign nationals are eligible to work in […]
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a new alert for H1B applicants from India, China, South Korea and other countries. In the latest directive released during the teleconference on March 6, USCIS has mandated a specific start date of employment in the upcoming H1B visa applications. The H1B visa filing period will […]
Latest Update: The US government changed its mind about prevention of H1B visa extension saying that deportation of skilled professionals holding H1B visa and waiting for green cards would have had a devastating impact on the US economy, US-India relations and the families of H1B visa holders. Now Indian professionals employed on H1B visa in […]
Nothing can dampen our will for survival, our enthusiasm for celebration, and our spirit for progress. Not even Hurricane Harvey. That’s what Texas Governor Greg Abbott proved by celebrating Diwali, the festival of lights, to eclipse the lingering shadow of the devastating Harvey with the divine light. Held at his mansion in Austin, the Diwali […]
“The burden of proof in establishing eligibility for extension of employment-based US visas in nonimmigrant categories lies on the petitioner,” said the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in a new directive about the updated policy guidance on its website. Difficulties seem ahead for H1B and L1B visa holders at the time of applying for […]
At a charity event last Sunday (September 24, 2017), Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner wholeheartedly acknowledged the impact of humanitarian efforts and philanthropic initiatives by Indian Americans, in general, on the socio-economic progress of America. Undeniably, the growing Indian American community is a pillar of the US economy though it constitutes only 1% of the total […]
Earlier this year (2017), the US Department of Homeland Security released two memos directing the Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to axe the number of undocumented or illegal immigrants in USA, including nearly 300,000 Indian Americans. The latest act of immigration reform in the Trump administration put an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood […]