Immigration

A prominent Indian-American official in the White House, Mr. Raj Shah has said that President Donald Trump is not anti-immigrant. This statement came in light of the recent legislation passed by the Congressional panel, that imposes more restrictions on the H-1B work visas which is the most sought after...

After declaring last week that nothing could be done for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) applications delayed in mail, the United States Citizenship And Immigration Services Agency has now reversed its position and agreed to allow only such application that were rejected for mail delay. Nearly 100 applications...

Japan has announced that it will relax visa rules for Indians from January 1, 2018. It will now issues easy multiple - entry - visa for short term stay which will benefits the Indian tourists as well as businessmen. The Japanese Embassy reported that this relaxing of visa regime will have...

According to the report published in the moneycontrol.com, large number of CEOs as well as top guns have recommended the Indian firms in US to lobby harder for H1B visa issue especially after the moves by the Trump Administration under the America First policy. The issue of H1B visas has...

The World Trade Organization does not see any outcome in India’s view to facilitate trade in services, which is aimed at raising the predictability in visa regime for technology professional and nurses, at the Ministerial Meeting in Argentina. According to the sources quoted by The Economic Times, the European Union,...

The new directive issued by the Trump Administration has toughened the rules for the non-immigrant visas such as H1B and L1, which are more popular among Indian IT professionals by making clear that the burden of proofs lies solely on the applicant during the renewal process. The US Citizenship and...

Around 100 Indian H1-B visa holders campaigned and reach out to the lawmakers in US on Monday requesting to clear the backlog of the green card applications. The Indian community is the largest foreign community in the US under the temporary work visas. In the United States, the Green Card...

Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, who currently is in Washington to attend the meetings of International Monetary Fund and World Bank, has made a vital discussion on the issue of reforms in the H1-B/L1 visa processing in the bilateral talks with US Commerce as well as Treasury Secretaries. In the...

The State Department and the US Justice is all set to share information regarding probing the companies that abuses the visa programs, which is aimed at hiring the foreign individuals. The move has come under the moves by the Trump Administration to reform the immigration sector. The agreement was made...

After announcing that it will resume the premium processing for the H1-B visas, the United States has resumed the process for all the H1-B visa category. The processing was halted temporarily to control the huge rush of visa applications for work mainly by Indian professionals. The process was temporarily stopped...