Visas

The new points-based visa system will replace the tier-4 visa system. The changes will come to effect from October 5. In a bid to encourage more overseas students to study in the UK, Prime Minister Borris Johnson introduced a new visa route which is a points based system. Under this new...

Visas of students and researchers of China are revoked by the US citing security reasons. The United States has canceled visas of about 1000 Chinese nationals under a May 29 Presidential proclamation to suspend students and researchers of China due to the security risks. The decision was informed by a state...

The US has relaxed H1-B visa restrictions for certain professionals whose travel is necessary for the economic revival of the country. The United States has taken a decision to relax the restrictions on the entry of non-immigrants holding H1-B visas. The relaxations will be applicable for healthcare professionals working on COVID-19,...

The President of United States of America Donald Trump has issued a pronouncement to suspend all foreign work visas for the rest of the year. The suspension of work visas also includesan H-1B visa which is the most popular among Indian IT professional. Out of all H-1B visas around...

India eases travel restrictions for OCI cardholders under certain conditions. The new rules are a must know for the people who are waiting to travel back to India who are holding OCI status in other countries. The Home Ministry of India has issued new rules for the people who are...

India’s Foreign Minister Jaishankar said the government would not accept foreign bodies to interfere or pass judgements on its sovereignty. On this note, the government denied the travel request of the US panel to India. India has refused the visas of the members of the US Commission on International Religious...

Several Indians on H-1B with US born kids are feeling left out and they pleaded to allow travelling to India. Indian government launched the Vande Bharat Mission which is to repatriate the Indian stranded in the US. A woman, Anguraj Kailasam is out of status in the US as her...

Harsh Vardhan says that the H-1B holders are quite anxious about the administration review onthe non-immigrants regime that will soon come up with restrictions on the H-1B visa. Further, he said, India hopes that the US' review of non-immigration visa will take into account concerns of H1-B visa holders. According to...

With so much uncertainty surrounding immigration and visa approval in the United States amidst the coronavirus pandemic, the White House has reported further updates on the same. The final proposal on the visa fee increase has been submitted by the US immigration agency last week with the stamp from...

According to a research done by National Foundation for American Policy, hiring H-1B visa holders is a good idea as the US workers would get to earn well. It even found that the jobs of US workers would be affected if the immigrant visa programs are restricted. From 2005 to 2018,...