Visas

The Indian IT service providers are finding it difficult to get H1B visas. Based on the ET analysis data got by the USCIS, from 2016 until 2019 there is a decrease in the H-1B visas from Indian IT companies. In 2016, it was 51 percent and now there is...

To protect Indian women from being caught up in ‘fraudulent marriages’ with non-resident Indians, Sushma Swaraj, the External Affairs Minister of India, in February introduced a new bill ‘ The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019 in the Upper House of the Parliament. What did the MEA find? Sushma...

Finding constant issues with the H1B visa has become a very common phenomenon since the Trump administration made it stricter with the laws. While things have been consistently going, there seemed to have been a further dispute when a lawsuit against the work permits was filed by the Saves...

Following the implementation of the Trump administration, there has been a very rough time for people to get their H-1B visa approved. If reports are to be believed, it suggests that over fourth of all the new applications for the H-1B visa has been rejected by the Trump administration...

VISA issues have been very prevalent in countries but India has time and time improved their means to bring forth better involvement of the international tourists for better economic growth of the country. Owing to the significant relaxations in its e-VISA policy, the same is going to make it...

The United Kingdom government on Wednesday announced a new two-year post-study work visa route for all the international students who have valid UK immigration status as a student. The move could boost Indian student numbers opting British universities over other country varsities’. The new ‘Graduate’ route, which will come into effect...

Pakistan government on Wednesday decided to begin the process of issuance of visas on September 1 and end by September 30 to Sikh pilgrims from around the world to attend the 550th birth anniversary of Baba Guru Nanak in Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Nanak. The decision to begin...

An Indian origin Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of London-headquartered start-up OakNorth have urged the UK government to mull over a new streamlined visa to make it uncomplicated for the technology industry to continue to hire the required talent from around the world even after Britain has left the...

In spite of vows by President Donald Trump in January to improve the visa application process for highly-skilled foreign workers seeking H-1B visas, the immigrants with specialized skills are seeing work visa applications get stuck in lengthy processing queues, or denied together, according to Associated Press. The aftermath is as...

The Donald Trump administration is closing the doors on Indian immigrants, yet there is one exception. Indians applying for the O-1 visa, individuals with an extraordinary ability in the sciences, education, business, or athletics are facing far fewer rejections than before, according to recent data from National Foundation for American...