F1 VISA
What is an F-1 visa? Here is everything you need to knowF-1 students may stay in the US for up to 60 days beyond the length of time it takes to complete their academic program unless they have ap...
- 86,000 odd Indian children will age out owing to the green card backlog, with a risk of family separation
Of the 8.15 lakh Indians who are caught in the green-card backlog, which for most will take 84 years to process, 1.57 lakh are children. Th...
- Legislation introduced in the House of Representatives to overhaul H-1B visa system
Introduced on Thursday by Congressman Mo Brooks from Alabama, the American Jobs First Act seeks to sops employers from hiring foreign H-1B ...
- Trump administration proposes fixed time limit for students', researchers', journalists' visas
The proposal scheduled to be notified in the Federal Register on Friday is not country-specific, but has been brought in view of the abuse ...
- US trade bodies file lawsuit against proclamation suspending new non-immigrant visas
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical...
- What Donald Trump has really done: The most troubling visa queries, answered
It is not just the H-1B visa. Trump's sweeping diktat has impacted most other American work visas too.
- View: How does US travel ban impact H-1B, L-1, F-1, EB-2, EB-3 and related visa holders?
In this article we will examine how the June Ban, which ends on December 31, 2020, affects the H-1B, L-1 and F-1 (student) visa categories ...
- International students pack to leave amid new US rules
International students worried about a new immigration policy that could potentially cost them their visas say they feel stuck between bein...
- Taken for (immi)granted: Making sense of Trump's foreign students rule
The US Department of Commerce estimates that these foreign students contributed $45-bn to the US economy.
- 'Conveyed concerns to US': MEA on modifications to requirements for student visas
On issue of F-1 visa students attending online-only classes in the United States, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson, Anurag S...
- New visa regulations likely to cause uncertainties, difficulties for some Indian students: official
According to a recent report of Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), there were 1,94,556 Indian students enrolled in various academ...
- Policy change on international students is misguided, say US universities and lawmakers
Congressman Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, chairwoman of the Border Secu...
- Donald Trump's H-1B visa suspension: An explainer
Trump, who won the first term on the back of anti-immigration rhetoric, has tightened policies that have favoured US technology companies f...
- US technology firms to be impacted by possible Trump move to ban H-1B visas
US firms have been the key beneficiaries of the H-1B visa in recent years - seven of the top 10 in fiscal 19 were US headquartered tech fir...
- USCIS to resume premium processing for H-1B visas
On March 20th, the USCIS had announced that it a temporary suspension of premium processing for Form I-129 and I-140 petitions because of ...
- US still first choice for Indian students going abroad
While the overall number of Indian students going abroad will decrease due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US will see little to no dip in th...
- Extension of non-immigrant visa holders in US on case-by-case basis: USCIS
The response from the USCIS, when asked about H-1B visas, indicated that there is no blanket extension of any non-immigrant visas during th...
- USCIS announces temporary suspension of premium processing for FY21 H-1B petitions
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services ton Monday announced the temporary suspension of premium processing service for fiscal year (FY...
- Aged-out kids in US: Must opt for international student-visa or self deport
The US Senate has blocked a bill that seeks to lift per-country green card limit, dashing hopes of Indian families.
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