US VISA

US court seeks joint status report on H4 visas

An H-4 visa is issued by the USCIS to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 years of age) of the H-1B visa holders, most o...

Biden rescinds Trump memo denying H-1B visa to programmers

In Financial Year 2020, "computer programmer" was among the Top 10 occupational roles for which an H-1B/H-1B1/E3 petition had been filed.

H-1B Visa rejection rates dropped drastically in July-September 2020

H-1B visa rejection rate fell to 1.5% in the July-September period compared to 21% in the previous nine months, an analysis of US immigrati...

India engaged with US on extension of H-1B ban: Ministry of External Affairs

Last month, outgoing US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation where he extended the restrictions entry of immigrants and non-immigra...

Over 8,00,000 Indian nationals in green card backlog in US

Indian employer-sponsored applicants face an eight-decade wait for green cards, and nearly 200,000 will die before they can even theoretica...

Lawsuit now covers H-1B petitions for market research analyst positions filed by US businesses

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical ...

Pro-immigration regime may be more balanced

While Biden has spoken up against the changes introduced to the visa policy by the Trump administration and is expected to reverse those, h...

All eyes on H-1B visa programme irrespective of who wins the US polls

In yet another policy stance change on H-1B visa within six months, the US administration recently announced that it was announcing an “int...

US district court: Spouses of H-1B visa holders aren’t entitled to automatic renewal of work permits

To mitigate the difficulties arising owing decades-long green-card backlog for those immigrants from certain countries, such as India, the ...

Federal court allows Trump administration to implement immigration rule during appeal

Under the Trump administration rule, officials can deny permanent residency to legal immigrants over their use of food stamps, Medicaid or ...

Trump administration proposes to scrap computerised lottery system to select H-1B visas

Quite a few H-1B visas are allotted to employees of India-centric IT companies and a wage level-based selection could significantly increas...

Engaged with US for ensuring increasing predictability in visa regime: MEA

The H-1B visa, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers ...

'No option but to come back to India': H-1B visa holders share their fears and hopes ahead of US election

Hundreds of H-1B visa holders affected by President Donald Trump's flip-flops on the long-term work visa are keeping a close eye on the ong...

Indian applicants rush to downgrade applications for path to faster green card

The downgrade petition comes with its own risks as preference is given to applicants under higher categories, but many are willing to take ...

VFS Global wins contract to provide visa, passport services for India in US

These six cities in the US include Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston, according to a statement.

US proposes not to issue business visa for H-1B speciality occupations

The move, made public on Wednesday, less than two weeks ahead of the Nov 3 presidential election, is likely to impact several Indian compan...

Trump ban on visas cost the US economy $100 billion: Study

The June 22 Proclamation, which barred the entry of H-1B, L-1 and J1 visa holders till the end of the year, was eventually suspended by a U...