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America’s formula for attracting Indian tech talent is hard to copy, but nations are still tryingDespite growing global competition, United States continues to be the top choice for Indian tech professionals. This enduring appeal stems ...
India's brain-gain moment may be starting with a crack in the American dreamAs green card backlogs, visa uncertainty and layoffs reshape the American dream, India is emerging as a stronger destination for globally e...
Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisonedAsylum seekers deported from the United States are being held against their will in Equatorial Guinea. The Trump administration struck a de...
US exhausts EB-2 green card quota for India in FY2026US State Department has announced a halt on EB-2 Green Card issuances for Indian applicants. All available visas for fiscal year 2026 are n...
How priority dates and cross-chargeability affect your Green Card timelineIndian nationals working in the U.S. often face long waits for green cards due to visa quotas. A priority date determines one's place in li...
Trump's visa ban on 75 countries may free up 50,000 green cards for othersA pause on immigrant visas for 75 countries, initiated in January, could lead to an estimated 50,000 unused family-based Green Card quotas ...
US Congressman advocates for removal of Green Card quota for highly qualified Indian professionalsCongressman Matt Cartwright, who represents the 8th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, is supporting the move by Indian American organ...
Legislation in US Congress to phase out country quota for green cards; capture unused visas for nurses and doctorsThe Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act, a legislation led by Senator Kevin Cramer and Dick Durbin, makes a limited number of green cards a...
Apple CEO Tim Cook flags issue of delay in green card processingIn recent years, tech firms have emerged as the top sponsors of green cards for their employees, in order to hold on to high-skilled talent...
100k Green Cards at risk of going waste this year; resentment among Indian professionalsThe current pace of processing by US Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS suggests they will waste more than 100,000 Green Cards, ...
US Chambers seeks to double H-1B quotaThe most sought-after H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US firms to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that requi...
Indian-American frontline healthcare professionals in Green Card backlog hold protest at US CapitolThe protesters said that the fairness bill removes country caps and allots green cards as a first come first serve basis. It passed in the ...
Biden to present US Citizenship Bill in Senate on Thursday; Indians in Green card queue could benefitThe Bill aims to increase the overall quota for employment based green cards from 140,000 to 170, 000 annually, a move that would be benefi...
Over 8,00,000 Indian nationals in green card backlog in USIndian employer-sponsored applicants face an eight-decade wait for green cards, and nearly 200,000 will die before they can even theoretica...
US President Trump's green card ban could help Indians next year“Due to the green card proclamation ban, we are expecting to have advancement in the priority dates, which would allow many who are in the ...
Indians face 10-year wait for US green cardOnly 7% of the yearly quota of green cards can go to applicants from the same country.
Only 60K Indians received Green Cards in 2017: Dept of Homeland SecurityAs per official figures, number of Indians getting Green Cards in US has dropped than the previous two years.
Green cards for Indians soar six-fold to 35,472 in a yearAn H-1B visa-holder is beholden to the employer who hired him or her, and can be deported unless the holder can find another H-1B sponsor.
US immigration reforms: Indians want Obama to cut long wait for green cardsFor Indians issues such as proposed STEM legislation, which would fast-track green card for foreign students with advanced degrees are far ...
How High-Skilled Immigration Act in US is holding out hope for IndiansLong wait on green card queue is becoming an important reason for IT execs in US wanting to move back to India.