What rights do immigrants in the United States have, and how are they changing under Trump?Under the Trump administration, U.S. immigration enforcement has broadened, impacting not only border crossers but also legal residents. Ev...
13 Apr, 2025, 09.51 AM IST
Green cards don't give holders indefinite right to be in the US, says JD VanceUS VP JD Vance outlined the Trump administration's stance on critical issues such as immigration, deportation, and border security. He emph...
14 Mar, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
Immigrants are becoming US citizens at fastest clip in yearsCitizenship requests are being processed quickly, clearing backlogs from the Trump administration and the pandemic. Thousands of immigrants...
14 Aug, 2024, 11.25 AM IST
Biden admin urged to take urgent action to protect over 250K Documented Dreamers, many of whom are IndiansA bipartisan group of lawmakers urges Biden administration to protect over 250,000 Documented Dreamers, including many Indians, facing self...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
Indians with pending EAD applications stand to benefit with extended validity tenureAccording to the USCIS, while processing times have reduced significantly over the past year, if the 540-day automatic extension rule was n...
05 Apr, 2024, 11.02 PM IST
Immigration reforms that would've helped Indians in America blocked by Senate ParliamentarianLawyers said that this development would make it difficult for the reforms to be passed as part of this bill. Rajiv S Khanna, managing part...
20 Sep, 2021, 10.58 AM IST
New provisions could ease green card process for IndiansThe recommendations include a set of measures including allowing people in the employment green card backlogs to seek a waiver of the annua...
14 Sep, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
US Senate passes Bill to remove country caps on employment-based green cards; hurdles remainWhile the S386 Bill had earlier been cleared by the House of Representatives (Fairness for High-Skilled Workers Act HR 1044), the version p...
04 Dec, 2020, 11.17 AM IST
US district court: Spouses of H-1B visa holders aren’t entitled to automatic renewal of work permitsTo mitigate the difficulties arising owing decades-long green-card backlog for those immigrants from certain countries, such as India, the ...
07 Nov, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
End of career draws nearer for spouses of H-1B visa-holdersThe Obama administration had in May 2015, introduced a rule known as H-4 EAD that enabled spouses to work while the principal H-1B visa hol...
01 Feb, 2019, 09.16 AM IST
It's back in the court room - work authorisation for H-1B spousesEven if the court verdict is favourable, the US administration is likely to rescind the EAD programme.
20 Jan, 2019, 08.52 AM IST
Raghuram Rajan did 'extraordinary job' as RBI chief: Infosys CEO Vishal SikkaDescribing Rajan as "one of the visionaries", Sikka said he saw the crisis in 2008 happen long before other people did.
19 Jun, 2016, 03.17 PM IST
US entices NRIs to disclose their unreported assetsOn June 18, 2014, the IRS announced new Streamlined Foreign Offshore Procedures (SFOP), which will significantly alter all future voluntary...
16 Jul, 2014, 02.20 PM IST
Obamacare covers work visa holdersUnder the ACA, foreign workers such as those carrying H-1B or L-1 visas, and legally residing and employed in the US, are subject to the sa...
20 Jan, 2014, 10.57 AM IST
H-1B curbs: IT companies may sponsor more green cardsIndian IT companies are likely to step up sponsorship of green cards once the US tightens H-1B visa rules, enabling more Indians to settle ...
10 Aug, 2013, 05.18 AM IST
Indian IT companies plan to sponsor more green cards to tackle US visa woesBy doing so, they can expand the pool of employees with access to work in the US, analysts said, giving Indian cos greater leeway.
30 Jul, 2013, 02.57 AM IST
NATGRID to hire private talent, offers salary ranging from Rs 85,000 to Rs 3 lakh a monthIndia's premier anti-terror information and intelligence support organisation, NATGRID, will be set up by handsomely paid private professio...
07 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST