Moving to the US: Understanding the H-4 visa for dependents of H-1B visa holdersThe H-4 visa, issued by USCIS, is for dependents of certain nonimmigrant workers like H-1B and H-1C visa holders. It allows spouses and chi...
24 Jun, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
How to get H4 Visa? Eligibility, fees, documents, and processing time explainedHere is the complete information you need to know about getting the H4 US Visa and how long can you stay under it.
06 Sep, 2022, 11.01 PM IST
Bill introduced for grant of automatic right to H4 visa holders to work in USH-4 visas are issued to dependent spouses and children who accompany H-1B, H-2A, H-2B, and H-3 visa holders to the United States.
08 Apr, 2022, 12.34 PM IST
US court seeks joint status report on H4 visasAn 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...
09 Feb, 2021, 02.48 PM 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
Indian women dominate H-4 work permits, get paid like H-1B spousesDavid J Bier, an immigration policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Centre for Global Liberty and Prosperity, says in a blog that nearly 90...
24 Aug, 2020, 10.04 AM IST
Indian women dominate H-4 work permits, get paid like H-1B spousesUS President Donald Trump has been attempting to stop work permits for spouses of those on H-1B visas. It won’t be easy. But were he to suc...
24 Aug, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
What Donald Trump has really done: The most troubling visa queries, answeredIt is not just the H-1B visa. Trump's sweeping diktat has impacted most other American work visas too.
16 Jul, 2020, 12.22 PM IST
US lawmakers introduce legislation to protect H-4 visa workersH-4 visa holders had obtained work permits under a special order issued by the previous Obama administration. Indian-Americans were a major...
30 May, 2019, 03.39 PM IST
US court to hear lawsuit against H-4 visa authorisation to spouses of H1B visa holdersThe Barack Obama administration in 2015 allowed H4 visa-holders - mainly spouses of the H-1B visa-holders - to be gainfully employed in the...
19 Dec, 2018, 03.25 PM IST
Explained: Move that could kill the US dream for many IndiansThe latest threat to foreign workers in the US is the Trump administration's plan to revoke H-4 visas.
11 Nov, 2018, 06.20 AM IST
Will take public opinion on H-4 visa revocation proposal: Trump administrationH-4 visas are issued only to very close or immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders. It includes the employee's spouse and childre...
09 Nov, 2018, 03.41 PM IST
Trump administration tells court decision to revoke work permits to H4 visa holders within 3 monthsH-4 visas, issued to immediate family members of H-1B holders, are most sought-after for Indian techies.
22 Sep, 2018, 03.56 PM IST
Would spare no effort to persuade US against ending permits for H1-B spouses: Sushma SwarajTrump's plan to end the Obama-era rule under which work permits or H-4 visas are given to H1-B spouses could affect more than 70,000 such v...
28 May, 2018, 06.56 PM IST
Proposal to revoke H4 work permit getting final touches, Indians will be worst hitThe Trump administration is in the last stage of ending the Obama-era rule allowing spouses of H1-B visa holders to work legally in the US.
25 May, 2018, 01.07 PM IST
93% of H-4 approved work authorisation from India: USThis number includes 90,946 initial approvals, 35,219 renewals, and 688 replacements for lost cards.
12 May, 2018, 03.24 PM IST
US lawmakers and IT industry against ending work permit to H-4 visa holdersRoughly 80 per cent of H-4 visa holders are women, and many had successful jobs and held advanced degrees in their native countries before ...
25 Apr, 2018, 02.17 PM IST