Designated School Officials will be required to confirm that graduate students are employed during their training in positions related to t...

The US has approved a higher number of H-1B applications (both for initial visas and visa extensions for continued employment) this year, s...

For applications that will be filed in April 2020, the earliest successful applicants will be able to work in the US will be from October 1...

The contention of this government agency was that the sponsoring employer had not shown that the position is a ‘specialty occupation’.

Indians dominate masters courses whereas most of Chinese students have enrolled for bachelors degrees.

It is feared that the new rule will give more leeway to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services in deciding who can work in America.

Marriage to a permanent resident in the US, be it a green card holder or a US citizen, does not mean that the India-based spouse can board ...

It will raise costs and delays. Experts view the new norm as another hurdle to curb legal immigration.

The reversal of USCIS rules mean International stem students are again eligible to work in the US.

An H-1B holder can live and work in the US for up to 240 days while the application for visa extension is pending, provided it was filed be...

The new policy will apply to all applications received by the authorities from September 11 onwards.

The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), which filed this suit, is a voluntary body of 15,000 plus immigration attorneys and ac...

The Obama administration had introduced a rule known as H-4 EAD rule in May 2015, largely to help deal with a massive green card backlog fo...

Companies use premium processing to expedite the processing of H-1B petitions paying $1,225, in addition to the regular filing fee of over ...

On another front, US immigration attorneys are seeing an uptick in the number of ‘Requests For Evidence’ (RFEs) being issued by the USCIS.

Statistics given by the US Department of Homeland Security show that allotment of O-1 visas (O-1A and O-1B) has grown significantly over th...

Investors are permitted to invest a reduced sum of half a million for business operations in specified rural areas or those with higher une...