Immigrants in a spot as US looks to vet old green card approvalsUSCIS director Joseph B Edlow this weekend said the agency will reopen old cases to vet Biden-era green cards for fraud. This comes amid ti...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
US to increase visa scrutiny after review finds screening gapsUSCIS has tightened immigration applicant screening and vetting after identifying significant gaps that allowed unqualified individuals to ...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
New US bill seeks to expand powers to strip naturalised citizens of citizenshipA US Senator has proposed a new law to simplify revoking citizenship for naturalised Americans involved in major fraud or terrorism. The SC...
20 Jan, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
US implements stricter photograph rules for immigration documents to strengthen vetting processesUS immigration authorities have implemented new photo rules for immigration documents, limiting photo age to three years and ending self-su...
14 Dec, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Naturalized US citizens thought they were safe. Trump's immigration policies are shaking that beliefNaturalized citizens in America now feel their status is uncertain. Recent immigration policies and enforcement actions have created fear. ...
16 Nov, 2025, 06.41 AM IST
Can Trump deport Zohran Mamdani? MAGA world fumes after Democratic socialist’s stunning New York victoryZohran Mamdani's historic win as New York's first Muslim mayor has ignited a fierce backlash from MAGA supporters online, who are accusing ...
06 Nov, 2025, 07.51 AM IST
Pass-portals Unlocked: Why high net-worth Indians are leaving for foreign passportsDespite India's growth, a segment of HNIs are pursuing foreign passports for mobility, tax advantages, and career flexibility. While countr...
11 Oct, 2025, 11.43 PM IST
Who will Be denaturalised — and who won’t: Trump administration draws the line in Justice Department memoOn June 13, a judge revoked the citizenship of Elliott Duke, a U.S. military veteran from the UK, for hiding a conviction related to child ...
01 Jul, 2025, 01.44 AM IST
Make (Non-US) Indian Migration great againDonald Trump's changes to US citizenship laws could impact high-skilled immigration from India. This uncertainty may push Indian immigrants...
22 Jan, 2025, 10.46 PM IST
India becomes second-largest source country for new United States citizensIn FY 2022, 969,380 individuals became US citizens, with Indians being the second-largest group after Mexicans. USCIS made progress in redu...
22 Apr, 2024, 11.35 AM IST
World Bank President Ajay Banga named in 2023 list of Great ImmigrantsWith over 30 years of experience in key positions, 63-year-old Banga is expected to usher in transformative policies at the World Bank to c...
29 Jun, 2023, 10.05 AM IST
Joe Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 versionUS Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on Monday that it is reverting to the 2008 version of the naturalisation civics t...
23 Feb, 2021, 07.07 PM IST
View: India should have naturalised the poor, desperate immigrantsThe Indian state should have developed enough self-confidence since 1971 to not feel threatened by a handful of poor, desperate immigrants.
29 Jul, 2019, 06.11 PM IST
50k Indians got US citizenship last year, a rise of 10%While there was a decline in the aggregate number of individuals who obtained US naturalisation (a drop of 6% in FY2017), it was a differen...
19 Sep, 2018, 10.58 AM IST
46,000 Indians got US citizenship in 2016, second only to MexicansWith 9.72 lakh applications for US citizenship (or naturalisation), the fiscal year 2016 saw a rise of 24% over the previous year.
01 Dec, 2017, 08.54 AM IST
PMO objects to American citizen's presence in education commissionThe HRD ministry had named Pranab Bardhan, a professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley, as a member of the commiss...
23 Nov, 2012, 08.12 AM IST
Indian American immigration critic Vivek Wadhwa awarded by US governmentIndian American researcher and technology columnist Vivek Wadhwa, one of the harshest critics of the current immigration policy.
24 Feb, 2012, 02.57 PM IST