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US visa laws do not target India; H-1B rules part of global framework, clarifies State Dept officialA senior US State Department official stated that US visa laws are applied uniformly across all countries, including India, dispelling conc...
Social Security SSI $994 payment May 2026 date: when will direct deposits arrive and who qualifies?The Social Security SSI $994 payment May 2026 is now confirmed. The Social Security Administration will send deposits on May 1, 2026. This ...
Trump's 'Gold Card' attracts little interest as haze over permanent residency dulls its glitterThe Trump administration's new 'Gold Card' visa program is seeing minimal interest. Immigration experts point to unclear rules and no defin...
Waiting for US citizenship? Immigration authorities to now scrutinize applicants’ good moral characterUSCIS is shifting to a more comprehensive evaluation of 'good moral character' for citizenship applicants, moving beyond a simple checklist...
Judge halts parts of Trump's overhaul of US elections, including proof-of-citizenship requirementA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's attempt to add a proof-of-citizenship requirement to the federal voter registration ...
Trump’s Gold scheme; Uber’s new India offeringHappy Thursday! Donald Trump’s new ‘gold’ path to citizenship may undermine the plans of wealthy Indians. This and more in today’s ETtech M...
Centre notifies Citizenship Amendment Act rules, four years after Parliament cleared lawThe Citizenship Amendment Act seeks to grant Indian nationality to persecuted non-Muslim migrants - Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsis...
Can Indians have dual citizenship? Here's the fine printYou may have dual nationality by automatic operation of different laws rather than by choice. For example, a child born in a foreign countr...
Parents had renounced citizenship but children want it: Govt issues normsAs per Section 8 (2) of Indian Citizenship Act, 1955, "every minor child of a person who renounces their citizenship under Section 8(1), sh...
Citizenship agency eyes improved service without plan to payThe plan describes short- and long-term changes that reflect “a realistic assessment of our aspirations and limitations,” including more vi...
Path to citizenship in new Democratic immigration billThe legislation reflects the broad priorities for immigration changes that Biden laid out on his first day in office, including an increase...
New test for American citizenship test tougher, has a political tilt say immigration expertsThe immigration agency states that the revised test includes more questions that test the applicant’s understanding of US history and civic...
Industry bodies, Democrats call H-1B changes move to score political pointsThe ITServe Alliance (ITServe), which represents over 1,400 small and medium IT staffing companies in the United States, said the Interim F...
US embassies in India to accept applications for certain visa categories, including H-1B renewalsAs per a notification, H-1B and L-1 employees who are applying for the same role in the same organisation as earlier would be eligible to a...
Indian man arrested on charges of USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud conspiracyAccording to court documents, Ashish Sawhney, 48, allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate the improper submission of fraudulent app...
Indian national arrested in $21 million H-1B visa fraud conspiracy in USThe court said that Sawhney submitted or caused to be submitted H-1B visa application materials stating that the foreign workers named in t...
Wealthy Indians see a route to US via GrenadaImmigration lawyers said, in the past three months, interest in the Grenada Citizenship by Investment programme has increased from India, a...
Canada trumps US, opens H-1B doors to IndiansCanada is set to welcome 3,10,000 new permanent residents under the Global Skills Strategy programme.
US to start accepting H-1B petitions from April 1To facilitate the prioritized intake of cap-subject petitions requesting premium processing, USCIS will begin premium processing for H-1B c...
Senators raise concern about potential changes in L1 visa programmeUS lawmakers have expressed concern arguing that changes made to L1 visa will encourage cos to import foreign workers & evade restrictions ...