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...
17 Aug, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
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 ...
25 Apr, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
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...
27 Feb, 2025, 07.11 AM IST
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...
11 Mar, 2024, 10.01 PM IST
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...
22 May, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
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...
30 Dec, 2022, 12.08 AM IST
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...
25 May, 2021, 01.19 PM IST
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...
19 Feb, 2021, 09.27 AM IST
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...
17 Nov, 2020, 12.07 PM IST
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...
10 Oct, 2020, 06.52 AM IST
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...
28 Aug, 2020, 03.55 PM IST
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...
22 Aug, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2020, 02.35 PM IST
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...
02 Mar, 2020, 09.24 AM IST
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.
24 Apr, 2019, 08.36 AM IST
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...
26 Mar, 2014, 10.24 AM IST
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 ...
09 Mar, 2012, 05.37 PM IST