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The traditional path to a US passport looks less certain than it did a decade agoThe US immigration pathway for skilled professionals, once a clear ladder, is now fraught with uncertainty. Lottery-based H-1B visas and ma...02 Jun, 2026, 02.25 PM IST- Tighter student visa rules may deepen AI talent shortage in USProposed changes to US student visa rules could make it harder for international graduates, particularly Indians, to remain employed in the...02 Jun, 2026, 02.05 PM IST
- Wild West! Indian students wary of smoking guns in US jobsIndian students in the US are now rigorously vetting employers before accepting job offers. This caution stems from heightened scrutiny of ...31 May, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
- Data spills at home; Green card limbo deepensHappy Tuesday! Recent data-collection experiments by on-demand platforms have drawn attention to Indian physical AI startups. This and more...26 May, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
- 700,000 green card seekers in limbo; applying anew from home country to be challengingSome 540,000 family-based and around 170,000 employment-based green card applications are currently pending with the US Citizenship and Imm...26 May, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
- H-1B pool down 39% in FY27 on Trump revisalsH-1B visa registrations have seen a sharp decline this year. Stricter US immigration rules and increased costs are pushing companies to be ...23 May, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
- H-1B selections for FY27 show higher share of US master’s degree holdersUSCIS H-1B visa selections reveal a shift towards applicants with advanced degrees and higher salaries. This follows recent policy changes ...22 May, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
- After major enforcement operations, the Trump administration recalibrates its immigration crackdownThe Trump administration is shifting from public, aggressive immigration enforcement tactics to a quieter approach, despite maintaining hig...02 May, 2026, 10.22 AM IST
- 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
- JD Vance's dodgy H-1B sleight of handUS policies are impacting foreign-trained doctors. Claims of widespread H-1B visa fraud are not fully supported by government data. Recent ...17 Apr, 2026, 11.37 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 green card rules for married couples strengthen immigration officials’ powers amid backlog; here’s howUS Citizenship and Immigration Services has updated its policy for family-based visa petitions. The update, effective immediately, aims to ...05 Aug, 2025, 04.15 AM IST
- US unveils new move to cut 9.5 million-case backlog and expedite your work permitThe United States has announced the expansion of its "premium processing" service to include applicants for an Employment Authorization Doc...30 Mar, 2022, 09.51 AM IST
- H-1B denial rates decline: USCIS dataLegal challenges forced US lawmakers to reverse restrictive immigration policies leading to a sharp decline in visa denial rates for initia...31 Aug, 2021, 11.06 AM IST
- Neufeld memo: US Court scraps old memo used to deny H-1B visasThe US court for the District of Columbia invalidated what is known as the ‘Neufeld Memo’ used since 2010 by the US Citizenship and Immigra...12 Mar, 2020, 07.39 AM IST
- US agency slows H-1B denials as lawsuits mountLawyers say the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is seeking more Requests for Evidence from visa applicants than before.25 Feb, 2020, 02.49 PM IST
- Tighter H-1B visa verification process recommended"The agency lacks performance measures to show how site visits contribute to improving the H-1B Program," the Inspector General said.26 Oct, 2017, 09.19 AM IST
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