Laid-off H-1B workers face deportation notices despite 60-day grace periodMany H-1B visa holders in America are facing deportation. These people lost their jobs. They are within the 60-day grace period. But they a...
24 Jul, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
Are H-1B visa holders in trouble again? Things to know before facing US immigration officersH-1B and other employment-based immigrant visa applicants in the US have been asked for their addresses and biometric data by the US immigr...
22 Apr, 2025, 07.32 PM IST
Are H-1B visa holders in trouble again? Things to know before facing US immigration officersH-1B and other employment-based immigrant visa applicants in the US have been asked for their addresses and biometric data by the US immigr...
22 Apr, 2025, 06.48 PM IST
US reaches fiscal year 2024 H-1B visa cap. Here's how to check status of your petitionAs per congressional directives, the annual regular cap for the H-1B category is set at 65,000. Not all H-1B nonimmigrant visas or status g...
14 Dec, 2023, 08.11 AM IST
USCIS inches forward towards H-1B reforms, including tackling misuseThe US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has submitted a proposed regulation to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for re...
21 Sep, 2023, 10.40 PM IST
Everything you need to know about the K visas offered by the United StatesThe K-1 visa — also called a fiancé visa — allows the engaged partner of a US citizen to enter the United States. The main condition of bei...
30 Nov, 2022, 01.12 PM IST
Presidential commission recommends stamping of H-1B visas inside USThe H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical ...
30 Sep, 2022, 07.40 AM IST
United States has waived in person visa interviews for these Indian studentsThe same rule applies to students who are on optional practical training (OPT), which is a form of training, often paid, that directly rela...
29 Sep, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
Five new steps the United States has taken to help immigrantsFrom premium processing to visa extensions for international students, these are the five new changes announced by the United States Citize...
09 Jun, 2022, 11.43 AM IST
H-1B visa approvals soar to highest in quarter to June since Trump became PresidentThe data is for the quarter ended June 30, days after Trump suspended new non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B and L-1, through a Presid...
21 Aug, 2020, 09.42 AM IST
USCIS took steps to prevent abuse, fraud in employment-based visa programs: US officialsThe Trump administration has taken a series of steps to prevent abuse and fraud in the employment-based visa programs, including H-1B, a to...
31 Jul, 2020, 12.21 PM IST
COVID-19: US permits doctors on H-1B work visa to practice telemedicineThe US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued new guidelines enabling physicians holding the H-1B visas to practice teleme...
15 May, 2020, 11.52 AM IST
US stays policy to deport ‘out-of-status’ foreignersAn 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...
01 Aug, 2018, 10.34 AM IST
US tightens visa rules to curb overstay by studentsThe policy is scheduled to come into effect from August 9; unlawful presence to be computed from the day a student fails to maintain ‘immig...
14 May, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Trump's H-1B policy sends shock waves across companiesThe ruling reverses the US' more than decades and a half old guidelines, that were issued in the context of addressing the new millennium n...
04 Apr, 2017, 10.43 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