Trump govt’s new green card rules leave many questions unansweredA new USCIS policy memo is causing confusion for immigrants seeking green cards in the US. Immigration officers will now apply closer discr...
27 May, 2026, 03.18 PM IST
Green card rules change: An immigration lawyer answers all your key questionsA new USCIS policy memorandum, PM-602-0199, impacts Adjustment of Status applications. Immigration officers will now scrutinize application...
27 May, 2026, 11.17 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
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
20 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
Federal judge bans most arrests by federal agents in immigration courts in New YorkA judge has stopped federal agents from making arrests near Manhattan immigration buildings. This practice, started under the Trump adminis...
19 May, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
Trump flouts lower court rulings in unprecedented display of executive powerPresident Donald Trump's administration has repeatedly ignored federal court orders. This defiance spans various policy areas, from immigra...
02 May, 2026, 11.31 AM IST
Alphabet investors push for safeguards on use of its cloud, AI techInvestors are demanding answers from Alphabet regarding its technology and cloud services used by governments for surveillance. A group man...
29 Apr, 2026, 09.14 PM IST
Who is Meenu Batra? The 53-year-old Indian-origin interpreter detained by ICE after 35 years in the USMeenu Batra, a 53-year-old Indian-origin legal interpreter, was detained by ICE in Texas while traveling for a legal case. Despite having v...
16 Apr, 2026, 12.02 PM IST
Trump administration sets aggressive target for stripping US citizenshipThe Trump administration has directed immigration officials to identify up to 200 denaturalization cases a month, sharply increasing effort...
13 Feb, 2026, 01.05 PM IST
Trump administration plans to strip more Americans of their citizenshipsThe Trump administration plans to significantly increase efforts to strip naturalized Americans of their citizenship, with USCIS guidance r...
18 Dec, 2025, 02.31 PM IST
In a first, Trump administration returns deported individual following judge’s order to bring him backA Guatemalan man was brought back to the U.S. after a judge said he was sent away unfairly. This is the first time the Trump team brought s...
05 Jun, 2025, 05.55 PM IST
Can you sue the US government if your immigration process is delayed?Fundamentally, is litigation against delays in the immigration process a viable option in your case? The answer is perhaps it is, but be mi...
12 Jun, 2022, 09.00 AM IST
Biden admin settles for automatic job authorisation for spouses of H-1B visa holdersAn H-4 visa is issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediate family members (spouse and children under 21 year...
12 Nov, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
US in talks to compensate families separated at borderAbout 5,500 children were split from their parents under President Donald Trump's ``zero tolerance'' policy, under which parents were separ...
29 Oct, 2021, 08.39 AM IST
Immigration lawsuits continue well into Joe Biden termIn what comes as a surprise to many, lawsuits challenging processing delays, travel bans, and proposed changes in the H-1B work visa progra...
07 Jun, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Lawsuit now covers H-1B petitions for market research analyst positions filed by US businessesThe H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical ...
20 Nov, 2020, 02.12 PM 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