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IMMIGRATION POLICY MEMORANDUM
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...- Which visa holders face the highest risk under US’ new Green Card rules?A new USCIS policy memo is increasing discretionary scrutiny for Adjustment of Status applications, particularly impacting non-immigrant vi...
- 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...
- Welcome to Trump’s America, where the visa dream is getting harder to keep alivePresident Trump's second term is tightening legal immigration pathways, including student visas and green card applications. New policies r...
- US immigration enforcement guidance for warrantless arrests falls short, federal judge saysA federal judge ruled that immigration enforcement officers' instructions for making civil arrests without warrants do not meet probable ca...
- US pauses all immigration applications from 19 non-European countriesThe Trump administration has paused immigration applications from 19 non-European countries, citing national security concerns. This move, ...
- US' new ‘good moral character’ rule: Flexibility or a tougher barrier to citizenship?A new USCIS policy on Good Moral Character (GMC), effective August 15, 2025, raises concerns despite its seemingly flexible approach. While...
- NSF joins NESO's demand for eviction of illegal immigrants from North EastThe Naga Students' Federation, along with other North East student groups, staged a sit-in demanding the eviction of illegal immigrants, hi...
- US plans on using a law traditionally targeting human traffickers to prosecute firms hiring undocumented workersThe US Department of Justice has heightened priorities for immigration enforcement, urging prosecutors to tackle immigration-related violat...
- United States to make amended H-1Bs mandatory for employees moving from one job site to anotherWhen the job location change happens within the same area of intended employment, this requirement does not apply. These changes aim to ens...
- Amended H-1Bs must for employees moving from one job site to anotherIn July 2015, USCIS had issued a policy memorandum based on the decision taken by the Administrative Appeals Office in a particular case. T...
- Biden admin to reconsider objections to H-1B visas during Trump regimeThe move is expected to come to the rescue of a large number of Indian IT professionals who were having a tough time during the previous Tr...
- Biden administration begins reversing Trump's damage on H-1B and immigrationPolitically, this is a good time for immigration laws to be revamped and modernized. Concluding from various polls conducted over the last ...
- US court stops adverse visa policy, gives relief to IndiansA US court has issued a preliminary injunction that prevents the US agencies from implementing a policy under which "unlawful presence" of ...
- 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...
- Donald Trump signs memorandum to end 'catch and release' policyIn his presidential memorandum, Trump has also asked the Defence Secretary to produce a list of military facilities which could be used to ...
- New H-1B policy memorandum issued to protect workers: USCIS"The USCIS is simply clarifying existing regulations and policy for third-party worksite H-1B petitions," its spokesperson told PTI.
- Trump admin makes it more difficult for H-1B visa extensionThe new policy is in line with the Trump administration's goal to protect American workers from discrimination and replacement by foreign l...
- 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...
- US clears air around H-1B visa with policy memorandum, computer programmers won't be eligibleThe document essentially says that a previous guiding policy document for H-1B visa petitions, from the year 2000, will no longer hold.
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