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
India-US trade agreement designed to protect domestic sensitivities: Govt tells LSIndia and the US have reached an interim trade agreement framework. The agreement focuses on market access and reducing trade barriers. It ...
28 Mar, 2026, 10.49 AM IST
New H-1B wage rules may lift foreign worker pay by $14,000 a yearThe US Department of Labor has proposed significant visa wage rule changes, aiming to boost foreign worker pay by approximately $14,000 ann...
27 Mar, 2026, 11.09 AM IST
Can Trump legally charge $100,000 for H-1B visas? Legal fight moves closer to a rulingA court is weighing whether the president can require a USD 100,000 fee for new H-1B visa holders to enter the US. Business and university ...
12 Dec, 2025, 09.09 AM IST
Trump to levy 10% tariff on lumber, 25% on wooden goods from Oct 14; rates set to climb up to 50% in JanPresident Trump announced new tariffs on imported timber, lumber, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities, and upholstered furniture, effective...
30 Sep, 2025, 07.25 AM IST
'He has only destroyed Congress....No voter is with him,' BJP's Dilip Jaiswal slams Rahul Gandhi over H-1B visa criticismDilip Jaiswal, Bihar BJP President, responded to Rahul Gandhi's criticism of PM Modi over the US H-1B visa fee. Jaiswal stated that Gandhi ...
21 Sep, 2025, 12.52 PM IST
Legal challenge looms over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B bomb as experts question presidential authorityLegal experts predict a wave of lawsuits challenging President Trump’s executive order raising the H-1B visa fee from $1,000 to $100,000, a...
21 Sep, 2025, 11.46 AM IST
Trump administration appeals to reinstate ban on Harvard’s international studentsThe Trump administration is challenging a judge's ruling. This ruling blocked a proclamation affecting Harvard's international students. Th...
28 Jun, 2025, 10.09 AM IST
'They voted for me in heavy numbers, so I like them even more': Trump's big announcement on Irish-AmericansUS President Donald Trump carried on an annual tradition, declaring March as Irish American Heritage Month in the US. It’s a tradition dati...
07 Mar, 2025, 04.35 PM IST
NRI Helpdesk: Planning to travel to the US? Here’s who is allowed and who isn’tFor our NRI readers, we have started an immigration helpdesk. Write to us at nri.economictimes@gmail.com and our team of experts will addre...
10 Oct, 2021, 11.09 PM IST
Cancelled, rescheduled flights put US-bound students in a fixOn May 4, US banned entry to certain categories of non-immigrant travelers from India. "The flyers expected US to relax these restrictions ...
01 Aug, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
US route opens up for Indian studentsThe NIE allows travellers to bypass the existing travel restrictions issued via presidential proclamations on account of Covid-19. This ext...
08 Jul, 2021, 09.17 AM IST
Facilitating legitimate travel a top priority: American diplomat on allowing Indian students to go to the USDon Heflin, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at the US embassy, also said that the US-bound students will not require any proof ...
13 Jun, 2021, 04.05 PM IST
US judge denies preliminary injunction on H-1B visa banThe complaint had been filed by law firm Wasden Banias, on behalf of the Indian nationals impacted by the ban. It said, “Proclamation 10052...
17 Sep, 2020, 01.08 PM IST
US revoked over 1,000 visas of Chinese nationals by Sept 8: State deptThe spokesperson said the number of high-risk Chinese graduate students and researchers considered ineligible is a small number compared to...
10 Sep, 2020, 07.59 AM IST
174 Indian nationals file lawsuit in US against presidential proclamation on H1B visaThe lawsuit seeks an order declaring the presidential proclamation restriction on issuing new H-1B or H4 visas or admitting new H-1B or H-4...
16 Jul, 2020, 11.26 AM IST
APJ Abdul Kalam wanted to resign as President in 2006, says ex-secretaryThe former press secretary of Kalam said he had thought of resigning as president in 2006 when the SC quashed the presidential proclamation...
29 Nov, 2015, 04.19 PM IST