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Trump administration pauses Diversity Visa Lottery after Brown University shooting suspect entered US through programHomeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the suspension of the diversity visa lottery program following a deadly shooting. The acc...
USCIS sets up new vetting center for enhanced security checks on foreign nationalsUSCIS has established a new Vetting Center in Atlanta to enhance security screening of foreign nationals, aiming to identify potential thre...
Trump admin orders H-1B, H-4 visa applicants to make social media profiles publicThe US has tightened checks for H-1B workers and their H-4 families, requiring all social media accounts to be publicly viewable for vettin...
US Department of Labor resumes processing of LCAs for H-1B and PERM applicationsThe Department of Labor's Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) system is now operational, resuming processing for employer requests for...
$100K H-1B fee explained: Who pays, who’s exempt, and how it affects employersA significant new government fee of $100,000 has been introduced for certain new H-1B visa applications. This measure aims to safeguard dom...
$100K H-1B visa fee disrupts Telugu graduates' career plans, marriages, faithSome estimates suggest that 10–15% of all H-1B visas are filled by applicants from the twin Telugu states, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Wi...
US puts another Green Card route on hold till October 1The US State Department confirms EB-3 and EW visa categories have reached their annual limits for fiscal year 2025, following similar annou...
US Green Card chaos: Immigration backlog hits record 11.3 million - thousands left in limboGreen card delays and visa backlog 2025 have hit record highs as USCIS backlog crosses 11.3 million pending cases, creating massive wait ti...
Raghuram Rajan warns US risks future by curbing foreign studentsFormer Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan has warned that U.S. policies threatening the flow of international students could har...
Green card pause for refugees, asylees: How long is the wait and what will be the processing time; all your questions answeredDHS green card pause has left thousands of refugees and asylees in legal uncertainty. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)...
Trump pauses some Green Card applications in a bid to boost vettingThe Trump administration has paused the processing of green card applications for certain immigrants, including approved refugees, to condu...
What is visa retrogression and how it affects Green Card applicantsVisa retrogression occurs when the U.S. Department of State moves visa priority dates backward, delaying green card applications. This affe...
What the future of the US EB-5 Green Card looks likeA proposed law includes an EB-5 investor immigration component to renew the Regional Center EB-5 program. There is speculation that a sum o...
EB-5 investor programme on pause as deadline to re-authorise it endsUnder the EB-5 regional centre programme, applicants can invest $500,000 or $1 million in specific projects in order to be eligible for per...
New executive plan? Donald Trump offers confusion, contradictions on immigration orderThe latest confusion about Trump's thinking started with a Telemundo interview earlier this month in which the president said he would soon...
‘Processing time for H-1B applications has risen by 169% over past 4 years’Processing time for workvisas, work permits (such as those required by eligible spouses of H-1B workers) and other immigration related bene...
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...