UK settlement rules: Indians top ILR and citizenship grants as tighter norms loomIndian nationals topped UK settlement and citizenship applications last year. Proposed rules will double the residency period required for ...
Saudi Arabia revises work visa quotas for new businessesSaudi Arabia has updated work visa quotas for new businesses. Businesses operating less than two years can now secure five visas. Firms act...
Canada updates visa processing times; Study, Super Visa waits rise for IndiansCanada updated visa processing times, increasing study permit waits for Indian applicants. Indian applicants now face a seven-week wait for...
72-year-old South Korean man arrested in Japan for overstaying 15-day tourist visa by 26 yearsA South Korean man was arrested in Japan after overstaying his visa for over twenty-six years. He reportedly entered Japan in 1993 using hi...
US student visa work rules: CPT vs OPT and how they are connectedCPT and OPT both allow eligible F-1 students to gain work experience in the US, but they operate differently. CPT is generally used during ...
H-1B visa fee hike may accelerate shift of US tech jobs to India-based GCCs: Former UN advisor Santosh MehrotraThe proposed $103,265 H-1B fee could accelerate the movement of technology work from the US to India-based Global Capability Centres, econo...
US pauses immigrant visa interviews worldwide: Who is affected and what happens next?The Trump administration has paused or rescheduled immigrant visa interviews worldwide for training on identifying applicants who may becom...
Trump leaves no legal immigration pathway in the US untouched: How his curbs affect workers, students and familiesTrump’s immigration crackdown now reaches beyond the H-1B programme, affecting students, families, investors, asylum seekers and temporary ...
United States pauses visa appointments worldwide until further noticeThe Trump administration has paused global visa appointments for training purposes. This action is part of an ongoing immigration crackdown...
Indian IT firms reduced H-1B dependency in last five years: NasscomIndian IT companies have invested $1.1 billion in the US over five years to build the local science, technology, engineering and maths (STE...
Trump’s immigration crackdown has a Plan B, C and DDonald Trump’s second-term immigration strategy has relied on multiple legal and administrative routes to tighten entry and stay in the US....
US moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visasThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to raise the H-1B visa fee to $103,265, according to a notice posted in the Federal Register...
Schengen visa racket: Spain probes BLS over alleged role in €25,000 scheme; company denies wrongdoingA US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s suspension of immigrant visas for nationals of 75 countries, ruling it violat...
No points system, no French job offer: What Indians need to know about France’s Profession Libérale visaFrance’s Profession Libérale visa allows eligible Indian freelancers, consultants and business owners to move to France without a French jo...
H-1B visa fees back in focus as Trump administration advances new ruleThe Trump administration is moving closer to unveiling new H-1B petition fee rules after a DHS proposal cleared White House review. The det...
Chile introduces digital work authorisation certificate for foreign workersChile's National Immigration Service now offers a free digital work certificate. This new certificate helps foreign workers and employers v...
Australia working holiday visa delays: What applicants, including Indians, need to knowAustralia has slowed the processing of Working Holiday Maker visas amid a high volume of applications, even as the government reviews its b...