US CITIZENSHIP

View: New visas limits would be a self-inflicted wound for the US

Dollars and jobs are not the whole story. International students and immigrants have played a major role in the study of science, technolog...

VFS Global wins contract to provide visa, passport services for India in US

These six cities in the US include Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, and Houston, according to a statement.

Looming fee increase could thwart many US citizenship applications

The price for naturalization will jump to $1,160 or $1,170 for online applications. The rule will also lower the income threshold to qualif...

View: The charm of American education is over

​​The quest for higher-level learning and acquiring knowledge, made the youth to look for studies abroad. Studying abroad became synonymous...

People are giving up US citizenship in record numbers, data reveals

The surge in the number of people leaving America could be a function of President Trump's activities, "how the coronavirus pandemic is bei...

How the immigration landscape in the US would look like if Donald Trump is re-elected

Expect a continued attack on legal immigration. Don’t expect the President to ever take down the bans on non-immigrant and immigrant visas....

Lawsuit challenging US non-immigration visa fee hike filed in US district court

“USCIS’ dramatic fee increases will immediately devastate vulnerable populations and our organizational plaintiffs who serve them. The plan...

USCIS cancels plans to furlough staff, that would have frozen the American immigration system

The agency was seeking $1.2 billion in emergency funding from the Congress to continue operations, failing which, it had planned to furloug...

Indian nationals formed the biggest chunk of EB-5 applicants in FY19

The EB-5 investor program provides US citizenship to applicants once they invest $900,000 in any of a few specific opportunities. The inves...

US to allow faster processing for certain categories of visas and green card

The HR 8377 Bill provides for funding to allow the federal government to continue to operate till December 11. A part of the bill, Emergenc...

Trump versus Biden: Who will be better for India when it comes to immigration?

It’s no surprise that immigration regulations will be much stricter under Trump. He has always been vocal about his anti-immigration stand ...

Indian woman sues US Citizenship and Immigration Services for delay in work permit

The woman, who is on an H-4 visa, said her Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) was approved on April 7 but she hasn't received the work...

Indian man arrested on charges of USD 21 million H-1B visa fraud conspiracy

According to court documents, Ashish Sawhney, 48, allegedly used four corporations to orchestrate the improper submission of fraudulent app...

Trump administration proposes fixed time limit for students', researchers', journalists' visas

The proposal scheduled to be notified in the Federal Register on Friday is not country-specific, but has been brought in view of the abuse ...

Will provide citizenship to 11 million people if voted to power, says Joe Biden

When asked how he would envision his first 30 days in office in terms of both domestic and foreign policy, Biden said: “A lot more can go w...

H-1B: US judge stops USCIS from implementing visa fee hike

Under the new rules, filing fees for H-1B high skill visas would increase by 21% to $555 and those for L1 visas by 75% to $850. In what wou...

Trump cracks down on visas. Indian firms may benefit.

The fate of the H-1B program still remains in doubt. The Department of Homeland Security has submitted a new regulation for federal review ...