The US embassy has announced that it will resume routine in-person tourist visa appointments from September. “The US Mission to India is pleased to announce that we are resuming routine in-person tourist visa appointments in September 2022. Previously scheduled...

A leading expert has called for expansion of skilled immigration saying the operation of H-1B visa, a valuable component of the US immigration system since 1990, has not kept pace with its needs. “In 2005, 85,000 visas were available. Today, nearly 20 years later, our...

The US embassy said it will resume routine in-person tourist visa appointments from September. “The US Mission to India is pleased to announce that we are resuming routine in-person tourist visa appointments in September 2022. Previously scheduled placeholders have...

On May 11, Don Heflin, Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi went live on Instagram and Facebook to provide an update on visa services with a special focus on students. This is a summary of the information shared with the audience....

In a significant visa policy change, the US has announced that there will be more slots for first-time Indian applicants for student visas. According to the US Embassy in India, the Indian students who were refused a student visa in the first interview are unlikely to...

Contrary to the popular opinion, H-1B visa holders in the United States are among the highest paid workers, new evidence suggests. The median wage of all US workers in 2021 was about $45,000 and the top 10% workers earn a wage of $102,000. Among the top 10% of US wage...

As the US House Judiciary Committee approved a bill to remove the discriminatory per country limits on Green Cards and sent it House for the floor vote, activists hailed it as a ‘great day!’ The EAGLE (Equal access to green cards for legal employment) Act seeks to...

With the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) completing the H-1B initial electronic registration selection for FY 2023, it’s time for high skilled Indian professionals to start filing their petitions from April 1. USCIS announced Tuesday that it had...

The Biden administration on Tuesday is announcing three measures to reduce a growing multimillion-case backlog of immigration applications that has crippled the U.S. government's ability to process them in a timely fashion, a senior U.S. Citizenship and Immigration...

The Government of India announced that they will restore some old, valid tourist visas for US nationals with immediate effect, Consulate General of India in Chicago said in a press release on Tuesday. The press release stated that the fresh issue of regular (papers)...

Rich Indians looking for ways to get a US green card or permanent residence permit have the investment route reopened with the US Congress reviving the EB-5 Regional Center Program. President Joe Biden signed into law on March 11 the appropriations legislation passed...

India said on Tuesday it will resume scheduled commercial flight operations to international destinations from March 27, restarting unrestricted travel after two years and for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. "After having recognised the increased...

The legislation “to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs” was introduced in the Senate Tuesday by Senate Democratic Majority Whip Dick Durbin, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Chuck Grassley, Republican Ranking Member of the...

The US Department of State, through December 31, is authorised to waive in-person interview requirements for certain applicants and their qualifying derivatives in various non-immigrant visa classifications. The United States has done away with the requirement of the...