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Don't see US acting against tech companies based on their domicile: TCS
India's largest IT services company TCS feels that the US is unlikely to target tech companies based on their domicile and actions like last week's decision to suspend a green card application programme are driven by local sensitivities around jobs. TCS chief executive and managing director K Krithivasan said companies are "deeply ingrained" in the US' technology ecosystem and provide an important service. "I do not think the governments will really look at it from a domicile perspective. I think what the governments have been looking at is from an employment perspective," Krithivasan told PTI in an interview at the company's corporate headquarters here. Sensitivities around local job creation may be leading the governments to take actions like the one against the eight companies including TCS, Krithivasan said, stressing that the last week's decision has no material impact for the largest Indian IT services company. TCS, which has been sending staff to the US when clients demand s
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Infosys sees no material impact from US suspension of PERM applications
The US government said on Thursday it was suspending some major global tech and IT firms, including Infosys, from the PERM green card program
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Indian IT firms filed few PERM applications compared with US tech majors
Indian IT firms have sharply reduced PERM filings and expanded local hiring in the US, with analysts expecting a limited industry impact from the programme's suspension
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US Green Card: How credit checks could weigh on applicants and sponsors
Could a sponsor's financial history come under closer scrutiny? Here's what the latest Form I-864 change means for applicants
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US Visa Bulletin: Indian families get green card relief, EB-1 stays tight
Family-sponsored categories see sharp gains as US visa numbers near the end of the country's fiscal year
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USCIS empowers officers to deny incomplete immigration benefit requests
The USCIS has restored officers' discretion to deny immigration benefit requests if applicants submit incomplete applications or fail to provide the required documents to establish eligibility. The earlier policy gave applicants a 12-week period to respond to requests for further evidence made by immigration officers on applications for change or extension of immigration status, green cards, visa or naturalisation. It also added an additional 14 days to the response deadline when a Request for Evidence (RFE) or a Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID) was mailed outside the United States. "The burden is on the requestor to establish that he or she is eligible for the requested benefit at the time of filing the benefit request and that he or she continues to be eligible through adjudication," the USCIS said in a statement here on Wednesday. It said if a benefit requestor fails to demonstrate eligibility for a benefit or fails to provide all required initial evidence when filing an ...
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US Senator Alex Padilla renews push for green card bill for H-1B holders
A Democratic Senator has made a fresh bid to push a bill to provide a pathway to lawful permanent residency for millions of long-term US residents, including H-1B visa holders. California Senator Alex Padilla on Monday reiterated support for his 'Renewing Immigration Provisions of the Immigration Act of 1929' bill, first introduced last year. The bill seeks to provide a "commonsense" fix to US' "outdated" immigration system to counter President Donald Trump's "systemic attacks" on migrants across the country. The legislation also seeks to allow long-term US residents to apply for permanent residency if they have lived in the country continuously for at least seven years before filing the application. "A year ago, I introduced this bill to push back against the Trump administration's cruel treatment of hardworking immigrants," Padilla said. "Since then, President Trump's campaign of fear has only escalated, with families living under constant uncertainty despite having built their
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US to restore stricter public charge test for green cards: Key changes
What is the US public charge rule? New immigration policy explained
US citizenship is getting pricier. Here's how Indian families can prepare
USCIS is largely fee-funded, and periodic increases have become part of the agency's effort to recover operational costs.
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Green card holders will face greater scrutiny at US borders after SC ruling
The decision comes as the high court considers a series of immigration-related issues against the backdrop of President Donald Trump's sweeping immigration crackdown
The American dream just got pricier: US proposes 75% citizenship fee hike
DHS proposes 75% jump in naturalisation fee to $1,330, elimination of fee waivers; immigration lawyers warn of impact on lower-income applicants
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No automatic return to India: US clarifies controversial Green Card memo
What the latest US Green Card clarification means for Indian professionals
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US has run out of EB-2 Green Cards for Indians this year. What happens now?
The EB-2 India immigrant visa category is immediately unavailable and will remain so through the remainder of fiscal year 2026, which ends September 30, 2026.
US wants Green Card applicants to leave America and apply from home country
The details of how the new system will play out remained unclear, but requiring people to travel abroad to a US consulate could leave many stranded for weeks, months or even years
US lawmakers, activists slam new green card policy, seek reversal
US lawmakers and immigration advocates have criticised sharply as "reckless and wrong," the Trump administration's new policy that requires green card seekers to make their applications from their home country. Democratic lawmakers said they will pursue every avenue to fight against the "reprehensible" decision of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and push for its reversal. The USCIS did not spell out which groups would be exempted, only suggesting that the policy may not apply to persons seeking asylum. In a statement late on Friday, USCIS spokesperson Zach Kahler said that people who "provide an economic benefit or otherwise are in the national interest will likely be able to continue on their current path." It was not immediately clear whether these exceptions would extend to skilled foreign workers on H-1B visas. "This puts 1.2 million Indian Americans and their families in limbo after they followed every law, paid taxes and waited legally for decades," Ajay
US softens 'leave country' rule for getting Green Card with some exceptions
USCIS says applicants offering 'economic benefit' or serving 'national interest' may qualify for exemptions under stricter overseas Green Card processing policy
Trump admin ends rule allowing migrants to stay during green card wait
Migrants to the US seeking permanent residency or a green card will have to return to their home country to file their applications, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service said on Friday. "From now on, an alien who is in the US temporarily and wants a Green Card must return to their home country to apply, except in extraordinary circumstances," USCIS spokesman Zach Kahler said in a statement here. He said the US was returning to the original intent of the law to ensure aliens navigate its immigration system properly. "This policy allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivising loopholes. When aliens apply from their home country, it reduces the need to find and remove those who decide to slip into the shadows and remain in the US illegally after being denied residency," Kahler said. The USCIS announced a new policy memo reiterating the fact that, consistent with long-standing immigration law and immigration court decisions, aliens seeking
No visa lottery, tougher Green Card rules: What is Americans First Act
New proposal seeks to cut family visas, end diversity lottery, and prioritise skilled workers under US immigration system overhaul
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Green card overhaul? New US Bill seeks to scrap lottery, tighten visas
A new US Bill proposes scrapping the diversity lottery, tightening visa routes and shifting to a merit-based system. Here's what it could change
Trump $1 mn gold card visa sees just one approval, hundreds still in queue
Trump's $1 million gold card visa has cleared just one applicant so far, even as officials say hundreds remain in the pipeline
