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IT companies jittery over Donald Trump's plan to suspend H-1B visa
The Indian information technology industry, which has long been a beneficiary of the H-1B visa regime, is likely to be directly impacted if such a suspension is announced for a longer term.
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Coronavirus crisis: New US visa Bill may spell trouble for IT firms
The high unemployment rate in the US because of the Covid-1l-19 crisis might make such a legislation a reality
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Covid-19: Trump threatens those refusing deportees with new visa sanctions
Orders Homeland Security secretary to notify the State Department if any country's government 'denies or unreasonably delays' the repatriation of its citizens deported from the US
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Indian workers in US seek visa extensions amid coronavirus crisis: Report
Many working in crucial healthcare sectors, who fear unemployment and were asking for automatic extension, were now hoping for the provision to pass so that they can continue their stay and their jobs
US suspends routine visa services in most nations due to Covid-19 pandemic
The State Department announced late Wednesday
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Covid-19 impact: Indo-Americans with visiting kin rush to extend B1/B2 visa
A US B1/B2 is a tourist, temporary, non-immigrant visa that allows the visa holder to visit the US for work or tourism purposes.
Coronavirus: US Embassy, Consulates in India cancel all visa appointments
"US Mission India posts, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, are cancelling immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments from March 16, 2020, onward," said the Embassy
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From April 1, Indians will have to pay $50,000 more for EB-5 investor visa
It is often used by start-ups as a way to expand their business into the US market
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BCCI helps Shami secure US visa after initial rejection on adultery charges
The Bengal speedster finally got the clearance after BCCI CEO Rahul Johri wrote a letter to the US Embassy
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Over 227,000 Indians in US waiting for family-sponsored Green Card: US Data
The largest number of 1.5 million wait list is from America's southern neighbour Mexico, followed by a distant India with more than 227,000
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Trump's rule to keep out low-income immigrants gets blocked by courts
US District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan called the rule 'repugnant to the American Dream of the opportunity for prosperity and success through hard work and upward mobility'
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Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare
The proclamation, issued by the White House, said it would not affect any individual's eligibility for asylum or refugee status
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No relief for aged-out kids in US: F-1 visa, deportation their only option
In US, once the children of H-1B work visa holders turn 21, they can no longer continue with their H-4 visas, which are typically meant for dependents
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US threatens visa ban on crew of Iran tanker on terrorism grounds
State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said the Grace 1 was assisting Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which the US deems a "terrorist organization"
Bad news for US visa seekers: New rules could disqualify half of applicants
The rule is part of Republican Trump's efforts to curb both legal and illegal immigration, an issue he has made a cornerstone of his presidency
US revokes visa-free entry for foreigners who visited N Korea in past 8 yrs
The change will affect tens of thousands of people from visa waiver countries who have gone to the North as tourists or for other purposes in recent years
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No country caps on Green Cards: US House passes bill; India to benefit
Indian IT professionals are worst sufferers of current immigration system which imposes a 7% per country quota on allotment of Green Card
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US Congress to vote on removing country-cap on Green Card; India to benefit
Some of the recent studies have said the waiting period for Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas is more than 70 years
Trump Admin's decision to rescind H-4 visas yet to get final shape
H-4 visas are issued to the spouses of H-1B visa holders, a significantly large number of whom are high-skilled professionals from India
US now wants social media details of last 5 years from visa applicants
The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years' worth of email addresses and phone numbers.
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