indica News Bureau- Representatives Anna G Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren from California on Wednesday introduced legislation in US House of Representatives to protect work authorization of H-4 visa workers. The reintroduction of H-4 Employment Protection Act a few days after Department of Homeland Security said it would publish this month the long-promised regulation that […]
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USCIS sued by ITServe for tweaking H-1B duration
Lawsuit claims the agency took steps that only the Department of Labor could when it began approving visas for less than the standard three-year duration Ritu Jha The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services(USCIS) an agency of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been sued for abusing its power when offering […]
USCIS defends changes in OPT rules
The agency said it aims to safeguard the immigration system and ensure US workers get the most protection Ritu Jha The memo that prohibits work-authorized students to take up jobs for third-party client site was carried out in response the President’s Buy American, Hire American Executive Order, according to the US Citizenship and […]
Jayapal fights to keep H4 work authorization
The bipartisan effort says the administration plan to rescind the rule could send the wrong message and weaken the economy A Correspondent Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal is leading a bipartisan group of 130 influential members of the US House of Representatives against the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw work authorization from H-4 dependent spouses of […]
Tough times likely for employed dependents
Their fate is back in the hands of the DHS, which does appear ready to terminate H4 EAD Ritu Jha Things look really grim for those on the H4 visas who have an employment authorization document. Their troubles became acute when the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied […]