indica News Bureau- The U.S. government has nearly doubled the cost for foreign investors seeking a conditional green card leading to permanent residency under the decades-old EB-5 visa program, according to published reports. Under the revised rules published Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the EB-5 visa – created in 1990 to create jobs, […]
indica News Bureau- Data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019 show employers seeking H-1B and L-1 visas for workers are being asked to prove they’ll have work assignments for the full three-year term of the visa program, in a continuing trend under President […]
Ritu Jha- San Francisco based company, Xterra Solutions says that even though they fulfilled all the requirements needed by USCIS to process H-1B applications for their highly educated client, the agency denied the application. Xterra Solutions has filed a complaint on behalf of the plaintiff, Praharsh Chandra Sai Venkata Anisetty. Anisetty, of Indian origin, […]
indica News Bureau – The new H1-B rule proposed by the Trump administration – a worrying development for Indians who typically garner more than 60 per cent of these visas – is likely unlawful and would be more costly for the employers, a top immigration attorney has said. According to Vic Goel, Managing Partner […]
Indica News Bureau With the White House stressing that President Donald Trump wants H-1B visas in more highly-skilled roles as opposed to outsourcing ones, a coalition of American employers representing top IT companies have claimed there has been a “dramatic increase” in the number of H-1B visas being held up. The White House on […]
indica News Bureau With the Trump Administration planning a major overhaul in H-1B visa policy, the American dream is set to get tougher for Indians. The move to “revise” the definition of employment and specialty occupations under the H-1B visas will have a detrimental impact on Indian IT companies and small and medium-sized contractual […]
indica News Bureau US President Donald Trump’s administration is all set to revoke an Obama-era rule that enables H-4 visa holders, or spouses of professionals working in the United States on H-1B visa, to work in the country – a move set to impact tens of thousands of Indians in the US. An H-4 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The suit argues that students on the program were peppered with requests for information and denied permission to work offsite Ritu Jha The US Citizenship and Immigration Services has been sued for allegedly making unconstitutional changes in the “Optional Practical Training Extension for STEM Students (STEM OPT). The suit claims that the USCIS targets […]
