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USCIS’s New Zero Tolerance Policy

USCIS’s New Zero Tolerance Policy

HOUSTON: United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a new policy change that allows USCIS officers to deny any application, petition or request without issuing a Request for Evidence (RFE) or Notice of Intent to Deny (NOID). This new policy change went into effect on September 11, 2018. Before this policy change, USCIS […]

Indian women to be most hit if US revokes H-4 work permit

Indian women to be most hit if US revokes H-4 work permit

WASHINGTON: Two powerful Democratic women senators have urged the Trump administration not to go ahead with its decision to revoke authorisation to immigrants on H-4 work permit,  a majority of who are Indian-Americans, as doing so would impact about 100,000 women. H-4 EAD are issued by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediate family […]

US eases rules for foreign students, lifts bar on STEM-OPT students at client work sites

US eases rules for foreign students, lifts bar on STEM-OPT students at client work sites

By Lubna Kably  MUMBAI: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reversed its earlier stand that international STEM students  undergoing optional practical training ) cannot be placed at customer work sites. The USCIS  made changes on its website on Friday night removing these restrictions, but reiterated that employers need to meet their training obligations. In addition, in keeping […]

150-Year Wait for Indian Immigrants With Advanced Degrees

150-Year Wait for Indian Immigrants With Advanced Degrees

    By David Bier I have previously written that no one knows how long legal immigrant workers will have to wait for permanent residency (i.e. green cards) in the United States, particularly from India where the wait times are the longest. But now U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has released the number of applicants for each category, so […]

US receives over 5,000 tips on H-1B visa fraud on dedicated e-mail helpline: Official

US receives over 5,000 tips on H-1B visa fraud on dedicated e-mail helpline: Official

WASHINGTON: More than 5,000 complaints of H-1B visa fraud and abuse have been received by a federal agency on a dedicated e-mail helpline that was launched by the Trump administration last year, an official said.  The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require […]

H-1B visa: A tale of changing policies, growing anxieties

H-1B visa: A tale of changing policies, growing anxieties

  WASHINGTON: In line with the Trump administration’s protectionist policies and a “Buy American, Hire American” strategy to spur job creation, the H-1B visa allocation process has come under intense scrutiny over the past one year. The rules that once allowed for skilled Indian professionals to get jobs in the United States were changed all of a […]