USA Immigration News

The United States to issue 4000 more visas to Afghans May 28, 2016

The Afghans who served as interpreters to the US troops in the Afghanistan would be allowed to enter the United States with valid visas. Senator Jeanne Shaheen an amendment that would allow 4000 additional visas to the Afghans. The visas are exclusively for the Afghans who helped the US troops during the US mission in ...

Petition filed seeking transparency in the H1B visa processing May 24, 2016

The two American Immigration groups lodged a lawsuit against the United States Federal Government seeking transparency into the H1B visas lottery scheme. The H1B visa attracts a maximum number of software professionals from India; Indian firms are the highest seekers of the H1B visas.American Immigration Lawyers Associ...

USCIS is planning to changes its service fee May 19, 2016

In a continuation of its efforts for motivating eligible immigrants for becoming citizens of the US, Obama administration is planning adjustments to the schedule of immigrant benefit fee that will increase the cost of few benefits but minimise the naturalisation fees for certain fewer income immigrants.The US DHS has r...

Many immigrants are applying for US citizenship May 18, 2016

Many immigrants in the US are applying for US citizenship and according to a report, when compared to the previous years, the applications for US citizenship have been raised by 14%.The reason many people are applying for US citizenship is that they want to vote in the coming presidential elections this year.Lawful per...

Students on F-1 visa are allowed to work for three years on OPT program May 14, 2016

In an important win for foreign students who are pursuing education in the US on its F-1 student visa and who availed the OPT program for gaining important job experience and trying to obtain job offers and PR, a court has over turned the appeal of tech employees union who were trying to overturn a regulation from the ...

Obama appoints Indian-American engineer to a key administration post May 13, 2016

The president of America Mr. Barack Obama has appointed an Indian-American engineer in a major position of the administration. This has been informed by the officials of the white house. Manjit Singh has been joined as the member of president’s consultative council on faith-based and neighborhood partnership. Mr. Man...

Government says US Visa fee increase is discriminatory May 12, 2016

Against the setting of increase in US visa fee, the Indian government told that it is against biased towards professionals from India who seek to do work in the IT industry of the US.According to the IT and Telecom Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, there must be no inequity in letting IT professionals of the country fro...

US State Department has released June 2016 Visa Bulletin May 11, 2016

The US State Department (DOS) has revealed its June 2016 Visa Bulletin that has included dates of application final action and filing application dates.For both job based filings and family sponsored filings, the USCIS has indicated that the chart of dates for application final action should be utilized for the month...

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