USA Immigration News

Students might face difficulty with US J-1 visa November 27, 2015

Sponsoring bodies regarding the J-1 program made an announcement previous week that the students who seek to apply for J-1 visa for the US would face augmented difficulties. Following the decision which was announced on 12th November that the students should now have to secure a job before travelling to the US. Previ...

President Obama urges the Supreme Court to decide quickly on the immigration measures November 26, 2015

Obama administration had urged the Supreme Court for setting the date quickly for ruling on executive orders which will protect undocumented immigrants which are around five million from deportation.In the twin page letter which was send on Tuesday, Donald Verrilli, US Solicitor General had asked high court to dismiss ...

US DHS offered important guidance related to overseas national job portability November 26, 2015

On 20th November, the Homeland Security Department had issued an important draft policy memorandum (“PM”) having the planned guidance on the definition of same or similar under the INA Section 204(j) which is equal to the employment mobility of overseas workers sponsored for the legal permanent residency by the US ...

Reasons behind the US should hold on to the students from India November 25, 2015

For around 96 million high school students, the Prime Minister of India made a crucial move of appealing the government of the UK to be more kind with the student visas for Indians who wish to study overseas.Way back in the year 2010, when the UK government had stopped granting the post study work visas to the workers ...

87% of the H-1B visas for IT jobs are issued to Indians November 24, 2015

According to the analysis of US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) information, India dominates the ranking of IT workers on the H-1B visas, around 87% of the H-1B visas for the IT jobs are granted to the Indians.The publication viewed at about 76,000 visas that were granted for the new jobs to the individuals...

US colleges are global magnet for the foreign students from around the world November 24, 2015

The higher education of the US has always been seen on the top by the overseas students around the world. The world’s best and the brightest students are banging on the doors of the US universities and colleges in the record numbers.According to the latest reports which revealed that there is an increase of 10%, whic...

Around 35,000 comments received on the latest federal visa regulation November 21, 2015

The US had received around 35,000 comments regarding the plan for extending the Program for Optional Training (OPT) for the STEM students from the current 29 months to 36 months. The closing date for sending the comments was in this week.By mounting the time length for the students who could work on the student visa, U...

US Republican Senator Ted Cruz called for suspending H-1B visa for six months November 20, 2015

Republican presidential candidate had called for suspension of H-1B visa grants for six months for investigating the exploitation against the most sought after job visa by the Indian IT professionals.According to the Republican Senator, Ted Cruz, in order to toughen the system of immigration, protect the national secur...

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