Tag: Green Card
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US Senate passes bill to eliminate per-country cap for employment-based immigrant visas
The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas and their current waiting period for Green Card or permanent residency is running into decades.
December 4, 2020 -
Hope that Biden administration will remove Green Card capping: Indian-origin lawmakers
Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system.
October 11, 2020 -
US allows H-1B visa holders to return for same jobs they did before ban; spouses, children also permitted
On June 22, as unemployment touched the highest-ever numbers on record in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald Trump issued a proclamation to temporarily suspend H-1B and other work visas till the end of the year.
August 13, 2020 -
Donald Trump mulling suspension of H-1B visas amid massive unemployment in US: Report
The proposed suspension could extend into the government's new fiscal year beginning October 1, when many new visas are issued, a media report has stated.
June 12, 2020 -
Trump administration working on temporary ban on visas like H-1B popular among Indians: Report
In April, President Donald Trump had said that he was suspending immigration for green card seekers for 60 days, arguing the controversial move would help Americans find work again after Coronavirus caused a surge in unemployment amid the current lockdown.
May 9, 2020 -
Indian-origin senator Kamala Harris promises to lift cap for employment based green cards in US
A Green Card allows a non-US citizen to live and work permanently in America.
November 13, 2019 -
US to deny green cards, citizenship to migrants who depend on public services
However, the plan has been slammed by immigrant and advocacy groups saying that it would undermine democracy and penalize parents for seeking help to feed their children.
August 13, 2019 -
Indians stand to gain as Trump to replace green cards with ‘Build America’ visa
As of now, about 66 per cent of the green cards are given to those with family ties and only 12 per cent are based on skills.
May 17, 2019 -
Confessions of an Indian-American
I would like to start by reassuring readers that this article is not about a spiritual quest or self-realization but a simple identity crisis that every migrant to a foreign country goes through. In my case, the question is “Am I an Indian or an American?” When I was in college in Kolkata I often …
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July 22, 2018 -
Indians with advanced degree may have to wait 151 years for US green card: Report
The new calculation on the Green card wait period by Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, comes after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released number of applicants for such cards.
June 16, 2018 -
More than three-fourths of Green card waiting list comprise of Indians: USCIS
As of May 2018, there were 395,025 foreign nationals waiting for Green Card under the employment-based preference category, of these 306,601 were Indians
June 7, 2018 -
Indian-Americans launch campaign to remove Green Card backlog
Eminent Indian Americans have launched a nationwide campaign in the US to create awareness about massive backlog for Green Card which they say is impacting some 300,000 high-skilled Indian applicants. Under the current regulation, skilled immigrants from India need to wait anywhere between 25-92 years for a Green Card due to per-country limits, said the …
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January 30, 2018 -
Indian techies in US seek Congressional help for green card
A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas today knocked on the doors of US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them. Every year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives about 100,000 green card applications …
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October 24, 2017 -
Satya Nadella once surrendered his Green Card for love!
With his permanent residency coming in the way of his newly wed wife joining him in the US, Satya Nadella surrendered his Green Card and applied for a H1-B visa, a move which gave him instant notoriety around the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, the Indian-born CEO has revealed. In fact, at one point of time, …
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September 26, 2017 -
‘Points-based Green Card system to help professionally skilled workers’
The move to introduce points-based system for the most sought-after Green Card would be advantageous to foreign workers with professional skills while it will "discourage" those with low or no skills, the White House has said. The statement from the White House comes a day after US President Donald Trump announced his support for a …
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August 3, 2017 -
Proposed US immigration reform doesn’t cover H-1B visas
A proposed US immigration reform legislation is narrowly focused on Green Cards and it does not cover temporary non-immigrant visas like the H1-B given to tens of thousands of Indian professionals. The Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, which was unveiled on Wednesday, "doesn't deal with guest workers and temporary non-immigrant visas" …
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August 3, 2017 -
Indians with US visas to receive visa on arrival in UAE
Indian nationals who hold a valid US visa or a green card will get a two-week UAE visa on arrival in the country from May 1, according to a media report. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs this week circulated a letter to all authorities to grant Indians with US visa or green card to …
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April 25, 2017