The US has announced stricter Green Card rules that may require students, tourists and temporary workers to leave the country before applying for permanent residency.
As part of its effort to strengthen national security and curb identity fraud, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday issued new policy guidance sharply limiting how old a photograph can be when used to produce immigration documents.
According to the regulations issued by the Indian government last month and updated last week, visas of foreign nationals and OCI cards, that provide visa-free travel privileges to the people of Indian-origin, have been suspended as part of the new international travel restrictions.
The relaxations came in the view of the coronavirus pandemic, which first surfaced in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday said that has taken steps to help individuals, employers, and others address some of the immigration-related challenges they face as a direct result of the COVID-19 national emergency.
Even as the peak of coronavirus in the US is some two weeks away, millions of people in the US have already lost their jobs.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows companies in the US to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
The companies applying for H-1B visas for foreign workers for the fiscal year 2021 would have to register online and pay a processing fee of USD 10.
The fiscal year begins October 1, 2019, and the USCIS started receiving the visa petitions from April 1.
According to the US government, 75.6 per cent of H1-B visas approved last year went to Indians.
