Highly skilled Indian professionals face decades-long waits for green cards due to country caps and low annual quota
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About 280,000 college-educated immigrants with health-related degrees are not working in the field, contributing to the significant shortage
Daibai from India was excited to take the oath of allegiance at USCIS’ Orlando, Florida office
USCIS move comes days ahead of April 24 expiry of a rule potentially saving 800,000 jobs
Businesses and thousands of immigrant employees face increasing uncertainty with automatic extension rule set to expire April 24
Prospective petitioners notified about eligibility to file an H-1B cap-subject petition starting April 1
USCIS changing H-1B Form I-129 filing location to lockbox from April 1
US religious freedom body calls law to grant Indian citizenship to persecuted non-Muslim migrants from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan as “problematic”
By some estimates, long-term undocumented residents living in the US for ten years or more represent 6.7 million people
Extension provides relief for applicants amid system outage concerns; the agency “still intends to notify selected registrants by March 31, 2024.”
Tech Immigration Summit discusses immigration bills and policies impacting tech immigrants including job-based visas
American Immigration Lawyers Association alerts members to missing sgnatures on Form G-28, seeks clarification from USCIS
As the H-1B registration period begins March 6, new process aims to reduce fraud and give equal opportunity to beneficiaries
Undocumented Indians in the United States have grown by 70%, the fastest growth of all nationalities, since 2011
USCIS launches myUSCIS organizational accounts that will allow multiple people to collaborate on H-1B registrations and petitions
Low annual limit for H-1B visas is an economic drag on sectors that need skilled professionals
Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel accused of recruiting the driver to smuggle migrants from the Canadian border to Chicago area
To address green card backlogs, Congress should start by waiving the unnecessarily onerous rules and arbitrary caps
Backlog reduced by 15%; more than 192,000 employment-based immigrant visas issued in FY2023
20,000 application slots will be released under pilot program limited to renewal of visas issued in India and Canada
H-1B petitions fee will increase from $460 to $780 and L-1 petitions rise from $460 to $1,385 from April 1, 2024
Initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap will begin on March 6 and run through March 22
Indians now represent one out of every ten US visa applicants around the world
Also plans to introduce online filing for I-129 H-1B petitions and H-1B I-907 premium processing service
Domestic H-1B visa renewal pilot to run from Jan. 29 to April 1