Upon reaching age of 21, a dependent child of an H-1B visa holder can no longer be considered a dependent for immigration purposes
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An Indian spouse on H-4 visa shares her travails with the American Bazaar
Incoming Biden administration gave them hope, but a year later activists lament that not much has been done since
New settlement allows H-4 and L-2 visa holders to continue working while their work permit extensions are pending.
New Jersey family waiting for their son’s F-1 visa for nearly a year to stay in the US.
Indians looking for other transit hubs with cases shooting up in Cancun and Los Cabos
Spouses not covered by exemptions to Covid travel ban from India, but some have managed to get waivers.
Some US visa holders stuck in India are seeking National Interest Exception (NIE) to fly back.
Denying work permits to spouses would impact 90,000 H-4 visa-holders, 90% of whom are Indian women.
Payal Raj, an H-4 visa holder who is unable to join her family in the US because travel restrictions, describes her plight.
Those seeking extensions are unable to renew driver’s licenses and travel outside of the US in case of emergencies.
Two H-4 applicants who received H-4 extensions through “expedite requests†still waiting for their work permit.
USCIS started giving employment authorization to H-4 visa holders in the summer of 2015.
174 Indian nationals, who have been unable to return to U.S. since mid-March, file a lawsuit in Washington.
Airline tells her only green card holders and US citizens are allowed to travel to the U.S.
Spouse with H-4 visa without work permit laments lack of community support and understanding.
Dolica Gopisetty, who “aged out†of her H-4 status in January, recently delivered keynote address at Amazon’s Imagine conference.
There are similarities between the administration’s attempts to revoke H4 EAD and DACA.
H-4 EAD workers are not taking away jobs; they are adding to the job pool.
“We are moving closer to the ‘khalifa system’ in the Middle East where workers are brought only to work, but not become residents,†says Bhatt, author of “High-Tech Housewives.”
Tens of thousands may lose jobs if the White House follows through on threat.
DHS is also mulling of making some significant amendments to the H-1B visa program.