Describing the current United States immigration system as "completely backwards", Indian-American Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has said the country needs a system of "high walls and a broad gate".
37-year-old Frumet Teitelbaum, an Israeli citizen, was stopped by US Customs and Border Protection agents at Kennedy Airport after flying in from Israel on February 5. Her husband Rabbi Leibish Teitelbaum, who was studying in the Chabad Center, was killed in the 26/11 strikes. Since her husband's death, Frumet, a religious-studies teacher, had been regularly traveling without problemsfrom her home in Israel to the US to visit her children in New York.
In a filing to SEC, the company said proposed regulations may discourage its customers from seeking services.
The first killer provision in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill is the ban on client site placement for H-1B workers.
Sudhir Passi, Shripad Shroti and Chetna Pandya connived with American customs inspector Otis Rackley primarily helped Indians to sneak into the US.
The controversial Senate Immigration reform bill passed a major legislative test, but not the last by any means, when the democratic leadership managed to round up enough vote to invoke cloture on the Bill.
A South Asian rights group has expressed serious concerns over certain provisions of the comprehensive immigration reform bill that will pave a pathway to citizenship to some 11 million undocumented immigrants, including more than 260,000 Indians.
Industry sources told India Abroad they wouldn't shed any tears if the legislation died in the House.
The immigration Bill from a bipartisan group of US Senators will hurt US companies as much as Indian IT service providers.
Designed to spark dialogue and create awareness about unfair US immigration policies, ICED is a free, 3D downloadable game. It teaches players about current immigration laws on detention and deportation that affect legal permanent residents, asylum seekers, students and undocumented people. Game players can choose one of five characters to inhabit and live out the day-to-day life of an immigrant youth.
The proposed immigration Bill to legalise millions of illegal workers in the United States has suffered a serious setback after a Democratic-led effort to speed up its passage in the Senate failed.
Dubbed as Startup Act 3.0, the legislation would also enable such immigrant entrepreneurs by giving them permanent residency upon meeting certain requirements.
'Of course, our thoughts are with the Iran people, the players and the whole country, but our focus is on this match.'
Those on H-1B visas have to find a new job within 60 days or head back to India.
As predicted the US Citizenship and Immigration Services received a sufficient number of H-1B petitions to reach the statutory cap for fiscal year-2014 before the end of the fifth day of starting the filing.
In what can be good news for hundreds of Indian IT professionals seeking the H-1B work visa, the US' immigration agency has decided to conduct a rare second lottery for the most sought-after visas to decide on the successful applicants who could not make it in the first random selection. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Thursday that a decision was taken after determining that the computerised draw of lots for H-1B visas conducted early this year did not give them enough numbers of the Congressional mandated H-1B visas. The H-1B visa, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
Erin Green, former head of immigration, Infosys says says only the loss of a big client could push Infosys to correct its internal corporate culture.
'We are recreating the biggest sports rivalry in the world, which is Indians versus Pakistanis right here in the United States.'
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan was again "detained" at an United States airport, the third time in seven years that he has been stopped by US immigration officials at the country's airports. However, outrage over the incident prompted US Ambassador to India Richard Rahul Verma to apologise on behalf of his government.
The former Jammu-Kashmir chief minister was subjected to a "secondary immigration check" upon his arrival in the United States.
It is understood that India's border row with China figured in the talks between Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale though there was no mention of it in the press statements issued by the two sides.
Fresh off the OTT oven, Sukanya Verma picks 10 hot new treats for you.
US President-elect Joe Biden will work towards providing a roadmap to American citizenship for nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants, including over 500,000 from India, and will also establish a minimum admission number of 95,000 refugees annually.
Alert: A lecture on US Immigration, presented by Pravinchandra J Patel, Attorney at Law, New York.
Ragbir, 43, was arrested on January 12 during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and ordered immediate deportation, irking local community in New York.
The assurance came as relief for the Indian IT services sector.
The State Department has proposed not to issue temporary business visas for H-1B speciality occupations which allowed several companies to send their technology professionals for a short stay to complete jobs on site in the US, a move which could affect hundreds of Indians. The proposal, if finalised, will eliminate any misconception that the "B-1 in lieu of H policy" provides an alternative avenue for foreign professionals to enter the US to perform skilled labour that allows, and potentially even encourages them and their employers to circumvent the restrictions and requirements relating to the H non-immigrant classification established by Congress to protect the US workers, the State Department said.
Dr Arun Vakil, US visa specialist, discusses the proper way to conduct yourself with US immigration services, cope with jet lag, and more.
The Reforming American Immigration for Strong Employment, or RAISE, Act, introduced by Republican senator Tom Cotton and David Perdue from the Democratic party, would alter the US immigration system to significantly reduce the number of foreigners admitted to the country without a skills-based visa.
The announcement comes as a big relief to international students, including those from India.
The beta of large IT firms has increased since 2008 and is expected to inch up further given the rising challenges.
IBM writes to US Congress; Premji meets Biden
Indian IT industry had expressed concerns over the visa restrictions set out in the US Immigration Reform Bill that could hit their business hard.
'There's a lot of confusion. It started because the President's tweet was all-encompassing.' 'It has been watered down over the last few days though to more narrow classes of immigrants.'
ITServe's lawsuit against the USCIS alleges that the agency has no authority to misinterpret the existing regulations and shorten the approval durations.
Hires 2 former US ambassadors to India.
In addition to mounting its own effort and putting in all its resources to convince the US lawmakers that the killer provisions of the comprehensive immigration reform bill -- that has been introduced in the Senate by the bipartisan group of eight Senators called the Gang of Eight -- the top business group representing the interest of US companies doing business in India is in the final stages of hiring a top lobbying firm for the purpose.
Indian information technology (IT) and businesses process outsourcing (BPO) firms that are heavily dependent on business visas can heave a sigh of relief as the United States Department of Labor (DoL) has decided not to change the Labor Condition Application (LCA) norms for now, said industry sources.
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