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Green Card: Lifetime Wait for Green Card: NRIs Wait 80-100 Years | India News
HYDERABAD: There seems to be no respite in sight from the long wait for a Green Card for Indians living in the US. Even as…
‘Documented Dreamers’: Thousands of Indian-American children at risk of deportation
Approximately 250,000 children of legal immigrants, many of Indian descent, face potential deportation from the United States upon turning 21 due to the “aging out”…
Indian-origin woman becomes US citizen at 99
NEW DELHI: An Indian-origin woman has officially become a US citizen at the age of 99.The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced on…
Canada set to increase permanent residency fees by 12%
India has traditionally been the top source country of new permanent residents in Canada. Permanent residency is akin to a green card in the US…
Key US immigration reform recommendations made by AILA
MUMBAI: The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), a body of 16,000 plus professionals has written to President Joe Biden urging him to continue on the…
Green Card: Indians on green card queue in employment based 2 & 3 categories face huge backlog; will not be able to file applications in FY 2024
In what is very worrying news for thousands of Indians on permanent resident status (green card) queues in the US, in the employment-based 2 and…
Proposed H-1B rule: Each individual to be entered once to curb gaming of lottery system
The much-awaited proposed rules to modernise the H-1B program were released on Friday night by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US…
Work permit validity increased to five years for green card applicants in US
MUMBAI: In a move aimed at addressing the persistent backlog in processing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently…
Highly talented Indians on fast track EB-1 green card queue face disappointment, delays
For thousands of highly skilled and talented Indians, who are waiting for green cards in the US on the fast track EB-1 (employment based) category,…
Indian Green Card: US President Joe Biden administration urged to make priority dates current for Indian Green Card applicants
WASHINGTON: A group of US lawmakers has urged the Biden administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from…