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  Trump considering suspending H1B, other visas: Report

  World | June 12, 2020 10:23 IST

  US President Donald Trump is considering suspending a number of employment visas including the H-1B, most sought-after among Indian IT professionals, in view of the massive unemployment in America due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a media report.

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  Indians to benefit from free visa extension in UK

  India | April 29, 2020 19:22 IST

  Indians and other foreign health and care professionals employed on work visas across the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK are set to benefit from a further free visa extension announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday. 

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  Bad news for US visa seekers. These new rules pose threat to half of applicants

  World | August 13, 2019 8:43 IST

  The Trump administration is going to move forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to cut legal immigration in half by denying visas and permanent residency to hundreds of thousands of people for being too poor.

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  US green card just got a lot more expensive for Indian investors

  India | July 25, 2019 16:47 IST

  Under the EB-5 program, eligible individuals can apply for lawful permanent residence within the United States by investing in a U.S. based commercial enterprise and creating ten full-time jobs for qualified U.S. workers.

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  Four Indian-Americans arrested in US for H1B visa fraud

  World | July 03, 2019 7:42 IST

  The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.  

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  Sharing Facebook ID mandatory for US VISA: Everything you need to know

  Technology | June 03, 2019 18:52 IST

  The US government revamps its immigration process as applicants will now have to share additional information like social media, email IDs and phone number from the past five years of the application date.

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  Want visa? Provide your social media history, says US State Department

  World | June 02, 2019 16:31 IST

  The social media identifiers will be incorporated into a background check review against watchlists generated by the US government.

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  Trump administration to revoke work permits of H-4 visa holders, decision likely in three months

  World | September 22, 2018 7:24 IST

  The DHS said the new rule would be submitted to the Office of Management of Budget (OMB), White House, within three months.

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  Trump administration wants US visa applicants to submit phone, email, social media details

  India | March 30, 2018 15:12 IST

  In a document posted on the Federal Register on Thursday, anyone who wants to come to the US on a non-immigrant visa will have to answer a list of questions under new rules.

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  US Visa Day on June 6: Consul-general's tips on how to ace your interview

  Higher Studies | March 29, 2018 16:45 IST

  On the Visa Day, US Embassy in Delhi and its four consulates - Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai - are thrown open exclusively to adjudicate visa applications from Indian students who aspire to pursue higher studies in the US.

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  Some people have no problem getting naked for US visa but cry privacy on Aadhaar: KJ Alphons

  India | March 25, 2018 22:47 IST

  The minister of state for also electronics and information technology assured that information collected under Aadhaar was safe and secure and claimed that media reports about data breaches were incorrect.

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  Moving past the wall: Donald Trump plan takes on legal immigration

  World | January 27, 2018 7:13 IST

  The plan would protect some 700,000 young immigrants from deportation and provide a pathway to citizenship, an offer the White House described as a concession to Democrats.

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  Donald Trump pushes for merit-based immigration system

  World | January 14, 2018 20:38 IST

  Trump has been calling for the merit-based immigration system, of which people from countries like India could be a major beneficiary, to reduce overall immigration to the US.

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  Trump admin toughens rules on H-1B visa, makes it more difficult for extension

  World | October 25, 2017 13:21 IST

  Trump administration has made it more difficult for the renewal of non-immigrant visas such as H-1B and L1, popular among Indian IT professionals.

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  Pakistanis severely hit by Donald Trump’s travel ban

  World | September 30, 2017 18:08 IST

  According to an analysis by Politico, 26 per cent fewer non-immigrant visas issued to Pakistanis in 2017 as compared to previous year's average.

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  Widow of Indian-techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla gets temporary work visa in US

  World | September 14, 2017 13:56 IST

  Sunayana Dumala, whose 32-year-old husband Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed in a hate crime earlier this year, had lost her permission to stay in the US

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  US announces 15,000 additional H2-B visas for low-wage foreign workers

  World | July 19, 2017 11:04 IST

  This is being done in the best interest of the businesses, the Trump administration argued.

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  Another Pakistan Senator says he was denied US visa

  World | February 13, 2017 16:41 IST

  Another Pakistani Senator today alleged that his US visa application was turned down without a valid reason.

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  When asked to take down his pagdi, BJP MP Virendra Singh refused US visa

  Politics | August 26, 2016 22:21 IST

  Sticking firmly to his roots, Bharatiya Janata Party's member of parliament Virendra Singh Mast today refused a visa by the US Embassy when he asked to remove his 'pagdi' or headgear for the visa documentation.

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  Urdu Poet Rahat Indori denied US Visa

  India | April 19, 2016 15:06 IST

  New Delhi: Prominent poet and film lyricist Rahat Indori today said that he has been denied a US visa. The 66 year old had applied for the visa as he was invited to attend a