H4 Visa

India-US 2+2 talks: US defence official says America 'bullish' on high level meet even as concerns rise over S-400 deal

The upcoming India - US - India 2+2 talks - an apex bilateral meetup in New Delhi next week - is not just ‘historic’ but will throw up a set of ‘very concrete outcomes’ which will serve as enablers for the India US relationship well beyond the high optics of September 6 and 7, a top official of the US Defence Department in Washington DC Wednesday.

Migrant wives: The harsh reality of Indian H4 visa holders, who must remain dependent on spouses or live illegally

Many H4 visa holders are women who are forced to remain in unhappy or abusive marriages because their visa does not allow them to work and live in the US

Spouses of H-1B visa holders get breather as Donald Trump administration misses deadline on H-4 notification

The Donald Trump administration has failed to meet its deadline for the second time this year to issue a notification on its decision to terminate the work authorisation of H-4 visa holders, mostly Indians who are spouses of professionals having H-1B visas

Save Jobs USA: In conversation with Amit Kohli

Amit Kohli, with a couple of friends, has started a social media campaign, SaveH4EAD. He shares, with Firstpost America, his thoughts on what's next on H4 EAD and how the community is preaparing itself for what people fear is to come.

US lawmakers ask Donald Trump administration to reconsider decision to revoke H4 visa permits

A group of 15 influential lawmakers from California has urged the Trump administration to reconsider its move to revoke an Obama-era rule that gives work permits to spouses of certain categories of H-1B visas, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals.

H1B workers' spouses on H4 visas 'shocked' at fallout of New York Times story on fate of work permits

The New York Times tells the story of H4 dependent spouse through the experiences of a California resident who reveals details of her monthly mortgage payment - $ 4,800. It’s the only house mortgage payment that is mentioned in the entire NYT longform but that’s enough red meat for a country battling economic anxiety across many industries. The scathing reactions have set off alarm bells in the H4 community.

Depression and health scares: In Donald Trump's America, H4 visa's uncertain fate driving H1B workers' spouses over the edge

On the US telly networks, illegal immigrants' adult children ( DACA recipients) who have been granted work permits, also in the Obama era, have come to be the primary focus of the immigration deadlock in the US. Contrast that with the legal status of the H1B family in the US - they are legal, the H4 dependents are legal and if the H4 EAD is revoked, that leaves the H4 visa recipients worse off than DACA recipients with work permits.

Relief for spouses of H-1B visa holders: US delays decision on work authorisation for H-4 visa programme

The Trump administration has delayed its decision on termination of work authorisation for spouses of the H-1B visa holders, in a big relief to a significantly large number of Indian workers and their families

H-1B Visa holders' spouses, on H4 visa, will not be able to work if Trump administration has its way

After Trump got elected, Save Jobs USA filed its initial brief in an appeals court. The department of justice (DoJ) has filed a brief in Washington DC appeals court, seeking a 60-day freeze for employment authorisation for H4 visa holders. If this is approved, it effectively means that H4 EAD visa holders can no longer seek employment, taking that status back to pre-2015 era.