H4ead

Nail biting wait for H4 EAD decision as court passes baton to DHS, says respond in 90 days

A fresh round of alarm bells are going off in America’s H4 EAD community. The prolonged Save Jobs USA versus Department of Homeland Security (DHS) case challenging employment authorisation for a large swathe of H4 dependants has turned another corner Wednesday with the court asking DHS to respond within 90 days on its stated intention in Fall 2017 to revoke the EAD for H4 dependants of H1B workers.

H1B workers' Green Card blues make inroads into Washington DC

On Thursday, against the backdrop of the US Congress dome and the looming shadow of a coming immigration overhaul, a swoop of Indians from all over America rallied for ending Green Card backlogs which they claim is eating into the community’s collective mojo.

H1B, Green Card, H4 issues face strong DACA headwinds in gridlocked Washington DC

No wall, no deal, says Trump. Gridlock week has arrived again as bickering US lawmakers face a tight deadline for reaching deals on what to do with 700,000 immigrants who were brought into America illegally as children while Donald Trump is wagging an accusing finger at his opponents as a government shutdown looms.

H1B, H4 visa holders from 30 US states will put Green Card woes in spotlight in Trump backyard Feb 8

Indians on H1B and H4 visas waiting for their green card backlog to clear up are going to pour in to Washington DC on February 7 and 8 from across 30 American states in a bid to ride the wave of public advocacy that will reach fever pitch all week as the Trump administration and the Opposition battle in the high stakes immigration stand off that has come to occupy the frontlines of US politics.

"Without H4 EAD, I would not have come to the US...": First person accounts from behind the long shadows of the H1B visa

hese men and women we spoke to represent a random microcosm of the H1B-H4 community. At one level, all their stories can be lumped together and dismissed in one stroke - a community not allowed to work from the early 90s till 2015 has sampled life with the same freedoms that the H1B workers enjoy and is now fighting to retain that toehold in a foreign land that has become a second home. But to do (only) that is to miss the story of many generations of H4 holders who have clutched at straws, raised children, watched their financial independence and their closest relationships erode or sometimes slip away.

Tension builds as H4 visa holders await cues from Save Jobs USA vs DHS case hearing

It’s a nerve wracking wait for H4 visa holders and their familiy members before we know what exactly happened in the Jan 2 court case hearing of DHS versus Save Jobs USA which has put the entire universe of H4 dependents on tenterhooks for many months now. H4 visa holders who got work permits in Obama's final year are now on cliff edge and their extended families in their home countries are worried on next steps because of innumerable real-life situations that are at risk - mortgage payments, other sunk costs and just the crushing uncertainty of a career in limbo.