Indians In Us

Green Card's Calling: How the US' EAGLE act could benefit thousands of Indians

The Equal Access to Green Card for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act aims to phase out per-country caps on employment-based immigrant visas. If passed, the bill could benefit several skilled Indian workers vying for a US Green Card

US: Infant, her parents among 4 Indian-origin people abducted in California

Merced County Sheriff's Office in a statement on Monday said that 36-year-old Jasdeep Singh, 27-year-old Jasleen Kaur, their eight-month-old child Aroohi Dheri along with 39-year-old Amandeep Singh were taken

US: Presidential commission votes to process all green card applications within six months

To be sent to the White House now for approval, the recommendations if adopted are likely to bring cheers to the hundreds and thousands of Indian Americans and those waiting, some for even for decades, for a Green Card

Indian-American body celebrates BJP's victory in Assembly polls

Indian-Americans organised a victory celebration in New York over the weekend. Similar events have also been planned in other cities of the US, including Washington DC, Houston, Los Angeles and Atlanta.

8 Indians, Indian-Americans arrested in US in fake student visa racket; accused indicted of facilitating foreigners' illegal stay

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested eight persons — all of whom are either Indian nationals or Indian-Americans – on charges of fraudulently facilitating hundreds of immigrants to illegally remain in the US as students.

Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019: Govt wants 31 million-strong Indian diaspora to make 'desi' drive with flagship programme

The Government of India will mark the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Varanasi between 21 and 23 January. Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth will preside over the three-day convention, where the theme this year is 'Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India'.

Indians with advanced degree may take 151 years to get green card, says report

The new calculation on the Green card wait period by Cato Institute, a Washington-based think-tank, comes after the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently released number of applicants for such cards.

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.

14-year-old Sikh boy attacked by classmate in US, father claims hate crime

A 14-year-old Sikh boy was punched and knocked down by his classmate in the Washington State

Amid hugs and handshakes, 'true friends' Narendra Modi and Donald Trump fail to discuss H-1B visa issue

The H-1B visa issue that was looming on the Indo-US relationship in the run up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden meeting with President Donald Trump did not figure in the talks between the two leaders.