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Seventeen US states sue to block Donald Trump administration's new rules for international students
• 5 years agoAround 40 higher education institutions filed declarations in support of the lawsuit, including Yale University, DePaul University, the University of Chicago, Tufts University, Rutgers University and state universities in Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota and Wisconsin
New US rules for international students: The failed promise of visas, mobility and university education
Shaunna Rodrigues • 5 years agoDespite this being an election year, the 'core' liberal ideas of American constitutional democracy have lost the discursive and mobilisational power they once commanded
Govt knowingly misled Indian students detained in US by setting up fake university, says Indian-American attorney
• 6 years agoFlooded with phone calls from panic-stricken students, an eminent Indian-American attorney on Tuesday alleged that the US Department of Homeland Security had knowingly allowed the "fake university" to be set up and misled students sitting hundreds of miles away in another country.
8 Indians, Indian-Americans arrested in US in fake student visa racket; accused indicted of facilitating foreigners' illegal stay
• 6 years agoUS 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.
UK student visas: Britain says India excluded from list of countries offered easier norms because of Indian 'overstayers'
• 7 years agoThe UK government has directly linked the exclusion of Indian students from a list of countries offered easier visa norms to India's refusal to sign a MoU on the return of illegal migrants.
US: 5 Indians charged with visa, financial schemes fraud
Fp Archives • 11 years agoFive Indians have been arrested and charged with participating in a wide-ranging student visa and financial aid fraud schemes in the US.
After Boston blasts, US to have automated student visa checks
Fp Archives • 12 years agoIn the wake of the Boston Marathon bombings, the US expects to have an automated system in place this month to close the student visa gap that allows many to enter the country even after they cease to be students.
US tightens students visa norms post Boston bombing
Fp Archives • 12 years agoUnder the new procedures, border agents will verify a student's visa status before the person arrives in the US using information provided in flight manifests.
US doubled visa issuance to Indian students in 2012
Fp Archives • 12 years agoAmerica is facilitating enrollment of more Indian students and issuance of student visas went up by 50 percent in 2012 as compared to the previous year.
Cameron woos India: Same-day visa for investors, no cap for students
Fp Archives • 12 years agoOn the issue of Indian students in Britain, he said there is "no limit" on the number of Indian students who can come and study in universities.