A total of 20,000 participants will be accepted for the pilot over the next five weeks Our Bureau Washington A total of 20,000 participants will be accepted for the pilot over the next five weeks, split equally between workers who...
Indians now represent one out of every 10 US visa applicants across the world Our Bureau Washington/Mumbai The US processed more visas in India than ever before during 2023. The wait time for visitor visa was cut down by 75%...
Our Bureau Ottawa Canada has decided to reduce the annual student intake for the current year by 35% to about 3.60 lakh approved study permits. Canada's Immigration Minister Marc Miller said this is a temporary policy for two years. The...
Our Bureau New Delhi The Indian passport remains the 80th strongest in the world, the same as last year, according to the 2024 Henley Passport Index. However, the Indian passport now gives its holders visa-free access to 62 countries as...
Our Bureau New Delhi The US is set to begin a pilot program for domestic renewal of certain categories of H-1B visas in December. According to a US official, this step will benefit a significantly large number of Indian technology...
Our Bureau Washington As per estimates by Pew Research Centre, there were about 725,000 Indian illegal immigrants in the US. This is the third largest population of unauthorized immigrants after Mexico and El Salvador. As of 2021, USA's 10.5 million...
Our Bureau Washington, DC According to the latest US Customs and Border Protection (UCBP) data, a record 96,917 Indians were arrested while crossing illegally into the US between October 2022 and September 2023. Of the 96,917 Indians arrested this year,...
In 2021, approximately 130,000 Indians obtained citizenship in OECD member countries, with the United States leading the way by granting 56,000 citizenships Our Bureau Paris In the past two years, Indians have become the largest national group to gain citizenship...
The unused green cards are a golden opportunity for immigrants from India, China, and the Philippines to become US Citizens Our Bureau Washington Ajay Bhutoria, an Indian American and a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native...
The United States last year issued 125,000 visas to Indian students, which is a record, and they are on pace to become the largest foreign student community in the US Our Bureau Washington The US is set to introduce in-country...
