'India is number one priority': US visa processing time to become shorter by mid-2023
The plan is to issue around one lakh visas every month, a senior official of the US embassy said.
Nov 10, 2022, 23:07 PM IST
American agency's decision on foreign students' visas: India raises issue with US
The issue was raised by Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla during an online meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale.
Jul 07, 2020, 22:39 PM IST
Trump demands border wall, visa changes as part of immigration fix
The debate on immigration will be a pivotal issue in Washington in early 2018 ahead of midterm congressional elections in November.
Dec 29, 2017, 22:54 PM IST
Trump sends immigration enforcement plan to Congress
Nearly 800,000 undocumented young people currently benefits from DACA.
Oct 09, 2017, 08:34 AM IST
US provides visas to up to 15,000 temporary workers
"As a demonstration of the administration`s commitment to supporting American businesses, DHS is providing this one-time increase to the congressionally set annual cap," Kelly said in a statement.
Jul 17, 2017, 23:57 PM IST
PM Modi to discuss H-1B visa issue with Trump next month
PM Modi is expected to meet President Trump during the G20 Summit in Hamburg in Germany early next month.
Jun 05, 2017, 17:32 PM IST
40% decline in US visas for Pakistanis; 28% increase for India
Interestingly, the number of non-immigrant US visas to Indians has increased by 28 percent in March and April this year as compared to the monthly average of the previous year, according to the newly-released monthly official data.
May 29, 2017, 16:22 PM IST
H-1B premium processing suspended to handle huge rush
The US on Friday said the premium processing of H-1B visas, which are popular among Indian IT firms and professionals, has been suspended temporarily to handle the huge rush of applications for the work visas in the first week of April.
Mar 17, 2017, 11:26 AM IST
Applications for fiscal 2018 H1-B to be accepted from April 3
The Congressional mandated limit on H-1B visas include 65,000 in the general category and another 20,000 for those foreign students who have masters or higher degree from a US academic institution.
Mar 16, 2017, 15:19 PM IST
Trump bars people of seven Muslim-majority nations from entering US, orders new vetting rules
"I am establishing new vetting measures to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don't want them here," Trump said.
Jan 29, 2017, 00:34 AM IST
