The US will start accepting application for H-1B visa, the most sought after work visa by Indian IT professionals from April 1 this year, the federal agency USCIS announced. The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa which allows US employers to temporarily employ foreign workers. With the improvement in the country’s economy, and based on the [...] Read more »
Visa issuance to Indian students by US doubled in 2012
America is facilitating enrolment of more Indian students and issuance of student visas went up by 50 per cent in 2012 as compared to the previous year. The country welcomed students particularly in high quality courses of mathematics, science and technology, Jonathan C Scott, Vice-Consul, Consular Section, US Embassy, New Delhi, said. Asked if America [...] Read more »
Immigration rising to top of U.S. agenda
Immigration reform — one of the country’s most contentious policy issues — is rising to the top of the national agenda as proposed changes start to take shape in Congress. The discussion will resonate on Long Island and other locales where population growth spurred by immigrants has fanned tensions over policing, housing and the unlawful [...] Read more »
US consulates come up with easier visa process to attract Indians
According to US estimates, the number of people visiting the country from India every year would cross the 1 million mark by 2015. Understandably, the US consulates are working overtime to simplify the procedure of procuring a US visa in India. An official statement issued by the American embassy said: “This is not just because [...] Read more »
Indian students pull back from US; China races ahead
WASHINGTON: Fewer Indian students are studying in America these days. The number of students from India in the United States dropped for the second successive year even as there was a surge of Chinese students amid an overall increase of foreign students coming to America. The annual ”Open Doors” survey of international students in US released [...] Read more »
US flaunts new interview-less visa process for some categories to woo Indians
NEW DELHI: Home to some of the world’s exotic destinations, the United States on Friday made an attempt to woo maximum number of tourists from India by flaunting its new initiatives like Interview Waiver Programme under which an applicant can get visa without having to appear in person. As India is expected to cross 1 [...] Read more »
US downplays visa denial issue
Francisco J Sanchez, US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, on Thursday downplayed the issue of H-1B visa denial to Indian companies. “The US government had no policy to single out any country, including India, in this regard. The US is quite keen to promote more trade and investment opportunities with India,” Sanchez told [...] Read more »
US Embassy to streamline visa process
New Delhi: President Obama has announced that he is willing to relax visa regulations for tourists in order to boost the US economy. He also identified India, Brazil and China as the countries, whose travellers will be granted this leeway. Obama declared the new initiative when he was campaigning in Florida, a state heavily reliant [...] Read more »
US and India talks about H-1B and L-1 visas postponed
Talks between the US and India regarding H-1B and L-1 visas and trade issues have been postponed indefinitely. US officials said that the talks were being held at the wrong time. India is unlikely to agree to its number one priority; Increased market access for US firms to India’s consumers. “While considerable progress on developing [...] Read more »
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