Swati Dandekar’s Congressional Hearing Begins For ADB’s Executive Director
Indian American politician Swati Dandekar, who was nominated as executive director to Asian Development Bank (ADB) with ambassadorial rank by…
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When your Candidate puts you in a difficult spot
Many admire Trump for his audacity to say things that ordinarily a person, especially a career politician, would never say.…
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UK records a fall in non-EU migrant arrivals
LONDON (TIP): New figures showing an annual rise in net migration to the UK have provoked fierce debate but many…
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Donald Trump Scores Third Consecutive Victory, Wins Nevada Caucuses
LAS VEGAS (TIP): Riding on voters’ anger wave, Donald Trump scored his third consecutive victory in the Nevada caucuses to…
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NYCEDC And CUNY Launch IN2NYC H1B sponsorship Program For International Entrepreneurs
Program Will Support 80 Entrepreneurs and Create More Than 700 New Jobs for New Yorkers in First Three Years Alone…
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INDIAN AMERICAN CALIFORNIA AG KAMALA HARRIS FILES OFFICIAL PAPERWORK FOR SENATE BID
Feb 24: California Attorney General Indian American Kamala Harris is running for Senate, a seat she has been campaigning for…
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Silicon Valley Wants ‘Dramatic Expansion’ Of H1-B Visa: Top American CEO
WASHINGTON: With IT firms struggling to find quality and right number of professionals, a top American CEO has called for a…
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Indian Doctors May Be Hit By New Visa Rules In UK – Resident Labour Market Test
LONDON: Indian doctors in the UK may find it difficult to apply for jobs under the proposed changes to the country's…
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Number of Indians seeking asylum in the United States rising
JALANDHAR: In a surprising and unexplained trend, there has been a sudden rise in the number of Indian citizens seeking…
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14,000 Indians Overstayed In US In 2015
WASHINGTON: Over 14,000 of the 8.8 lakh Indians who travelled to the US on visitor or business visa in 2015 overstayed…
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Supreme Court agrees to review challenge to Obama immigration action
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 19, agreed to review a challenge to President Obama's plan to shield…
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United States begins Implementation of Changes to the Visa Waiver Program
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States began, January 21, implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention…
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UK Proposes Visa Fee Hike To Hit Indian Techies
LONDON: Companies in the UK hiring non-European Union workers like Indians are expected to face a new 1,000 pound annual surcharge…
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Hillary Clinton Disapproves of Increased Deportations & Raids
WASHINGTON (TIP): Immigration is one of the leading issues in the 2016 race and a spike in raids in recent…
Read MoreNEW OBAMA ACTION COULD INCREASE PERMANENT WORK PERMITS
President Obama issued a new executive action that would grant work permits to foreign workers who are in the country…
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NYC’s Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs visits the Desi Senior Centre
New York City’s Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, Nisha Agarwal, visited India Home’s Desi Senior Center on December 2, 2015, on the…
Read MoreUS cites immigration assessment, India wants US to honor visas
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has conveyed that the decision to deny entry to Indian students was not because of black-listing…
Read MoreH-1B, L-1 Visa Fee hiked by upto $4500
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas…
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Nearly 35,000 comment on the proposed changes to the STEM OPT Extension – F1 Student Visa
NEWYORK (TIP): On Oct. 19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposal for "Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities…
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Former-Disney Workers Replaced by H1-B Visa Holders File Complaint
WASHINGTON: Replaced by H-1B visa workers, at least 23 former Disney IT workers have filed a complaint alleging discrimination. In a…
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How outsourcing companies are exploiting US H-1B visa program
Many of the visas are given out through a lottery, and a small number of giant global outsourcing companies had…
Read MoreNew bill proposes H1B & L1 visa reforms
BENGALURU: The US is set to pass a bill on immigration with major implications for the Indian IT sector and its employees.…
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Republican Candidate Ted Cruz Calls to Suspend H-1B Visa for 6 Months
WASHINGTON: A leading Republican presidential candidate has called for suspending the issuance of H-1B visa for six months to investigate abuses…
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Texas Governor Abbott links grant money with immigrant detentions
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced a new plan to strip state grant funding from county sheriff’s with a Sanctuary…
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LaSalle14 Hunger Strike enters 11th day | ICE Attempts Forced Deportation
DALLAS (TIP): 14 South Asian detainees, from Bangladesh and India (known as the "LaSalle14") at the LaSalle Detention Center started…
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Two Indians arrested in New Jersey for conspiracy to smuggle illegal aliens
Two Indian-Orgin men, Nileshkumar Patel, 41, and Harsad Mehta, 65, were arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey…
Read MoreLimited H-1B visas may force companies to skip placement season at IITs
Facebook may not be coming to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, both for internship and final placement,…
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Border Patrol gets new guidelines for immigrant detentions
DALLAS, TX (TIP): The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a sweeping new set of standards for handling immigrant…
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Border chaos: 3-year wait for deportation hearings, just 1 in 6 minors show up
WASHINGTON (TIP): A new report on the utter chaos in immigration courts finds that the average wait time for adult…
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F-1 Visa : OPT STEM EXTENSION INCREASE TO 24 months : DHS PROPOSES NEW RULE
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposes to amend its F-1 non-immigrant student visa regulations on optional practical training (OPT)…
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