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12 October, 2015

DHS proposes New STEM OPT Extension Rule | F-1 Visa Update | Complete Update

There has been so much of news and confusion around the 17 month OPT STEM extension cancellation by US District…

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9 October, 2015

Immigration Seminar Calls for Community Campaign

NEW YORK (TIP): Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO-New York), South Asian Council for Social Services (SACSS) and the Kerala…

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8 October, 2015

GOPIO calls for Community Campaign on Immigration Issues like SIJS, H1-B, STEM OPT…

NEW YORK:  Indian American group GOPIO have called for a campaign on immigration issues affecting the Indian diaspora including use of…

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2 October, 2015

LEGAL IMPRESSION : The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000

A lot of Indians running Gurudwaras/temples/mosques or being in detention centers, either owing to deportation or based on criminal convictions, are not…

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2 September, 2015

Increase H-1B visas: US India Business Council

An influential Indo-US business advocacy group has called for expanding the number of the work visas granted to foreign technology…

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23 August, 2015

WASHTECH DECISION: F1 STEM OPT EXTENSION PROGRAM INVALIDATED

Update: DHS Proposes New STEM OPT Extension Rule | F-1 Visa Update | Complete Update – Click to Read Now –…

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16 August, 2015

F1 Visa | OPT STEM | Court Says USCIS Rule Allowing 17-month STEM Extension is Revoked

Update: DHS Proposes New STEM OPT Extension Rule | F-1 Visa Update | Complete Update - Click to Read Now -…

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15 August, 2015

Sikh Asylum-Seekers Freed From US Jail After Hunger Strike

WASHINGTON:  Twenty of the 22 Indian Sikh asylum-seekers, who were on hunger strike for over two weeks at a detention…

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17 July, 2015

New York needs Immigration Relief

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): In what has become a long and drawn out process, the U.S. Court of Appeals for…

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10 July, 2015

Work Permits For Spouses of H1-B Visa Holders Will Help Families, Economy

NEW YORK (TIP): The news that the United States has finally decided to amend its regulations to allow the dependent…

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28 June, 2015

H1B Visa – the conflicting perceptions

H-1B issues always heat up the closer we get to an election year, for e.g. Cruz once wanted to increase the H-1B…

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14 June, 2015

H-1B visa issue: US begins probe of TCS, Infosys

The US Department of Labor has opened up an investigation against TCS and Infosys for possible violations of H-1B visa…

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10 June, 2015

F1 visa Students maybe able to work in USA for upto 6 years under OPT

Update : F1 Visa | OPT STEM |Court Says USCIS Rule Allowing 17-Month STEM Extension Is Revoked -- Read more - Stay…

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6 June, 2015

Save Jobs USA Continue Fight To Keep H-4 Work Rule Challenge Alive

Save Jobs USA urged a D.C. federal court Tuesday to keep alive their challenge to a new U.S. Department of Homeland Security…

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4 June, 2015

China and India Immigrants Becoming US Citizens at High Rate

For the first time in decades, the number of immigrants coming to the United States from China and India outnumbers those coming…

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29 May, 2015

Appeals court upholds injunction on Obama immigration actions

NEW ORLEANS (TIP): A United States appeals court ruled Tuesday, May 26, against the Obama administration, refusing to lift a…

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29 May, 2015

IDNYC CARD ENROLLMENT CENTER TO OPEN AT QUEENS BOROUGH HALL

QUEENS, NY (TIP): There is a “tremendous demand for the IDNYC card”, says Queens Borough President Melinda Katz who announced…

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27 May, 2015

DHS starts accepting work permit applications for H4 visa holders

Update : This rule has passed the final state and approved by DHS/ USCIS on Feb 24, 2015 and it become effective…

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27 May, 2015

NO STOPPING H4 WORK PERMITS : LAWSUIT DISMISSED

[quote_center] ALSO READ : DHS Starts Accepting Work Permit Applications For H4 Visa Holders [/quote_center] NEW YORK (TIP) - The spouses of…

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22 May, 2015

Indians Second-Largest Migrant Group in UK

LONDON:  Indians are the second-largest group of migrants coming to the UK after Chinese, according to latest figures. In 2013, 46,000…

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22 May, 2015

A FORTHRIGHT MODI IN CHINA

During his China visit, Prime Minister Modi has been unusually forthright in speaking about the problems that hold back the…

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20 May, 2015

House Democrats to Call for End to Family Detention Program

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard and a growing number of other House Democrats, alongside former detainees and legal advocates, will…

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20 May, 2015

567 Indians Deported back to India in 2013 and 2014

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES:  As many as 567 Indians were deported to India by federal law enforcement agencies in last two years,…

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15 May, 2015

Cameron unveils new laws to fight terror

LONDON (TIP) : In his first major policy announcement since winning last week's general election, British PM David Cameron on…

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11 May, 2015

India Visa Camp at Gurdwara Baba Makhan Shah Lobana Sikh Center on May 31

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]With a view to reaching out to community in Richmond Hill and surrounding neighborhoods in Queens, a special Visa…

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11 May, 2015

Why Indian-Americans could switch to the GOP

With the 2016 US presidential elections fast approaching, how will the Indian-Americans – the fastest-growing, 3.2-million-strong minority community – vote?…

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8 May, 2015

UKIP chief quotes Gandhi on voting day

LONDON (TIP): He might be hawkish about immigration but UKIP chief Nigel Farage took inspiration on voting day from a…

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8 May, 2015

Mayor de Blasio to spell out national liberal goals in Washington May 12

NEW YORK (TIP): Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to travel to Washington next week to roll out a series of…

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4 May, 2015

Is Obama administration soft on Illegal Immigrants?

While Republicans may fret and fume over Obama's executive order on immigration which allows temporary legal status to millions of illegal immigrants,…

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2 May, 2015

3 Indians Plead Guilty to Student Visa Fraud Charges in US

Three Indians have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to commit student visa and financial aid fraud through a…

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