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Category: US Visa Policy

1 May, 2015

Hundreds of IT workers at Disney replaced by H-1B, L-1 visa workers from India

WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): A number of information technology workers who were formerly laid off by Disney have come forward in…

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1 May, 2015

H4 WORK PERMITS HALTED: LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA

READ UPDATE ON THIS STORY : [quote_box_center]H4 WORK PERMITS ALLOWED : LAWSUIT FILED BY SAVE JOBS USA DISMISSED[/quote_box_center] WASHINGTON (TIP): The…

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27 April, 2015

Obama amnesty greater threat to blacks than police brutality: experts

Economic and civil rights experts say increased immigration spurred by President Obama’s executive orders poses a bigger threat to the…

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24 April, 2015

Legislation to Speed Up Visa Approvals for Indian and Pakistani Doctors to Work in the U.S. Introduced

WASHINGTON (TIP): U.S. Reps. Grace Meng (D-NY) and Tom Emmer (R-MN), members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee have introduced…

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14 April, 2015

Indian-Origin Schoolgirl Stumps British PM With Her Question

LONDON:  It was not any of the hard-nosed journalists or politicians but a 10-year-old Indian-origin schoolgirl that has stumped the British…

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12 April, 2015

Vaisakhi- A Day to Celebrate Human Values

Rarely is found a person in the history of mankind who has left such a deep imprint on the life…

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11 April, 2015

The GOP Fight Against Obama’s Immigration Order Seems Lost

The White House asked Texas Judge Hanen to stop blocking Obama's executive orders on immigration. The judge refused, but that might…

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11 April, 2015

US workers fired, forced to train foreign replacements: Senators seek probe

WASHINGTON (TIP): A popular visa program allegedly is being misused by U.S. companies to lay off thousands of American workers…

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7 April, 2015

Legal Status – Special Free Screening in NY on 12th April – Obama Immigration Plan

Commissioner Agarwal announced a Special Free  Screening by trusted attorneys on the12th April where anyone can come and explore his/her…

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6 April, 2015

United States: Indian Americans on rise in local, national politics

WASHINGTON — In a stairway just off the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Ami Bera walks past…

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5 April, 2015

New York Mayor’s initiative on Obama’s Executive Order on Immigration

NEW YORK  (TIP) : New York City's new Indian American Commissioner Nisha Agarwal has rolled out a special series of…

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3 April, 2015

US Lawmakers Endorse AAPI’s Legislative Agenda During AAPI’s Legislative Day on Capitol Hill

(Washington, DC: March 30th, 2015) While Physicians Shortage, J-1 Visa Waiver Program, Immigration Reform,  Delaying the Implementation of ICD-10, and…

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3 April, 2015

By 2050, Hindus will become the world’s third largest population: Study

WASHINGTON (TIP): Hindus will become the world's third largest population by 2050, while India will overtake Indonesia as the country…

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3 April, 2015

Comptroller Stringer releases comprehensive manual to expand Immigrants’ access to City services

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): On Friday, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an "Immigrant Rights and Services Manual,"…

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1 April, 2015

THE INDIAN PANORAMA IMPACT – Homeland Security to Probe Immigration Fraud – SIJS

The Indian Panorama is the first publication to report abuse of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status law. As early as Friday, September 5,…

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30 March, 2015

Undocumented students could pay out-of-state tuition costs if Senate Bill 1819 passes

EL PASO, TEXAS (TIP):  On April 6 the border security subcommittee of the Senate's Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Committee…

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27 March, 2015

SMART MOVES – Modi Government on US & China

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] "The Modi government will face the test of managing closer strategic relations with the US, which are in part directed…

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20 March, 2015

Sri Lanka as Indian Ocean pivot

Prime Minister Modi should be congratulated for his bold decision to visit Sri Lanka for a bilateral visit, after Rajiv Gandhi…

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20 March, 2015

How India is bidding adieu to Non-Alignment

The US president's visit to India in January as the chief guest at the Republic Day celebrations has imparted a new…

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13 March, 2015

Pakistan man accused in US consulate plot arrested

TORONTO (TIP): Canadian immigration officials have arrested a Pakistani man who they say was plotting to attack the US consulate…

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13 March, 2015

United States to start accepting H-1B petitions from April 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States government will start accepting petitions for the H-1B visas, the most sought after work visa…

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9 March, 2015

Boehner: House to sue Obama

John Boehner is back with his statements and this time he wants to sue Obama as an individual.  The speaker of…

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8 March, 2015

Immigration: 26 states claim Obama Administration misled judge in lawsuit

HOUSTON (AP) — A coalition of states suing to stop President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration alleges the government…

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7 March, 2015

The Indian Panorama IMPACT – Special Immigrant Juvenile Status Racket

Readers will recall our investigative story titled A Benevolent Law Abused, published in February 13 edition. We had also done…

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1 March, 2015

Homeland Security gets another week – proxy battle over President Barack Obama’s immigration reforms

Congress narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (which is responsible for securing the country against terror…

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27 February, 2015

Indians to benefit most from sop for ‘H1-B spouses’

WASHINGTON (TIP): Kusuma's long hard winters of discontent in America, six of them in fact, are drawing to a close.…

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27 February, 2015

Confident Obama predicts success in immigration appeal

MIAMI (TIP): President Barack Obama is urging immigrants thrown into limbo by legal wrangling to keep planning for eventual relief.…

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25 February, 2015

White House Asks for stay from Court to Allow Immigration Plan to Proceed

AUSTIN, Texas—The Obama administration on Monday asked a Texas federal judge to allow it to continue implementing the president’s immigration…

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25 February, 2015

Highly skilled immigrant spouses can soon work in US on H-4 visa

The Obama administration announced a visa rule revision that will let spouses of some highly skilled immigrants apply to work…

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23 February, 2015

DHS funding row over Immigration, edging closer to partial agency shutdown

Congressional Republicans remained sharply divided Monday over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security, prompting White House officials to…

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