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US January 2025 visa bulletin: Slight progress for Indians in EB-2, F1, F3

The US January 2025 Visa Bulletin shows minor progress in few employment and family-based visa categories

USCIS extends Green Card validity to 36 months for renewals: Details here

The time it takes to renew a Green Card typically ranges from 7 to 12 months, depending on factors such as processing times at the USCIS field office handling your application

US October 2024 visa bulletin: India's EB-5 category advances by a year

The US Visa Bulletin lists priority dates, essentially placeholders in the green card application line

Beware of US Diversity Visa Lottery scams: USCIS warns immigrants

For many, US Diversity Visa lottery is a rare chance to secure a green card, especially if other avenues are not available to them

100-yr green card wait: Indian-American techie warns students, job seekers

A green card, officially called a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued by the US government

Green card to citizenship: Indian-Americans can become citizens in 3 weeks

Becoming a US citizen comes with numerous advantages that extend beyond what Green Card holders enjoy

US green card lottery: Diversity Visa can fulfil your 'American dream'

The Diversity Visa Programme, often called the Green Card Lottery, is an annual lottery providing an opportunity for people from countries with low immigration rates to the US

US August 2024 visa bulletin: Progress for Indians in EB-2, EB-3 category

The US Visa Bulletin lists priority dates, essentially placeholders in the green card application line

Trump proposes green cards for foreign students graduating from US colleges

Former US President Donald Trump made a departure from his anti-immigration stance and proposed handing out green cards to all foreign students who graduate from US colleges

Donald Trump proposes green cards for foreign graduates of US colleges

Former President Donald Trump has said in an interview that he wants to give automatic green cards to foreign students who graduate from US colleges, a sharp departure from the anti-immigrant rhetoric he typically uses on the campaign trail. Trump was asked about plans for companies to be able to import the "best and brightest" in a podcast taped Wednesday with venture capitalists and tech investors called the "All-In". "What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma a green card to be able to stay in this country. And that includes junior colleges too, anybody graduates from a college. You go there for two years or four years," he said, vowing to address this concern on day one. Immigration has been Trump's signature issue during his 2024 bid to return to the White House. His suggestion that he would offer green cards documents that confer a pathway to US citizenship to potentially hundreds of ...

US July 2024 visa bulletin: Big leaps for Indians in Green Card category

The US Visa Bulletin lists priority dates, essentially placeholders in the green card application line

May 2024 US visa bulletin: Progress in family-sponsored visas from India

For countries with a high demand for visas, such as China, India, Mexico, and the Philippines, prorating provisions are enacted when the demand exceeds the per-country caps set by US immigration law

Top US Congressmen introduce legislation to reduce green card backlog

Three influential Congressmen, including Indian-Americans Raja Krishnamoorthi and Pramila Jayapal, have introduced bipartisan legislation in the US House of Representatives to reduce green card backlog and end country-based discrimination for employment-based visas. Both the moves, if passed and signed into law, would help thousands of Indian-Americans who are currently in decades-long wait for green cards or permanent residency. Congressman Rich McCormick is the third lawmaker to have joined the two Indian-Americans in introducing the bill on Monday. HR 6542, the bipartisan Immigration Visa Efficiency and Security Act of 2023, would strengthen the US economy and boost its international competitiveness while reducing the green card backlog by allowing American employers to focus on hiring immigrants based on their merit, not their birthplace, a press statement said. The bill would phase out the existing seven per cent per-country limit on employment-based immigrant visas while ...

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US Visa Bulletin: Check the cutoff date for Green Card applications in Dec

The visa bulletin serves as a comprehensive overview of immigrant visa availability, distinguishing between "Final Action Dates" and "Dates for Filing Applications"

Carbon emission reducing practices under GCP will earn carbon credits: Govt

Any activity generating green credits under the government's Green Credit Programme (GCP) will also receive carbon credits under the Carbon Credit Trading Scheme if it leads to the reduction or removal of carbon emissions, according to a notification. The government on Thursday notified rules for the GCP, which aims to incentivise environmentally conscious practices and promote a sustainable lifestyle through a market-based mechanism. Green credits generated through such actions can be traded on a domestic market platform. According to rules, environment-friendly actions include tree plantation, water management, sustainable agriculture, waste management, air pollution reduction, mangrove conservation and restoration, ecomark label development, and sustainable building and infrastructure. The rules also specify that green credits generated or procured by industries, companies and other entities to fulfil any legal obligation cannot be traded. "The Green Credit programme is independ

US govt urged to make priority dates current for Indian Green Card seekers

A group of US lawmakers has urged the Biden administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from India to reduce the 195-year-long wait period which has left them in a constant state of limbo. Led by Congressmen Raja Krishnamoorthi and Larry Bucshon, the bipartisan group of 56 lawmakers sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the administration take executive action to provide relief to high-skilled employment-based visa holders. In their letter, the US lawmakers also appealed to the administration to mark all dates for filing of employment-based visa applications in the Bureau of Consular Affairs' published Employment-Based Visa Bulletin as "current". A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently. The curre

What is recapturing of unused green cards and why will India gain from it

According to the Congressional Research Service, over the past two decades, the number of people on the waiting list for family-sponsored green cards has grown by over 100 per cent.

Skilled Indians in long queue for US green cards; aspirant on campaign

Indians account for a large part of visa applicants who wish to pursue their American dreams, and based on their sheer talent and skills they want a respectable life in that country

US eases norms on eligibility criteria for those awaiting Green Card

The Biden administration has eased norms by releasing policy guidance on the eligibility criteria for those waiting for green cards to work and stay in America, days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the US. Prime Minister Modi is visiting the US from June 21-24 at the invitation of US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. They will host Modi at a state dinner on June 22. The visit also includes an address to the Joint Session of the Congress on June 22. The guidance issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) regarding the eligibility criteria for initial and renewal applications for Employment Authorisation Document (EAD) in compelling circumstances is expected to help thousands of Indian technology professionals who are in the agonisingly long wait for a Green Card or permanent residency. A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted