HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC —The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have announced a final rule aimed at fortifying the integrity of the T nonimmigrant status (T visa) to ensure prompt…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced the opening of the application period for the Citizenship and Integration Grant Program. This initiative provides financial support to…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reached the cap for the additional 19,000 H-2B visas available for returning workers during the early second half of fiscal year (FY) 2024, with start dates…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- Citing a National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) analysis of USCIS data, a recent Forbes report found that more than one million Indians are waiting in employment-based immigration backlogs. Most…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK DES MOINES, IA — A bill recently signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds makes it a state crime for individuals previously denied admission to or removed from the United States to be in Iowa. Effective July 1, the law…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC-  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced significant changes to the automatic extension period for certain employment authorization documents (EADs), offering relief to nearly…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, TX- Building on extensive modernization efforts that have streamlined and improved access to work permits for eligible noncitizens, USCIS today announced a temporary final rule (TFR) aimed at extending the…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has made an announcement regarding the validity of Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record. As of November 1, 2023, any Form…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK IOWA- Listening to Iowa Republicans express their dismay over President Joe Biden's border policies is evident, with many believing that contrasting Biden with Donald Trump on immigration is key to victory in upcoming…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- We are revising our guidance (PDF, 364.37 KB) in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule published in the…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK Effective April 1, 2024, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is transitioning the filing location for concurrently submitted Forms I-907, Request for Premium Processing Service; I-140, Immigrant Petition…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- The initial registration period for the FY 2025 H-1B cap season concluded at noon Eastern on March 25, 2024. USCIS will soon randomly select sufficient unique beneficiaries from properly submitted…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- In January, the Department of State’s National Visa Center (NVC) faced an immigrant visa (IV) backlog of 338,256 cases. However, by February, this backlog saw a reduction to 326,415 cases, marking a…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- For the fiscal year 2025, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has extended the initial registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap. The extension was announced due to…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC-U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced agency-wide anti-discrimination guidance that addresses public-facing interactions and affirms our public service principles. The Policy Manual…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has introduced a streamlined work authorization process for refugees in the U.S. This initiative aims to reduce the wait time for refugees to receive…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC-USCIS has initiated a streamlined procedure for Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, aimed at expediting the issuance of Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) to eligible refugees upon…

HI INDIA NEWS DESK WASHINGTON, DC- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has reached the congressionally mandated cap for H-2B visas for the second half of fiscal year (FY) 2024. Petitions for new cap-subject H-2B workers with…