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'New US visa restrictions will affect students, education establishment'
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The new US visa regulations proposed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will affect foreign students in the United States as well as the country's education establishment, National Capital Legal Services founder Elizabeth Krukova told Sp
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US Homeland Security proposes rule to limit stay of international students
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 25 (ANI): The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday announced a proposed rule to fix the period of stay for international students, exchange visitors and foreign journalists to encourage program compliance and enhance national security.
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US Homeland Security took decisive action on products exported from Xinjia
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Monday (local time) said that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has taken decisive action to withhold the release of certain goods into the US linked to forced labour in China.
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US bans five exports from China's Xinjiang region over forced labour
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 15 (ANI): In another crackdown on China, the United States has banned cotton, hair products, computer components, and some textiles from China's Xinjiang province which are made "using forced labour".
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US sets up China Working Group to deal with Beijing's growing threat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 25 (ANI): Amid growing Chinese threat to the US, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has inaugurated China Working Group whose purpose is to articulate, prioritise and coordinate the department's response to evolving threats by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP
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After Universities, now 17 US states sue Trump Administration's internatio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 14 (ANI): Seventeen states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration's international student ban on Monday, seeking to halt the new federal rule that strips international students of their visas if their coursework is entirely on
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Boatload of amicus briefs filed in case against Trump administration order
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 14 (ANI): A large number of amicus briefs were filed on Monday in a case related to student visa restrictions that US federal authorities announced last week.
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Congress is calling for decision to be reversed: Debbie Dingell on F-1 vis
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 10 (ANI): Congress is calling for the decision to be reversed, US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell said on Thursday (local time) reacting to the new rule on F1 visa.
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Coronavirus does less well in warm, humid weather: Trump
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 24 (ANI): Citing a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report, President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) said that coronavirus has a less chance of surviving in a warm and humid environment as opposed to cold and dry weather where it stays put.
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US agency allows non-immigrants to remain beyond authorised period of stay
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 14 (ANI): A US-based immigration agency has allowed non-immigrants to "unexpectedly remain" beyond their authorised period of stay due to COVID-19 outbreak.
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COVID-19 impact: H-1B Visa holders can expect to have 'reasonable consider
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Mar 24 (ANI): Indians living in the US on H-1B visa can now be accommodated in their company's 'work from home' policy as they may expect a 'reasonable consideration' by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and allied regulatory agencies, a senior Departm
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Will favourably consider applications to extend Non-Immigrant Visas amid c
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 24 (ANI): In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, many Indian-Americans with visiting family members and visitors can get some relief to extend all legal Non-Immigrant Visas, including tourist or business visas (B1/B2 visas), that allows a short term entry into
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