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Asian-American delegation meets Biden, raises issues of immigration and vo
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has proposed a comprehensive immigration bill, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday (local time) on the administration's move on 'documented dreamers' including children of H1B visa holders.
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221 people, including 75 stranded Indians, to be repatriated from Pakistan
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 17 (ANI): The Indian High Commission in Pakistan on Tuesday announced that it will be facilitating the return of 221 people, including 75 stranded Indian nationals to India on November 23.
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Silicon Valley looking forward for Biden to reverse Trump's immigration ru
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): Tech advocates in Washington are reportedly eager to work with the incoming Biden administration and reverse several of US President Donald Trump's immigration policies, especially those that had created barriers for high skilled visa holders.
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Facilitating return of 363 NORI visa holders, 37 Indians from Pakistan, s
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): Indian High Commission in Pakistan on Monday said it is facilitating the return of 363 NORI (No Objection to Return to India) visa holders and 37 Indians from Pakistan on September 15.
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Trump admn makes exception to visa ban, allows H-1B visa holders to enter
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 13 (ANI): The Trump administration has relaxed some rules for H-1B visas holders by allowing them to enter the United States if they are returning to the same jobs they had prior to the proclamation of the visa ban.
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Vijay Chauthaiwale writes to US envoy to India on 'predicaments of H1-visa
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Foreign Affairs in-charge Vijay Chauthaiwale on Friday wrote to Kenneth I Juster, the US Ambassador to India, highlighting predicaments of H1-visa holders due to the recently announced restrictions by the US government on H1 and H4 app
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Priority will be accorded to migrant workers, pregnant women for return to
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): The Central government on Monday submitted before Delhi High Court that priority for evacuation to India will be accorded to migrant workers who have been laid off, short term visa holders faced with the expiry of visas, persons with medical emergency, pregna
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Congress urges Centre to get time limit extended for Indian H1B visa ho
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 10 (ANI): The Congress on Friday said that the sword of H1B visa job termination looms large on the heads of an estimated 75,000 Indians with the United States giving them only a 60-day period to find a new job in case of a layoff and demanded that Prime Minister Mod
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COVID-19 impact: H-1B Visa holders can expect to have 'reasonable consider
Updated : 6 years, 2 months 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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US H1-B visa assurance should end speculations-IACC Chief
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.12 (ANI): Welcoming the reported news in certain sections of the newspapers and news channels that the US immigration officials have clarified that they are not contemplating any regulatory changes that would compel the H1-B visa holders to leave the United States a
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H-1B work visa holders contribute to US economy, are not illegal economic
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Oct 15 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that he has urged the United State of America to change its perspective for H-1B visa holders as they are professionals who heavily contribute to the US economy.
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H-1B reform bill introduced in U S House of Representatives
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [United States], Jan. 31 (ANI): The Trump Administration has introduced a legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000, making it difficult for firms to use the program
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