CORAL GABLES (TIP): The GOP Presidential debate at Coral Gables, Florida, March 19, kicked off on a somber note with a moment of silence in honor of the late Nancy Reagan. The final four candidates […]
ENGLAND (TIP): David Cameron is to agree to give an extra 20 million (£15.4 million) to France for policing and dispersing migrants attempting to reach the UK from Calais, a minister has said. In a […]
NEW YORK CITY (TIP): Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives Richard Buery and Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Nisha Agarwal hosted a roundtable with ethnic and community media to increase awareness of […]
MEXICO CITY (TIP): There is no way Mexico would fund Donald Trump’s “terrible” plan to build a wall along its border with the United States if the Republican front-runner wins the US presidential election, the […]
NEW YORK (TIP): India has filed a complaint in the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the US decision to impose high fees on temporary working visas, like H-1B and L-1 visa, a move that makes […]
Indian American politician Swati Dandekar, who was nominated as executive director to Asian Development Bank (ADB) with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama in November last year, began her Congressional hearings by Senate Committee […]
Many admire Trump for his audacity to say things that ordinarily a person, especially a career politician, would never say. I jump in support of Trump in our daily conversation if I find someone not […]
LONDON (TIP): New figures showing an annual rise in net migration to the UK have provoked fierce debate but many myths persist about the effects of immigration. Here are some of the most common misconceptions: MYTH […]
LAS VEGAS (TIP): Riding on voters’ anger wave, Donald Trump scored his third consecutive victory in the Nevada caucuses to cement his frontrunner status in the Republican presidential race with his rivals failing miserably to […]
Program Will Support 80 Entrepreneurs and Create More Than 700 New Jobs for New Yorkers in First Three Years Alone Entrepreneurs Will Be Required to Base Business at CUNY Incubators, Bringing Employment and Education Opportunities […]
Feb 24: California Attorney General Indian American Kamala Harris is running for Senate, a seat she has been campaigning for more than a year. “We got in early, we’ve been running hard, and this makes […]
WASHINGTON: With IT firms struggling to find quality and right number of professionals, a top American CEO has called for a “dramatic expansion” of the H-1B visa scheme popular among Indian tech firms to meet the […]
LONDON: Indian doctors in the UK may find it difficult to apply for jobs under the proposed changes to the country’s visa regime with plans to introduce a new test for the employers for ensuring European […]
JALANDHAR: In a surprising and unexplained trend, there has been a sudden rise in the number of Indian citizens seeking asylum in the US in 2015 compared to the two previous years. The figures were […]
WASHINGTON: Over 14,000 of the 8.8 lakh Indians who travelled to the US on visitor or business visa in 2015 overstayed in the country, according to official figures. The data provided by the Department of Homeland […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The Supreme Court on Tuesday, January 19, agreed to review a challenge to President Obama’s plan to shield more than 4 million illegal immigrants from deportation, a unilateral executive action he took in […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States began, January 21, implementing changes under the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 (the Act). U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) welcomes more than a […]
LONDON: Companies in the UK hiring non-European Union workers like Indians are expected to face a new 1,000 pound annual surcharge per employee. The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) used the Indian information technology sector as […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): Immigration is one of the leading issues in the 2016 race and a spike in raids in recent weeks, largely aimed at women and children, has drawn the ire of rights groups. Hillary […]
President Obama issued a new executive action that would grant work permits to foreign workers who are in the country on temporary work visas and have applied for employment-based green cards if implemented. The action […]
New York City’s Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, Nisha Agarwal, visited India Home’s Desi Senior Center on December 2, 2015, on the occasion of First Year Anniversary of the center. Councilman Rory Lancman and the Consul General […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has conveyed that the decision to deny entry to Indian students was not because of black-listing of two California-based institutions but based on the immigration assessment of individuals even as India […]
WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Congress has imposed a special fee of up to $4,500 on the H-1B and L-1 visas popular among Indian IT companies to fund a 9/11 healthcare act and biometric tracking system. […]
NEWYORK (TIP): On Oct. 19, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a proposal for “Improving and Expanding Training Opportunities for F-1 Nonimmigrant Students with STEM Degrees and Cap-Gap Relief for All Eligible F-1 Students.” […]
WASHINGTON: Replaced by H-1B visa workers, at least 23 former Disney IT workers have filed a complaint alleging discrimination. In a complaint filed before the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the fired Disney employees alleged that […]
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