Green Card

Opinion: Separating Children From Parents At US Border "Breaks My Heart"

Opinion | Laura Bush | Tuesday June 19, 2018

The zero-tolerance immigration policy is cruel and immoral, the former first lady writes.

Applying For US Green Card? You Might Take A Century And A Half. Here is Why

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Sunday June 17, 2018

There are a total of 306,400 primary Indian applicants waiting for their US green cards. The existing laws impose per-country-limit of seven per cent of total green cards issued.

Highly Qualified Indians Might Have To Wait For 151 Years For US Green Card: Report

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Saturday June 16, 2018

In all 306,400 primary Indian applicants are waiting for their US green cards under EB-2 category, meant for the professionals with advanced degrees.

Over 4 Lakh Indians May Have To Wait 151 Years For Green Card: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 16, 2018

Indians with advanced degrees may have to wait for over 150 years for a green card which authorises them to live and work in the US permanently, according to projections by a think-tank.

In Green Card Waiting List, More Than Three-Fourth Are Indians

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday June 7, 2018

No more than 7% of the Green Cards can be issued to natives of any one independent country in a fiscal year.

More Indians Go For 'Golden' EB-5 Visa With Assured Migration, Green Card

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday February 10, 2018

Under the EB-5, an Indian is required to invest Rs 3.2 crore for self, spouse, and any number of unmarried children.

Indians Rally Outside White House In Support Of Donald Trump's Immigration Plan

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 4, 2018

Several hundred highly-skilled Indian workers, in long agonising green card wait, from across the US along with their children and spouses held a rally in front of the White House here in support of President Donald Trump's plan for a merit-based immigration system that among other things ends chain migration and diversity lottery visa.

Indian-Americans Launch Campaign To Remove Green Card Backlog

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 30, 2018

Eminent Indian Americans have launched a nationwide campaign in the US to create awareness about massive backlog for Green Card which they say is impacting some 300,000 high-skilled Indian applicants. Under the current regulation, skilled immigrants from India need to wait anywhere between 25-92 years for a Green Card due to per-country limits, sai...

Bill For Increasing Allotment Of Green Cards Introduced In US

Business | Press Trust of India | Thursday January 11, 2018

Having a Green Card, officially known as a Permanent Resident Card, allows a person to live and work permanently in the United States.

Alarm Bells For Indian Techies! US Aims To Prevent Extension Of H-1B Visas

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 3, 2018

The move could directly stop hundreds of thousands of foreign workers from keeping their H-1B visas while their green card applications are pending, claims a report.

Trump Administration May Stop Spouses Of H-1B Visa Holders From Working

Business | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday December 16, 2017

The Donald Trump administration said the idea to prevent H-1B visa holders' spouses from working in the US is in sync with "Buy American, Hire American" executive order that Trump had signed in April.

US Congressman Demands Intense Screening Of People Coming From Pakistan

World News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 2, 2017

President Donald Trump has also vowed that he will terminate the popular green card lottery after an ISIS-inspired Uzbek man who entered the US under the programme killed eight people in New York in the deadliest terror attack in the country since 9/11.

Indian Techies In US Seek Congressional Help Over Green Card Quota

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday October 24, 2017

A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas today knocked on the doors of US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them.

Indians On H-1B Visas Aren't Illegal Economic Immigrants: Arun Jaitley

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday October 15, 2017

Indian information technology professionals who are coming to the US on H-1B visa are not illegal economic immigrants and the US must decide appropriately while taking a decision on its visa police, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said

'Dreamed Of Being A Cricketer': Highlights Of Satya Nadella's Book 'Hit Refresh'

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Tuesday September 26, 2017

By 12th grade, the Microsoft CEO dreamt of playing cricket for Hyderabad.