Green Card

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.

Microsoft's Satya Nadella Once Turned Down Green Card For H-1B Visa. Here's Why

Business | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

At one point of time, even with a Green Card in his hand, Satya Nadella explains why he seriously contemplated leaving his job at the Microsoft and returning to India.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Once Surrendered His Green Card For Love

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 26, 2017

With his permanent residency coming in the way of his newly wed wife joining him in the US, Satya Nadella had surrendered his Green Card and applied for an H1-B visa, a move which gave him instant notoriety around the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, the India-born CEO has revealed.

US Lawmaker Calls For Removal Of Country Quota In Green Card

World News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 29, 2017

A top American lawmaker has demanded the removal of country-specific quota for legal permanent residency in the US, arguing that over seven lakh high-skilled immigrant workers from India are stuck on a cycle of temporary work visas due to the "arbitrary" cap on Green Cards.

US Lawmaker Calls For Removal Of Country Quota In Green Card

Business | Press Trust of India | Friday July 28, 2017

A report released early this month said the average wait time for an Indian technology professional or those seeking green card under employment category is more than 12 years.

Green Card: US Lawmaker Calls For Removal Of Country Quotas

Business | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 13, 2017

Republican Congressman Kevin Yoder argued that the existing country-specific quota for Green card is unjust for people from countries like India and China.