Immigration Bill

Increases in visas for highly skilled foreign workers could fall by the wayside this year if Democrats decide to overhaul immigration through a series of small bills instead of the sweeping one put forward by President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul was introduced in Congress on Thursday, kicking off what will likely be one of his most difficult legislative challenges.

US IT sector and business groups, including technology giants Google and Apple, have applauded President Joe Biden's steps to initiate immigration reforms, underlining that the move would boost American economy, create jobs and attract and retain the best talent from across the world.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change.

US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will introduce an immigration legislation "immediately" after taking office, reversing the Trump administration's policies.

The US Senate has unanimously passed a bill that eliminates the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrant visas and raises it for family-based visas, a legislation that will hugely benefit hundreds of thousands of Indian professionals in America who have been waiting for years to get their green cards.

An influential American lawmaker has introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to overhaul the H-1B visa system to prevent the firing of domestic workers.

Migrants from neighbouring countries will not "automatically" gain citizenship even if they belong to the six communities listed in the amended Citizenship Act, central sources said today, adding that all interested candidates will have to submit online applications for the authorities to verify and process.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which provides for Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who left Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and entered India before 2015, has passed the test in the lower and the upper houses of the parliament. It will now go to the President for his assent. With the passing of the Bill, lakhs of immigrants from religious ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill marks a "victory of narrow minded and bigoted forces" over India's pluralism. The controversial law which promises citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, two days after being passed by t...

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said that illegal Intruders should be thrown out and immigrant Hindus must be given citizenship.

Ahead of the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in parliament today by Home Minister Amit Shah, the government was accused of attempting an "invisible partition" of Hindus and Muslims by former ally Shiv Sena. In a sharp editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena has also questioned whether "selective acceptance" of Hindu illegal i...

The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced "religious persecution" there, is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and will be taken up for passage the next day.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that 1,154 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were arrested by the security forces till October 31 this year.

A day before the winter session of parliament begins, several key meetings were held today where leaders across party lines discussed the agenda for the next session. The first of the two all-party meetings lined up for today began this morning. It was followed by a meeting between the leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance where the Sh...

Increases in visas for highly skilled foreign workers could fall by the wayside this year if Democrats decide to overhaul immigration through a series of small bills instead of the sweeping one put forward by President Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden's proposed immigration overhaul was introduced in Congress on Thursday, kicking off what will likely be one of his most difficult legislative challenges.

US IT sector and business groups, including technology giants Google and Apple, have applauded President Joe Biden's steps to initiate immigration reforms, underlining that the move would boost American economy, create jobs and attract and retain the best talent from across the world.

U.S. President Joe Biden signed 15 executive actions shortly after being sworn on Wednesday, undoing policies put in place by his Republican predecessor, Donald Trump, and making his first moves on the pandemic and climate change.

US President-elect Joe Biden has said he will introduce an immigration legislation "immediately" after taking office, reversing the Trump administration's policies.

The US Senate has unanimously passed a bill that eliminates the per-country numerical limitation for employment-based immigrant visas and raises it for family-based visas, a legislation that will hugely benefit hundreds of thousands of Indian professionals in America who have been waiting for years to get their green cards.

An influential American lawmaker has introduced a legislation in the House of Representatives to overhaul the H-1B visa system to prevent the firing of domestic workers.

Migrants from neighbouring countries will not "automatically" gain citizenship even if they belong to the six communities listed in the amended Citizenship Act, central sources said today, adding that all interested candidates will have to submit online applications for the authorities to verify and process.

The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which provides for Indian citizenship to non-Muslims who left Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and entered India before 2015, has passed the test in the lower and the upper houses of the parliament. It will now go to the President for his assent. With the passing of the Bill, lakhs of immigrants from religious ...

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that the passage of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill marks a "victory of narrow minded and bigoted forces" over India's pluralism. The controversial law which promises citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring was cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, two days after being passed by t...

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said that illegal Intruders should be thrown out and immigrant Hindus must be given citizenship.

Ahead of the tabling of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill in parliament today by Home Minister Amit Shah, the government was accused of attempting an "invisible partition" of Hindus and Muslims by former ally Shiv Sena. In a sharp editorial in its mouthpiece Saamana, the Shiv Sena has also questioned whether "selective acceptance" of Hindu illegal i...

The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim immigrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced "religious persecution" there, is likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and will be taken up for passage the next day.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday said that 1,154 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh were arrested by the security forces till October 31 this year.

A day before the winter session of parliament begins, several key meetings were held today where leaders across party lines discussed the agenda for the next session. The first of the two all-party meetings lined up for today began this morning. It was followed by a meeting between the leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance where the Sh...