In a big relief for many US passport holders living overseas (including some Indians with dual ties or green card pasts), the US State Department has cut the fee to formally renounce American citizenship by about 80%. The cost drops from $2,350 (roughly ₹2 lakh) to just $450 (around ₹38,000 at current rates). This change […]
Every year, Indians living in the United States send tens of billions of dollars back home. A landmark new federal law, a shifting currency, and a maturing digital transfer market have together reshaped how that money moves. Here is what has changed, what it costs, and how to navigate it. India has long held the […]
H-1B Visa is both a golden ticket and a constant anxiety source to hundreds of thousands of Indians who study or work in the United States. It is the most common work visa in America but also happens to be one of the most disputed, most amended and most politically unstable immigration tools in the […]
India is keenly following up the investigation of the US Department of Homeland Security on H-1B and OPT programs which are major immigration programs through which Indian technology professionals and students access the country. Most H-1B visa are controlled by Indian nationals. According to the statistics of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, 70-75 percent […]
The issue of how some of the major U.S. job-visa programmes are operating was raised in a Senate oversight hearing this week. Much of this was alleged by Republican Senator Eric Schmitt to have been in misuse through programs like the H -1B visa and the Optional Practical Training (OPT). The hearing triggered the U.S. […]