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GCC Unified Visa 2026 explained: Launch date, eligibility, fee, validity of Schengen-style visa for Gulf

GCC Unified Tourist Visa 2026 Explained: Your Guide to Seamless Gulf Travel The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprising of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman is moving forward with a long-planned Unified Tourist Visa that could transform travel across the Gulf region. This initiative, often described as a “Schengen-style visa” […]

Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee hike to work in the US: Is America shutting best and brightest Indian talent out?

Trump H-1B Visa Overhaul: Impact on Indian Professionals and US Tech Sector A once-strategic partnership between the United States and India, long built on mutual economic benefit, innovation and people-to-people ties, is now straining under sweeping immigration and trade policies implemented under former President Donald Trump’s administration. Policies such as the drastic H-1B visa fee […]

H-1B registration for 2027 opens on March 19, announces USCIS: $100,000 fee, weighted selection and other details

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the initial registration period ofr 2027 H-1B cap that will open at noon on March 4 and run through March 19. During this period, prospective H-1B cap-subject petitioners and representatives must use a USCIS online account to register each beneficiary electronically for the selection process and pay the […]

No REAL ID at the airport? Will paying TSA’s $45 fee actually get you on your flight? Five FAQs answered

If your pre-flight checklist includes snacks, headphones, and a boarding pass—but not a Real ID—you might be in for an expensive surprise at the airport. Starting next month, you need to have a Read ID if you want to go for Domestic flights. The TSA said, “Starting February 1, if you don’t have a REAL […]

Kuwait: Ministry of Interior denies residency fee exemption claims | World News

Kuwait’s Interior Ministry confirmed residency fees remain unchanged, denying all social media exemption claims officially/Representative Image A viral audio clip sparked confusion online, but authorities have now stepped in to set the record straight. Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior says claims of residency fee exemptions under the new residency law are false and unsupported by any […]

32,000 jobs offshored: Influencers claim H-1B visa crackdown backfired; jobs went to India owing to $100,000 fee

Based on reports that US tech majors, including Meta, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Google, added 32,000 employees in India, social media influencers concluded that the H-1B crackdown has actually backfired and instead of creating more jobs for Americans, these jobs actually exited America as big companies offshored these jobs to India. The figure has been […]

‘You might try hiring…’: JD Vance’s solution to H-1B row as states challenge Donald Trump’s $100K visa fee

Vice President JD Vance reacted to the new H-1B row as states now challenge the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, and said the states can instead try hiring Americans. Vance was reacting to Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield’s social media post on suing the new fee, calling it illegal. Dan Rayfield said the […]

‘Bodyshops come and meet the CEOs, then fire…’: Stephen Miller blasts H-1B as 20 states sue Trump over $100k fee

As 20 states sued the Donald Trump administration for its $100k fee on H-1B visa, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller, known for his strong anti-immigration stand, said these lawsuits will not hold water as President Donald Trump deserves all the credit to be the first president who took action against companies for […]

‘I am struck’: Indian H-1B kidney doctor can’t join practice in North Carolina; awaiting $100,000 fee waiver

While the Donald Trump administration’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee was meant for a deterrent for the tech industry to hire from overseas, the rural healthcare system is suffering now for want of good doctors as they can’t pay $100,000. The Washington Post reported the plight of a health facility in Shelby, a small town in […]

National park fee: No more free entry on MLK Day, Juneteenth; replaced by Trump’s birthday

The Trump administration has removed Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from next year’s list of fee-free entry days at US national parks and added President Donald Trump’s birthday, according to the national park service (NPS). The revised calendar, effective January 1, comes as the administration continues reshaping how US history is reflected on […]