‘No visa laws that target India’: What US official recently said on H-1B woes

[ad_1] A US State Department spokesperson recently said that no visa laws specifically target India — all new rules are being globally implemented. As India contributes the highest number of H-1B visa holders to the US, any change in the H-1B visa rule affects Indi first. The social media vetting introduced in December 2025 pushed […]

‘We have no ETA on when they are coming back’: Immigration attorney on H-1Bs stuck in India

[ad_1] No agency is tracking the number of Indians stuck in India owing to H-1B visa stamping delay. As thousands of H-1B visa holders are stuck in India with no appointment date available in 2026, immigration attorney Rosanna Berardi said they have no idea when these people will be finally able to come back to […]

‘Don’t delete social media apps from phone’: Immigration attorney on US border checking

[ad_1] Checking social media before allowing entry into the country is not a new practice for the US but the new regulations only ensure that there will strict enforcement, Canada-based immigration attorney Benjamin Green said as Canadians, who don’t require a visa to enter the US, will also come under some kind of social media […]

The Urge to Purge: US gives immigration officials discretionary powers to determine if social media posts are ‘anti-American’

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump (PTI) TOI Correspondent from Washington: The Trump administration has announced it will undertake broad discretionary screening of social media posts for “anti-American” views while adjudicating applications for visa, green card, and citizenship. In an updated guidance issued on Tuesday, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the nodal agency in […]