Nearly 351 international students, many of whom are Indians, have filed a second-amended class action suit, which in addition to the unlawful SEVIS terminations and visa revocations also challenges the recent memo issued by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on SEVIS termination.As covered by TOI in its edition of May 1, as per the […]
New updates on US visa interview wait times have been released. The US Department of State has published its revised visa appointment wait time estimates that came into effect on April 25. “We now provide additional information on the average time non-immigrant visa applicants waited for an interview in the previous month. We also continue […]
Rwanda tops the list of 10 countries from where it’s almost impossible to get US visa. It is difficult to get a US visa if you are from any African country but Rwanda has been named the hardest country to immigrate to the US from in 2025, Irish Star reported citing a recent study by […]
A Georgia court reinstated the SEVIS records of 133 students, majority Indians. Amid the Donald Trump administration’s massive crackdown on international students, a court in Georgia has ruled in favor of 133 students, reinstating their SEVIS records. A majority of these 133 students are Indians. They filed a lawsuit against the ICE after their SEVIS […]
Colombian president Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that his US travel visa has been revoked by “Donald Duck,” referring to US president Donald Trump.“I can no longer go because I believe they took away my visa,” Petro told officials during a cabinet meeting in Bogota. He then added in a dig at Trump, saying, “I […]
If you have visited Gaza after 2007, you social media will be scrutinized by US visa authorities. Indian scholar Badar Khan Suri was arrested by the Donald Trump administration because of his alleged Hamas connection. His wife’s father was a former Hamas adviser, and they met in Gaza in 2011 when Suri went to Gaza […]
Majority of the students who lost their visas in Trump crackdown are Indians, a study revealed. The American Immigration Lawyers Association has revealed a study claiming that 50 per cent of the reported cases of US students whose visas got revoked are Indian. The association examined 327 reports of visa revocations by the Donald Trump […]
An Indian student is among four international students from Michigan public universities who have filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), seeking reinstatement of their immigration status after it was allegedly terminated without proper notice or explanation.Chinmay Deore from India, Xiangyun Bu and Qiuyi Yang from China, and Yogesh Joshi […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said vetting does not end when one gets the visa. With green card holders now fearing their stay in the US after Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest for leading anti-Israel protests last year, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that revoking visas when threats arise is a way […]
India will face a retrogression in the EB-5 Unreserved category. No good news for Indian H-1B and green card hopefuls as the US visa bulletin for May 2025 mentions retrogression for the EB-5 category for Indians. India will face a retrogression in the EB-5 Unreserved category moving to May 1, 2019 while China remains on […]
