From humble beginnings in India to Silicon Valley stardom, entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal has transformed the tech landscape with his AI-driven software platform Harness, now valued at an impressive $5.5 billion. After arriving in the U.S. on an H1-B visa, he sold his first venture, AppDynamics, to Cisco for $3.7 billion. Indian-born entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal has […]
If an H-1B worker is working remotely, can they work from their home country? That question has sparked a debate after Texas journalist Sara Gonzales posted a viral YouTube video claiming she had exposed an H-1B visa scam in Texas.Gonzales said she visited addresses linked to a company employing H-1B workers and found no offices […]
US Homeland Security Adviser Stephen Miller weighed in on birthright citizenship with a fiery tone. The Trump loyalist called the constitutional guarantee an “atrocity” as the US Supreme Court prepares to hear the White House’s appeal on restricting automatic citizenship.Miller posted on X, saying that current rules allow people with no legal statusin America to […]
US State Department has reiterated that visas are not a guaranteed right and can be taken away if foreign visitors act against America’s national interests, following remarks by secretary of state Marco Rubio during a visit to Hungary.In a video shared by the department, Rubio said he had made the point repeatedly and wanted to […]
AI Image used for representative purposes A new directive from the Trump administration could make it harder for foreigners with certain health conditions to obtain visas to live in the United States. The State Department has instructed consular officers worldwide to weigh applicants’ medical histories and their ability to afford treatment when deciding visa eligibility […]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has responded to claims that a British grandmother was held by immigration authorities for six weeks even though she had a valid visa, saying the detention was a matter of law enforcement, not an arbitrary action.DHS said 65-year-old Karen Newton violated the terms of her visit by […]
India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months […]
US President Donald Trump. A US federal judge has struck down the Trump administration’s policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, calling the nationality-based restrictions “patently unlawful.”US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan ruled on Friday that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority and conflicted with […]
Several major US employers have paused or limited the sponsorship for H-1B visas after the Trump administration imposed a $100,000 fee for new applications. The fee, aimed at new applicants, does not affect current visa holders or renewals.The administration said that the reform is intended to attract highly skilled foreign workers while preventing misuse of […]
Redditor claims that his mother-in-law’s US visa was revoked midflight because she was allowed to travel to Singapore from Bengaluru but was barred from boarding the Singapore-Seattle flight. (AI image) A Redditor shared a strange situation, claiming that his 82-year-old mother-in-law was not allowed to travel from Singapore to Seattle and was told that her […]
