New Green Card rule: Sridhar Vembu slammed for asking Indian visa holders to come back home, to choose self-respect

Sridhar Vembu get slammed on social media for urging Indians to leave US as he reacted to the new Green Card rule. Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu was slammed for his two cents on the new Green Card rule that requires the Green Card applicants to leave the US and wait in their home country for […]

‘Go home’ for Green Card rule: Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explains what H-1B visa holders should do now

Immigration attorney Rahul Reddy explains what H-1B visa holders applying for Green Cards should do. The new Green Card rule that applicants can’t wait for their Green Card in the US and should go back to their country of origin has sent shockwaves, as 1.2 million legal immigrants are waiting for years to become permanent […]

Waiting for Green Card? Leave US first, re-enter with an immigrant visa

US plans to send those who are waiting for their Green Card back to their home countries. In a huge move, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services is going to ask individuals who are waiting for their Green Cards to leave the country and wait in their own country. The USCIS announced new guidance directing […]

UK net migration falls below 200,000 as stricter visa rules cut arrivals | World News

UK net migration fell below 200,000 UK net migration has fallen below 200,000 for the first time since the Covid pandemic, driven largely by a sharp fall in the number of people arriving for work, according to new official figures.Data released by the Office for National Statistics showed estimated net migration stood at 171,000 in […]

New Visa Rules for Umrah 2025: Saudi Arabia makes hotel and transport pre-booking mandatory for visa approval | World News

Saudi tightens Umrah visa rules, Pilgrims must pre-book hotels and transport Saudi authorities now require Umrah pilgrims to have confirmed hotel bookings and arranged transport when applying for visas, a rule intended to better manage pilgrim movement and prevent fraudulent accommodation offers. Umrah operators in the UAE are already urging travelers to complete these bookings […]

‘The real reason behind Trump’s H1B visa restrictions…’: Internet credits MBA Chai Wala for H-1B visa fee hike after his photo outside Google headquarters | World News

Just a few months back, Guru Randhawa released his hit track Tussi jitthe bhi jaande o, sirra karane o (meaning “wherever you go, you completely slay”) — and little did he know, some people would live by this mantra in ways even he might not have imagined. Enter Prafull Billore, popularly known as MBA Chai […]

Failed 3 H1-B attempts: Indian professional in US says ‘visa anxiety is a permanent subscription’, plans return to be with family

A 29-year-old Indian professional working in US has described the stress of repeated H-1B lottery failures as a “permanent subscription”, in a viral Reddit post cited by the American Bazaar.The user said he moved to US for a master’s degree during what he called “one of the worst job markets ever”. He completed his course […]

Indian-origin student leader claims Scottish greens asked her to quit election race over visa status

Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan Sai Shraddha Suresh Viswanathan, an Indian-origin student leader and current president of the National Union of Students Scotland, has claimed she was asked to withdraw as a Scottish Green Party candidate because of her student visa status.Viswanathan had applied to contest the Holyrood election for the North East of Scotland region […]

UAE to launch 16 new Indian passport and visa centres as Alhind takes over consular services

UAE to get 16 New Indian Passport and Visa Centres in major expat services overhaul / Image: File More than four million Indians living in the UAE are set to see a major overhaul in passport, visa and consular services, after India awarded a massive outsourcing contract to Kerala-based Alhind Group, which will launch 16 […]

Green Card is not a visa, you can’t hand it back if you don’t like it, warns Immigration attorney

Immigration attorney lists out things people should consider before going for a Green Card. A Green Card is the most coveted status in the US for foreigners but an immigration attorney warned that before getting a Green Card, people must remember that it is not something that they can throw away later; it comes with […]