In what is very worrying news for thousands of Indians on permanent resident status (green card) queues in the US, in the employment-based 2 and 3 categories, the wait is getting longer. "The number of Indians in the queue for green cards is a staggering 1.1 million, with most in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. Now, USCIS has also announced that there is sufficient inventory, and no more EB-2 or EB-3...
MUMBAI: In a move aimed at addressing the persistent backlog in processing Employment Authorization Documents (EADs), the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has recently announced an extension of the maximum validity period for certain EAD categories to five years.Among the EAD categories covered by this policy announcement are foreign nationals with pending ‘Adjustment of Status...
For thousands of highly skilled and talented Indians, who are waiting for green cards in the US on the fast track EB-1 (employment based) category, the recent monthly visa bulletin released by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services, brought bad news. The visa bulletin for October 2023, which is also the first for the fiscal year 2024, did not deliver on an earlier USCIS guidance that the backlog...
When Dr Aditi Paul, a researcher and author who works at the intersection of technology, psychology and human communication, decided to move to Michigan from Kolkata for a PhD, she was not thinking about the big picture of her career path but was focused on the immediate next step – getting an F-1 student visa. And after she joined the programme, it was about the step after that. “When I graduated,...
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