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America stands to lose anywhere from $19.3 billion to $54.26 billion due to green card backlog.

DACA kids, H4 spouses, H-1B techies wish for a happier year.

New Alphabet CEO seen as an important voice for fair immigration laws.

Affected sharing their tales of woe with top Democrat who has blocked S386.

Stumped by a request for an old H-1B document? FOIA can help you get all your records.

E-2 treaty investor visa seen as alternative even though Indians not directly eligible.

Many  believe that Indians have been trying to demand an unfair lion’s share in the existing green card distribution system.

North Carolina-based Shiva Chalapathi Raju died suddenly on Tuesday. His pregnant wife will now have to go back to India.

The rule, which was announced last Monday, will go into go into effect on October 15.

The first major changes to EB-5 program were announced last week.

The goal is to acquire at least 100,000 signatures, which will force the Trump administration to respond.

“Tweets are not enough and we need to see some action.”

Trump tweets on Friday: “H1-B holders in the United States can rest assured that changes are soon coming.”

The Indo Canadian comic keeps the Washington, DC, audience in splits with his different takes on life.

“More green cards and no country limits”, says Republican Senator Rand Paul.

According to a report, the DHS is considering new regulations that “potentially could stop” H-1B holders from keeping “visas while their green card applications are pending.”

California is the most popular state for H-1B workers, according to the most recent data released by the Department of Labor.

Level-1 wage H-1B applicants are getting more Request for Evidence (RFEs), in the wake of current administration’s stricter take on the work visa program.

Employment based immigration, for instance, H-1B and L1 visas, are the most preferred route to obtain lawful permanent residency or the green cards.

People who have applied for the green card based on employment visas, for instance, H-1B and L-1, and refugee/asylee relative petitioners will now be interviewed in-person before granting permanent residency.

The new mandate, part of Trump’s “extreme vetting” of immigrants, will slow down green card process.

Proposed immigration benefits will be to the detriment of those eligible under family-sponsorship and petitioners awaiting green card approval.

India is one of the largest countries sending its citizens to the US

Kansan Kevin Yoder says 700,000 high skilled Indians stuck on H-1B visa due to the arbitrary cap.

The company may be focusing on hiring local US employees.