Immigration
- World
Making pitch for immigration reform, US lawmaker says Indians pay 6 pc of taxes
New York: Making a pitch for immigration reforms, a Republican lawmaker has cited the contributions of Indian immigrants, who, he said, pay 6 per cent of taxes in the US. Saying that…
- World
Illegal immigration from India to US surged doubled in 2021-22
New York: The death of an Indian man who fell trying to climb a border wall into Texas has put a spotlight on illegal immigration from India to the US which has…
- World
Canada’s immigration backlog shrinks to 2.2 mn: IRCC
Toronto: Canada’s immigration backlog came down to just over 2.2 million from last month’s 2.4 million, according to new data revealed by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). With this, the…
- World
Biden backs bill to speed up immigration by Indians by scrapping country limits
New York: US President Joe Biden has thrown his weight behind a legislation to speed up immigration for Indians that is expected to come up in the House of Representatives soon and…
- World
Canada’s immigration backlog drops to 2.4 mn people
Toronto: Canada’s immigration backlog has come down to just over 2.4 million from 2.6 last month, new data by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said. The data showed a large reduction…
- Opinions
Challenges before UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak
As Rishi Sunak takes over the reins in Great Britain several issues have cropped up needing his decision as the country’s leader. India’s Prime Minister Modi called him to congratulate and remind…
- India
Delhi: Pulitzer awardee Kashmiri journo barred from travelling abroad, again
Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo who was on her way to New York to receive the prestigious Pulitzer award was stopped on Monday by immigration authorities at the Delhi International airport despite…
- India
Indian nationals issued largest number of UK visas
New Delhi: The latest UK Immigration Statistics published on Thursday showed that nearly 118,000 Indian students received a student visa in the year ending June 2022 — an 89 percent increase from…
- World
H-1B operation has not kept pace with country’s needs: US commentator
Washington: The operation and implementation of H-1B visas, the valuable component of the US immigration system since 1990, has not kept pace with the country’s needs, an American political commentator told lawmakers,…
- India
Despite court order, Aakar Patel stopped again at immigration
Amnesty International India head Aakar Patel was on Thursday was stopped again at the immigration at Bangalore airport. Earlier on Thursday, a local court in Delhi had directed the Central Bureau of…
- World
Hundreds of Afghans denied humanitarian entry into US
Boston: Haseena Niazi had pinned her hopes of getting her fiance out of Afghanistan on a rarely used immigration provision. The 24-year-old Massachusetts resident was almost certain his application for humanitarian parole…
- World
US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic’s 1st year
Washington: US population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation’s founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed hundreds of thousands…
- World
Democrats’ plan on immigration registry rejected by US Senate parliamentarian
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s ambitious immigration agenda suffered another blow after a key Senate parliamentarian rejected Democrats’ plan that could have created a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants…
- World
US Congressman seeks relief for high-skilled immigrants stuck in green card backlog
Washington: US Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Tuesday (local time) said called on his colleagues to join him in sending a letter to United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader…
- Education and Career
Hyderabad: British Council to hold ‘Study UK Fair’ on Aug 21
Hyderabad: The United Kingdom’s organization for cultural relations, British Council, is hosting its semiannual event titled ‘Study UK Virtual Fair’ on August 21 on Zoom from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. The Study UK…
