Trump’s Green Card rule challenged by a coalition of states and local governments who call new policy ‘catastrophic’

Trump's Green Card rule challenged by a coalition of states and local governments who call new policy 'catastrophic'

Trump’s new Green Card rule, scheduled to come into effect from September 18, has been legally challenged by a coalition of states and local governments. A new Green Card rule is scheduled to come into effect on September 18, in which an officer can deny a Green Card to an applicant if they can potentially … Read more

Indian-origin investor’s H-1B prediction: If 10% of Indians stuck in US Green Card backlog return, India’s GDP could rise 1%

Indian-origin investor's H-1B prediction: If 10% of Indians stuck in US Green Card backlog return, India’s GDP could rise 1%

Indian-American entrepreneur says US’s loss would be India’s gain if even 10% of those stuck in Green Card backlog go back to India. Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa said if Indians waiting for residency in the US go back to India as America First activists want them to, it will be India’s gain. India could get … Read more

US diversity visa 2026: State Department resumes Green Card Lottery visa issuance; winners face Sept 30 deadline

US diversity visa 2026: State Department resumes Green Card Lottery visa issuance; winners face Sept 30 deadline

US resumes diversity visa lottery after months-long pause. In a major relief for thousands of immigrants hoping to move to the US through the Diversity Visa programme, the State Department has resumed issuing Diversity Immigrant Visas after a court order ended a months-long pause. The State Department confirmed that it resumed Diversity Visa issuance on … Read more

Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card allowed to leave ICE detention but her immigration case continues. DHS calls her flight risk

Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card allowed to leave ICE detention but her immigration case continues. DHS calls her flight risk

Venkata Vasamsetty (middle) has been granted bail but her immigration case continues as DHS calls her a flight risk and claims she can leave the country. Venkata Vasamsetty, the Indian-origin grandmother who has been living in the US for decades with a Green Card and has a house in North Carolina, two US citizen daughters … Read more

Good news for family-based Green Card applicants from India in Visa Bulletin September 2026, no relief for employment-based categories

Good news for family-based Green Card applicants from India in Visa Bulletin September 2026, no relief for employment-based categories

Family-based Green Card becomes smoother for Indian applicants. September visa bulletin is always the last bulletin of a financial year that ends on September 30 and the Green Card numbers are reset on October 1 as a new financial year begins. This month, the State Department took time to publish its much-awaited visa bulletin, which … Read more

Man claims Meta fired him after he refused to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa worker, seeks $1 million in lawsuit

Man claims Meta fired him after he refused to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa worker, seeks $1 million in lawsuit

A man has filed a lawsuit against Meta claiming that he was fired after he declined to sign a Green Card letter for a Chinese visa holder as his manager. He said he found the claims made in the letter questionable. James Tillinghast, a former Meta employee, has filed a lawsuit against the company, claiming … Read more

Candace Owens drops new Charlie Kirk SD card footage as questions mount over the moments after the shooting

Candace Owens drops new Charlie Kirk SD card footage as questions mount over the moments after the shooting

Candace Owens (Getty Images) Candace Owens is drawing attention to a tense moment in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s fatal shooting at Utah Valley University. The screenshot shows a post claiming that Candace Owens has released previously unseen footage involving SD cards removed from a camera positioned behind Kirk. The footage has sparked renewed debate … Read more

Prove you won’t take government benefits: US issues details of new Green Card rules coming into effect on September 18

Prove you won't take government benefits: US issues details of new Green Card rules coming into effect on September 18

USCIS published details of new Green Card rules coming into effect on September 18, 2026. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued new guidelines on Tuesday on how officials would determine if a Green Card applicant would become a burden on the government. “On July 16, 2026, DHS announced a final rule that rescinds the … Read more

Meet ex-Tesla engineer Saiman Shetty who became American citizen through EB-1 Green Card: ‘That one decision gave me freedom’

Meet ex-Tesla engineer Saiman Shetty who became American citizen through EB-1 Green Card: 'That one decision gave me freedom'

Saiman Shetty, an ex-Tesla engineer, shared how he did not wait for H-1B and took the EB-1A path and now is a US citizen in 13 years. When Saiman Shetty announced on social media that he lost his Green Card, several commentators celebrated without understanding the clickbait. In a video, ahead of the Indian Independence … Read more

Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card detained by ICE after living in the US for 30 years. Her daughter is an immigration attorney

Indian-origin grandmother with Green Card detained by ICE after living in the US for 30 years. Her daughter is an immigration attorney

Venkata Vasamsetty (middle) has been in the US for 30 years and has been a Green Card holder since 2013. Venkata Vasamsetty, who has lived in the US for 30 years and is a Green Card holder, has been detained by ICE in a bizarre case of immigration while her daughter Yashaswini Vasamsetty is an … Read more