Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh released from ICE detention after two weeks. DHS says his case will go on as he overstayed his student visa. An award-winning Indian filmmaker from Kashmir Arfat Sheikh was released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention on bond Thursday weeks after his detention on September 24, his family and friends … Read more
Armando Garza Lira, the husband of Crystal City, TexasMayor Jose Cerda, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during an immigration enforcement operation on Wednesday night, according to law enforcement sources cited by NewsNation. Armando Garza Lira, the husband of Crystal City Mayor Jose Cerda, was taken into custody during an immigration enforcement operation … Read more
Shobhit Mathur, co-founder and vice-chancellor of Rishihood University, has defended the contribution of skilled foreign workers to the US technology industry, recalling his experience of joining Amazon on an H-1B visa when the company was still making losses. In a post on X, Mathur said he was part of the initial team that built Amazon … Read more
The US Department of Labor is launching a visa fraud strike team and pursuing 16 fugitives linked to hundreds of millions of dollars in alleged theft, Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito announced, as the Trump administration steps up scrutiny of foreign-worker programs, including H-1B visas, and employer-sponsored immigration. Trump govt launches ‘visa fraud strike team’. (AP … Read more
Harvard University and 8 other elite institutions come under J-1 visa fraud investigation. Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Brown, the University of Pittsburgh, UC Davis, Caltech, Arizona State, and MIT are under investigation for alleged visa fraud, Vice President JD Vance announced, suggesting that these universities are exploiting the J-1 visa program to import cheaper students from … Read more
US House bill proposes raising serious H-1B violation fines from $35,000 to $250,000 and extending employer bans from at least 3 years to 10 years as Washington’s visa crackdown intensifies. A Republican lawmaker in the US House has introduced legislation that would significantly increase the penalties facing employers found to have committed serious violations of … Read more
Green Card crackdown on major IT giants including Microsoft shakes Silicon Valley. Indian-American entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa strongly reacted to the Donald Trump administration’s suspension PERM program for eight IT giants, including Microsoft, Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, TCS, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capegemini and said that these companies are not the visa abusers. The visa abusers are … Read more
Redditor asks if Rs 90LPA in Bengaluru better than $300k in San Jose. The dollar-rupee conversion is not always a straight calculation, especially when there are issues of lifestyle and career growth to be taken into account. $300k is more than Rs 90 lakh mathematically but a Redditor said he’s unable to make up his … Read more
A US lawmaker from Georgia has urged the Trump administration to investigate alleged widespread H-1B visa fraud in the Atlanta metro area and its suburbs. Representational. (IStock) Rich McCormick, a Republican US House Representative from Georgia’s 7th Congressional district, has written multiple communications to the Trump administration officials urging a probe into alleged abuse of … Read more
An Indian student said the F1 visa interview date was cancelled for refusing to pay an additional fee to an agent. An Indian student claimed on Reddit that an agent asked for an additional Rs 20,000 for an F-1 visa interview, which the Redditor refused to pay and received a message that the appointment was … Read more