An individual or musical group intending to appear in a showcase performance while in the U.S may qualify for a B-1 visa provided that the activity is more like an audition than a public performance before a paying audience and the applicant will not perform in any other capacity outside of the showcasing event. The […]

The Delhi High Court recently held that the Central Government ought not to deny passports to Indian citizens living in Tibetan refugee colonies. The decision was rendered in a writ petition filed by Tamding Dorjee, who was born to Tibetan refugee parents in India and is an Indian citizen but was denied a passport by […]

In November 2017, the Australian Government had introduced new regulations that barred visa applicants from submitting new visa applications and entering Australia for a period of ten years if they provided false or misleading information in their visa applications or indulged in visa fraud. The regulations were also applicable for errors committed in the visa […]

The Government of Israel has abridged the visa application procedure for Indians. Israeli Tourism Ministry India Director Hassan Madah said that this initiative has been taken to encourage more Indians to visit Israel, Tel Aviv. The Israeli Consulate stated that Indian nationals who have availed visas of Schengen countries, the U.S., Canada, Australia or Israel […]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released an analytical report on the approved H-1B petitions for workers with the extension of stay or change of status for the calendar year 2014 through 2016. It was observed that about 64% of petitions were approved for the change of status or extension of stay during […]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently tweeted that an H-1B visa holder may work for more than one employer provided they have approved I-129 for each employer. The H-1B visa is the most popular among Indian IT professionals, it allows U.S. companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupation and has an annual numerical cap […]

The UK will introduce new immigration rules for international students from January 11, 2018.  With the introduction of the new rules, international students can easily switch over to work visa (Tier 2) from Tier 4 visa on completion of their course. Under the current rule, international students had to wait till they obtain a degree […]

Poorvi will be a speaker at the EB5 Investors Magazine’s 2018 Las Vegas EB-5 & Global Investment Immigration Convention, to be held from January 26-27, 2018 at the Bellagio Resort & Casino, Las Vegas. She will be one of the panelists on the panel Raising EB-5 Capital in India: Separating Fact from Fiction.Information about this conference is available at http://www.eb5investors.com/conferences/2018-las-vegas-convention/speakers

The American Immigration Consultants (Regional Centres) are pitching about the EB-5 visa program to Indian IT companies like TCS, Infosys and Wipro to move top executive to America. Traditionally, Indian IT companies send their employees on H-1 or L-1 visas, non-immigrant visa. But the uncertainties in H-1B visa programs with the Trump administration, a new […]

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will be accepting H-1B CAP petitions for the federal fiscal year 2019 on April 2, 2018. The H-1B classification is reserved for “specialty occupations” which is a non-immigrant visa. Immigration regulations allow for an individual to remain in the United States in this status for, up to three […]