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09/07/2018

Four Lessons on Instructions that Denials Carry

Foreign nationals frequently are confused by the specific instructions found in certain denial decisions issued in response to their immigration filings. The standard language used by these government agencies is often wrongly perceived as either requiring or recommending specific action. The termin

09/07/2018

Gangster Munna Bajrangi was found dead in Baghpat jail in the early hours of Monday.

NEW DELHI: Gangster Munna Bajrangi was found dead in Baghpat jail in the early hours of Monday.Bajrangi was brought to Baghpat jail from Jhansi on Sunday amidst tight security in an ambulance as he was unwell. As per initial information, he was shot dead by fellow inmate and gangster Sunil Rathi in

06/07/2018

LG does not agree that services should be under Delhi govt: Kejriwal

NEW DELHI: Just when it seems that both Delhi government and LG Anil Baijal were ready to bury the hatchet, a new feud over the issue of transfer of power has erupted between them. Following his 25-minute-long meeting with LG Baijal, CM Kejriwal today alleged that the former has refused to grant the

04/07/2018

SEVP Broadcast Message on OPT Volunteer Work

The Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), which is part of the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE), recently released a broadcast message reminding all students on optional practical training (OPT) that volunteer positions not directly related to their course of study do not qualif

02/07/2018

DOL Memo on Roving Employees Remains in Effect

DOL Memo on Roving Employees Remains in Effect Although the website for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) was recently updated to indicate that a key memorandum on roving employees was “canceled,” the DOL has since then confirmed that the memo remains in effect. The memo was written in 1994 by

08/06/2018

USCIS Policy Update on the Child Status Protection Act

USCIS Policy Update on the Child Status Protection Act The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated its online policy guidance related to the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA). The USCIS update to the online policy manual consolidates all CSPA guidance in one location,

07/06/2018

Memo of Understanding Between USCIS and DOJ to Better Detect Fraud and Abuse

Memo of Understanding Between USCIS and DOJ to Better Detect Fraud and Abuse Recently, the Employee Rights Section (IER) of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate (FDNS) of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a ne

06/06/2018

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published the annual report for fiscal year (FY) 2017 that details characteristics of H1B petitions. FY17 ran from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. The report provides data related to H1B petitions filed during FY17, including the

31/05/2018

USCIS Using More Secure Delivery Service for Certain Immigration Documents

USCIS Using More Secure Delivery Service for Certain Immigration Documents Effective April 30, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began phasing in the use of U.S. Postal Service (USPS) signature confirmation restricted delivery service to send certain key documents, such

29/05/2018

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently updated the section of its online policy manual that discusses the employment-based, fifth preference (EB5) immigrant investor visa program. The update clarifies that, once a petition by an entrepreneur to remove the conditions on perman

25/05/2018

Citizenship of Child Born Abroad to U***d U.S. Citizens

Citizenship of Child Born Abroad to U***d U.S. Citizens The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently has updated its policy manual to include new requireme

24/05/2018

Super Offer for all Indian's.............
June 2018 Visa Bulletin Check-In: Possible Advancement for EB2 and EB3 India

June 2018 Visa Bulletin Check-In: Possible Advancement for EB2 and EB3 India Charles Oppenheim, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) Chief of the Visa Control and Reporting Division, provides visa bulletin explanations and predictions most months. For June 2018, Mr. Oppenheim discusses the possibil

21/05/2018

Analysis of USCIS Memo on Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants

Analysis of USCIS Memo on Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants On May 11, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum that will substantially change the rules regarding unlawful presence (ULP) as they apply to those in F, J, and M status. Th

19/05/2018

Analysis of USCIS Memo on Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants

Analysis of USCIS Memo on Unlawful Presence for F, J, and M Nonimmigrants On May 11, 2018, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a policy memorandum that will substantially change the rules regarding unlawful presence (ULP) as they apply to those in F, J, and M status. Th

17/05/2018

New E-Verify Website and Features Added to E-Verify System The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has added a number new features to the E-Verify system, designed to improve the user experience, reduce errors, and increase the speed and accuracy of the employment eligibility verifi

11/05/2018

Great News for all NRIS.........

AAO on “One-in-Three” Rule for EB1(c) Multinational Managers / Executives The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has adopted the Administrative Appeals Office (AAO) decision in Matter of S-P-, Inc. In adopting this decision, the USCIS also issued a policy memorandum clarifying

10/05/2018

Culturally Unique Defined In the simplest terms, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) largely views “culturally unique” as synonymous with traditional, or at a minimum, historically tied to a particular culture in some fashion. This means artists qualifying for P-3 visas primar

27/03/2018

Breaking News!

NEW DELHI: There is no proposal for scrapping Article 370, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, under the government's consideration, the Lok Sabha was informed today.Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Gangaram Ahir made the assertion while replying to a written question from BJP M

26/03/2018

Great News!

Contiguous Territory Rule Permits Reentry from Canada or Mexico There is an important exception to the general requirement that nonimmigrant foreign nationals need to have valid visas, issued at the consulate abroad, in order to enter the United States. This exception is the automatic visa revali

23/03/2018

The tiny co**se which the Chilean hunter, Osca Munoz, found near a church in a ghost town called La Noria in 2003 triggered the fantasies of many superstitious people. Many thought that the tiny body, with an unusually formed head, was that of an alien.There's even been a documentary movie about &qu

22/03/2018

U.S. Consulate in Mumbai to Process all Immediate Relative Cases in India Effective April 1, 2018, interviews for all immediate-relative immigrant visas in India will be conducted at the U.S. Consulate in Mumbai. Anyone with an immediate-relative interview in India, scheduled for April 1, 2018, or

21/03/2018

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency says it is frustrated with trying to work with a Russian panel set up to investigate cheating.WADA president Craig Reedie says four letters have gone unanswered and "our offer has fallen on deaf ears."WADA officials want t

20/03/2018

One of the most widely used features on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website is the My Case Status portal. As the name implies, this online tool allows a person to check the status of a pending petition or application by inputting the receipt number of the case. Recently, ho

19/03/2018

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Supreme Court today stayed a high court order that granted bail to former prime minister Khaleda Zia in a corruption case, according to a media report.Zia, 72, was sentenced to five years in jail on February 8 in connection with the embezzlement of 21 million taka (about $250,000

19/03/2018

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — UMBC's improbable run through the NCAA Tournament was brief. The statement the Retrievers made and their place in history is forever.For one weekend in March, the tiny commuter school from Baltimore known for its academics and championship-winning chess team captured

19/03/2018

1. Six national title favorite picks are done dancing. Goodbye, blue bloods. Sunday featured no shortage of upsets, as No. 11 seed Syracuse stunned No. 3 Michigan State (a trendy Final Four pick), Texas A&M obliterated North Carolina (the defending national champion), Nevada stormed

19/03/2018

AUSTIN — Residents in southwest Austin were asked to hunker down in their homes overnight after an explosion rocked the area Sunday and injured two men. Authorities worked to determine if the blast was another in a string of bombings that have left multiple peopl

17/03/2018

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica as it investigates whether the Donald Trump-connected data analysis firm failed to delete personal data that the social network says it improperly obtained from hundreds of thousands of users.Facebook announced the suspens

17/03/2018

MANILA: Ten people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house just outside the Philippine capital on Saturday, police and aviation officials said.The twin-engine aircraft crashed shortly after taking off in Plaridel town, killing all five aboard as well as three children, a mother and a gra

15/03/2018

SRINAGAR: Security forces on Thursday arrested three terrorists and seized arms and ammunition from their possession in Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, police said today.They had come to Budgam with the intention to carry out some attack, the police said.Acting on an intelligence input, the pol

15/03/2018

USCIS Expands New Policy for Nonimmigrants Changing Status to F-1 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) recently made it even more cumbersome to change status to F-1 full-time student status from within the United States. After implementing a revised policy in early 2017 that requir

15/03/2018

http://www.nris.com/news/Indians-are-an-unhappy-lot-but-Pakistanis-get-more-joyful-UN-report-85362

NEW DELHI: Indians, it appears, are getting unhappier by the year, while their not-so-well-off neighbours in Pakistan are becoming more joyful, shows the latest United Nations ranking of the world's happiest countries.India, which dropped four places in the 2017 World Happiness Report, fell a furthe

15/03/2018

http://www.nris.com/news/Beal-scores-34-Wizards-beat-Celtics-125-124-in-2OT-85382

BOSTON (AP) — The Washington Wizards came back from a big deficit to force one overtime, then outlasted the Boston Celtics in the second OT.Bradley Beal scored 34 points, including four in the second extra period, and the Wizards rallied from 20 points down to beat the short-handed Celtics