Several hundred Indian students now face immigration proceedings, including possible removal (deportation), due to the massive immigration fraud that Tri-Valley University allegedly perpetrated, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. According to the Economic Times, the Indian Embassy is offering assistance to these...
It wasn't that long ago that the news outlets were full of stories about immigration raids, federal agents hawkishly swooping down on a chicken processing plant or a construction site, carrying off as many illegal immigrant workers as they could, starting massive deportation proceedings against...
In the January issue of Baltimore's Urbanite magazine, the cover story discusses several path-breaking social innovations that they predict will play a large role in improving life in Baltimore - and in the world beyond - in the coming year. (See Locally Grown: Ten Bright...
The U.S. Embassy and consulates in Mexico recently changed the nonimmigrant visa (NIV) application procedures. As of January 10, 2011, applicant service centers (ASCs) will perform some of the visa application processing. Nonimmigrant visa applicants will apply through the ASCs prior to the visa interview...
Like other states in the industrial midwest, Michigan has seen more than its fair share of economic decay, beset by unemployment and the atrophy of the heavy industry that once thrived there. In some circles - one thinks of Michael Moore's films about the decline...
The annual green card lottery is a fixture of the U.S. immigration system, allowing up to 50,000 foreign nationals to immigrate to the United States on a diversity visa, if they come from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the U.S. and they...
The H-4 nonimmigrant classification is available for the spouse and minor children (often referred to as dependents or derivatives) of an H1B principal, all of whom may wish to accompany the principal H1B holder to the United States. The information here is offered as an...
Even amidst the steamy bloviation of our national immigration debate - which at times seems more concerned with partisan advantage than with problem solving - there are cool-headed and serious-minded policy analysts who continue crunching the numbers and tracking the economics of immigration in a...
Move over, Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg: you have company! According to BBC News, one of India's richest men - software billionaire Azim Premji, of Bangalore's Wipro Systems - has pledged a cool $2 billion to fund rural education and development projects in India. (See...
In Part 1 (14.Jan.2011) of this article, MurthyDotCom and MurthyBulletin readers were informed of problems with visa applications and an increase in denials at the U.S. consulates in India. Part 2 discusses some of the legal issues presented by the current wave of 221(g) refusals,...
