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USCIS has rescinded a Trump-era (July 2018) memo that permitted immigration officers to deny benefit requests (say a visa application, or an extension application) outright, instead of first seeking further evidence or issuing a notice of intent to deny (NOID).
US News: MUMBAI: The US Immigration and Citizenship Services (USCIS) has announced a series of policy updates, which will gladden the Indian diaspora and also .
US immigration bill to help clear job-based green card backlog
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US immigration bill to help clear job-based green card backlog
Lubna Kably & Shilpa Phadnis / TNN / Updated: Feb 20, 2021, 05:56 IST
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When it comes to employment-based immigration reforms, the Immigration Bill is a mixed bag. While it contains provisions that would ease the decades-long employment-based green card backlog for Indians, those who were hoping for an increase in the H-1 cap quota of 85,000 per year, will be disappointed, as there is no change in the offing.
The bill that has been unveiled is one comprehensive piece of proposed legislation, but a strategy to try and pass it on a piecemeal basis is on the cards, to ensure a better chance of success.
Cash for green card: Will the popular EB-5 Regional Center programme survive?
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Cash for green card: Will the popular EB-5 Regional Center programme survive?
Lubna Kably / TNN / Updated: Feb 14, 2021, 21:15 IST
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MUMBAI: The EB-5 programme, popularly dubbed as the ‘Cash for green card’ programme, has been gaining traction in India and among Indians based overseas (mainly H-1B workers facing decades-long backlog for employment-based green card). Wealthy Indians use it as a quicker route to the US, especially if they are keen that their children should study and ultimately settle in the country.
Today, the Damocles sword hangs over the heads of investors as the Regional Center programme, that was instituted in 1991, is at risk of expiration. Time is running out and no one says it better than IIUSA, a dominant EB-5 regional center trade association.