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US government has announced a substantial, though temporary, expansion of the H-2B non-immigrant visa

USCIS to start H-1B registrations from March 4 with $215 fee; new cap for H-2B at 64k additional visas

February 04, 2026 7:02 pm

USCIS said employers whose registrations are selected and who proceed to file cap-subject H-1B petitions may be required to pay an additional fee of up to $100,000 before filing the petition, depending on eligibility and future implementation guidelines.

‘Good luck with that’: Trump’s border czar hits back at Mamdani’s anti-ICE plan for NYC

June 28, 2025 4:53 pm

Trump's border czar asserted that if immigration enforcement officials can't arrest people in jail, they would "find them" in neighborhoods or work sites, adding, "so game on, we're coming."

A Supreme Court bench called media reports on the Indian government allegedly abandoning some 40 Rohingya refugees forcibly at sea near the southeastern coast of Myanmar “a very beautifully crafted story” (AP Photo/Representational)

A new immigration law reflects India’s rising paranoia over the ‘undesirable outsider’

May 23, 2025 1:17 pm

The Supreme Court, too, has indirectly supported the systematic and incremental erosion of refugee rights

Risked becoming 'an island of strangers': UK's Starmer gets tough on immigration, doubles citizenship wait times

May 12, 2025 5:49 pm

Under the new rules, automatic settlement and citizenship after five years — the current standard for many migrants, including Indians — will end.

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Stricter immigration rules coming: Rs 10 lakh fine for foreigners with fake passport in Modi Govt's new Bill

February 12, 2025 10:46 am

The Immigration and Foreigners Bill, 2025, is likely to be introduced by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the ongoing Budget session of Parliament

To restrict migrants, Biden leans on Trump’s favorite immigration law

June 05, 2024 11:08 pm

Biden’s announcement is a stunning reversal for a president and a party that spent years arguing that America was a country of immigrants.

German parliament approves immigration law in bid to attract skilled workers

June 23, 2023 4:36 pm

The law - championed by the governing centre-left SPD, the liberal FDP and the Greens - garnered 388 yes votes, while 234 lawmakers voted against and 31 abstained.

How to apply for a UK work visa

April 13, 2022 12:36 pm

Work visas are different from other types of visas, such as student visas or tourist visas, which usually allow people to stay legally in their home country for short periods of time (usually less than six months).

Trump urges Republicans to 'stop wasting time on immigration'

June 22, 2018 6:27 pm

While both House of Representatives and the Senate under the Republican control, the latter cannot pass most legislation without the support of the Democrats.

UN calls on Trump administration to find alternatives to child detention

June 22, 2018 4:30 pm

"We have said that a child should never be detained in relation to their parents' migration status," UN human rights spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said in a Geneva briefing.