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LawQuest | Indian Immigration Alert | Indian e-Visas Reinstated for Canadian Nationals

December 23, 2022,
Indian e-Visas Reinstated for Canadian Nationals! After two weeks of resuming the electronic visa or e-Visa facility for UK Nationals, India has now reinstated this facility for Canadian nationals as well. Canada is now a part of the list of eligible countries on the e-Visa portal. This was announced by the High Commission of India...
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06
Dec

LawQuest | Indian Immigration Alert | e-Visa Services Finally Restored for British Nationals!!

December 6, 2022,
e-Visa Services Finally Restored for British Nationals!! On December 5, 2022, the High Commission of India in London announced that the e-Visa facility will be restored for the UK nationals travelling to India.  The Indian High Commissioner, Vikram K Doraiswami in his official announcement has confirmed this (see https://www.facebook.com/IndiaInUK/videos). For the first time since the...
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02
Dec

LawQuest | US Immigration Alert | Geared Up for the Upcoming H-1B Cap Season FY 2024?

December 2, 2022
Geared Up for the Upcoming H-1B Cap Season FY 2024? A crucial time of the year is approaching for all those companies looking to sponsor foreign nationals to work in the U.S. on an H-1B visa. For the past three years, the USCIS has been using an online electronic registration and selection system to conduct...
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16
Nov

Find a job or return to home country? An H-1B visa holder’s guide if they lose their job in the US

November 16, 2022
Find a job or return to home country? An H-1B visa holder’s guide if they lose their job in the US The unexpected layoffs of nonimmigrant workers in H-1B and other statuses at Twitter and other tech companies have created an environment of unrest among foreign workers. In view of this, a lot of questions...
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Nov

Laid off Twitter, Meta workers a talent source for US IT companies

November 11, 2022
Laid off Twitter, Meta workers a talent source for US IT companies IT services and staffing firms in the United States could be in for a ready reserve of potential employees following mass layoffs by technology companies such as Twitter and Meta Inc. Many of those impacted by the layoffs are workers on an H-1B...
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02
Nov

Maternity Benefits: Changes to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, under India’s new Social Security Code, 2022

November 2, 2022,
Maternity Benefits: Changes to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, under India’s new Social Security Code, 2022 Overview The Ministry of Labour and Employment in India brought substantial changes in Labour Laws, and one of the Code-named Code on Social Security, 2020, was framed. This Social Security Code 2020 subsumed 9 Acts. The Social Security Code...
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06
Oct

An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India

October 6, 2022, ,
An Update on U.S. Visa Appointments and Consular Affairs in India Last week, the Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs, Mr. Don Heflin, at the U.S. Embassy in India, provided an update on visa processing in India. He described the steps they are taking across Mission India to reduce the visa appointment wait and processing time...
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03
Oct

Learn now to hold two jobs on an H-1B visa!

October 3, 2022,
The most common form of employment on an H-1B visa in the U.S. is full-time employment with a single employer. However, the regulations permit “concurrent employment.” This means that more than one employer can engage the services of an H-1B worker in certain circumstances. An H-1B petition filed to authorize an H-1B worker to be...
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24
Sep

Students on OPT status do not need new work visa if they do not need new work visa if they do not have to leave the US.

September 24, 2022, ,
Students on OPT status do not need new work visa if they do not need new work visa if they do not have to leave the US. The US mission in India has recently announced that a record 82,000 student visas have been issued in 2022 and Indian students have received more US student visas...
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17
Sep

US Immigration Alert | Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases

September 17, 2022, ,
Premium Processing Services Extended to Additional I-140 Pending Cases The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that it will extend premium processing services to additional pending cases. This third phase is similar to the first and second phases and will apply to certain previously filed Form I-140 petitions under the EB-1 and EB-2 classifications....
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