US Visa 08.01.2013 One can apply for visa at any U.S. Consulate in the world, but applying in the country where he/she resides is recommended. Here are some questions posed by our readers and answered by the US Consulate in Hyderabad Question: My son is in the U.S. on an H-1B visa that ...

UK Student Visa News 08.01.2013 Several international students including some from India have been stranded in the UK without passports and are unable to get home for Christmas after the UK Border Agency asked them to reapply for their visas. According to a report in The Guardian, London School of Film students ...

CANADA Student Visa News: 08.01.2013 A raft of far-reaching proposals to overhaul K-12 level international education programmes in British Columbia, Canada – including a levy on foreign students – is being mooted by the provincial government. It says the reforms will protect the reputation of BC education abroad, but many in ...

CHICAGO: There are some 185 different types of visas offered by the US State Department. The government approved 7.5 million visas in 2011, with 94 percent for those who enter the US on a temporary basis for travel or short-term work. The remaining 6 percent were awarded to immigrants seeking ...

In a sign of the improving economy, the U.S. government saw a sharp rise in petitions for skilled-foreign-worker visas during the first week of this year’s application season. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received 25,600 petitions for H-1B visas since April 2, nearly twice as many as it received ...

BANGALORE: The US visa restrictions are causing huge disruptions in the onsite activities of Indian IT companies. Visa rejections are at an all-time high and companies are not able to send enough support and maintenance staff to their client locations overseas to complete projects on time. “We promised a client in ...

London: A facility that allowed Indian students to work here for two years after their courses are over will be closed from tomorrow as part of the Cameron government’s drive to cut migration, which may put-off those aspiring to study in the UK. Under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route, Indian ...

The proposal to change the fees for UK immigration and nationality applications submitted by Immigration Minister Damian Green have been approved and will take effect from Friday 6 April 2012. Following Parliamentary approval, all payments made from 00:01 (UK time) on Friday 6 April, should be paid according to the new ...

WASHINGTON: Applications for the most sought after H-1B work visa – used extensively by Indian IT professionals – for the fiscal beginning October 1, would be accepted beginning April 2, a federal immigration agency announced on Tuesday. The congressionally mandated numerical limitation on H-1B petitions for the fiscal year 2012-13 is ...

Several changes for UK visas will come into effect 6 April 2012. The changes will affect those applying for tier visas as Tier 2 visa skilled workers, Tier 4 students and other Tier visa temporary workers. Increased Visa Fees UK immigration fees will increase by only 2 percent in the majority of cases, ...