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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicUS Visa

Topic: US Visa

The US birthright citizenship dilemma—What makes a citizen?

Political sentiment is clearly moving against easier immigration, let alone granting of citizenship to “people not like us”.

Pakistanis say Munir’s Nobel pitch for Trump isn’t helping. US has put visa ban on Pakistan

The irony that this order came the same day that Pakistan’s top rung signed an MoU on crypto with Trump’s company is not lost on many.

$1m ‘gold card’ live, $5m ‘platinum card’ soon: Trump’s new visa policy & big revenue generation plan

New 'gold card' visa replaces EB-5 investor programme of 1990s, with ‘big advantage over the green card’. It is projected to generate revenue of over $100 billion for US Treasury.

What is American H-1B visa system & why Trump’s $100,000 fee proclamation triggered panic

Each year, nearly 85,000 H-1B visas are granted via a lottery system. Between October 2022 and September 2023, 72 percent of nearly 4,00,000 visas were granted to Indian nationals. 

Indians are gaming US immigration to get Einstein visas meant for top scientists

Immigration lawyers and experts in India told ThePrint that because the EB-1 visa category is intended for a country’s “best of the best,” applications typically face less scrutiny.

‘Make all social media profiles public’—US embassy’s new advisory to student visa applicants

New Delhi: The US Embassy in India Monday issued an advisory to international students, asking all applicants for student and exchange visas to make...

Indian students, parents now looking beyond US colleges. ‘Will send my kid to UK, sleep easy’

At Akhil Daswani’s study abroad consultancy in Mumbai, students are increasingly adding more countries to their college application list. ‘Only 20 per cent have applied to just US colleges this year,’ he told ThePrint.

This JNU student is deleting social media posts in panic. ‘Don’t know what will offend US’

'There’s no manual on what is considered semitic and what is anti-semitic for them. So, I don’t want to take the risk,' the scholar said

Waking up to ‘expedited dates’ racket, US widens probe into visa appointment fraud in India

Candidates linked to fraudulent US visa applications could have their accounts blocked and their names could be shared with American allies, it is learnt.

On Camera

Rahul Gandhi wants to jail Himanta Sarma but Congress has a Bihar-sized problem in Assam

The Congress has promised Rs 50,000 assistance to each woman but as we've seen in many recent elections, voters seem to be conscious of the proverb: 'A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.'

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.