After Canada’s 2025–2027 immigration plan lowered targets, Metro Vancouver’s net annual growth fell to about 40,500–42,500. Housing supply rose and prices softened modestly in 2025, while long‑term growth projections remain…
Effective September 2025, nearly all nonimmigrant visa applicants must attend in-person interviews; Indian nationals must file in India. Interview waivers largely ended, increasing demand at U.S. posts in India and…
Texas led ICE enforcement in early 2025 with an 86.6 per‑100,000 arrest rate amid a…
October 2025’s Visa Bulletin moves India’s EB-5 Final Action Date to Feb 1, 2021, enabling…
On September 4, 2025, U.S. authorities detained about 475 people at the Hyundai-LG Ellabell construction…
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Indian students and workers form a large, growing presence in the U.S.—71% of FY2024 H‑1B…
Data show India received about 73.7% of H-1B approvals (2020–2023) and ~71% in 2024. Critics…
OPT (12 months) and STEM OPT (24-month extension) remain active in 2025, offering up to…
In FY2025 India received about 73–74% of H-1B approvals amid 343,981 registrations and a 21.8%…
The 2025 visa revocations and travel bans by the Trump administration affect thousands of international students at U.S. universities, including…
On August 11, 2025 the ECHR suspended Austria’s deportations to Syria until September 8, 2025,…
H-1B visa holders in the U.S. may be eligible to apply for unemployment benefits under…
September 2025 sees no visa bulletin movement; most employment-based categories will hit FY2025 caps by…
DV-2026 began October 2025 with Nepal’s cutoff reset to 6,000 (Asia 10,000), not a loss…
October 2025 advanced F2A Final Action Dates to Feb 1, 2024 (most) and Feb 1, 2023 (Mexico); Filing Dates are…
By 2025, aircraft and airport camera use expanded for safety, cockpit security, and weather monitoring. Key deployments include exterior, cockpit‑door, and bulkhead cameras; FAA and LifeFlight of Maine expanded weather…
New State Department rules restrict visa interviews by residence: nonimmigrant interviews enforced from September 6,…
Under Law 9996 (2021), Costa Rica’s Investor Residency requires a USD 150,000 qualifying investment, grants…
Effective September 6, 2025, Nonimmigrant visa interviews must occur in an applicant’s country of nationality…
To gain New Zealand Permanent Residency, hold a resident visa for two continuous years, meet…
October’s Visa Bulletin posts key advances for India: EB-2 to April 1, 2013; EB-3 to August 22, 2013; EB-5 to…
EB-5 is active under the 2022 RIA: $1.05M standard investment or $800K in TEAs, with reserved visa set-asides to ease…
Faced with H-1B lottery uncertainty and long Green Card backlogs, many Indian students are using EB-5—investing $800,000 or $1.05M and…
USCIS set an EB-5 grandfathering cutoff of September 30, 2026 and reverted CSPA age calculations to Final Action Dates on…
Executive Order 14161 (effective June 9, 2025) restricts entry for nationals of 19 countries but exempts green card holders. Despite…
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Appeals judges and Home Office guidance have made shutting asylum hotels at scale unlikely for…
Condor will retire Europe’s last Boeing 757-300 on November 5, 2025, with a ticketed farewell…
AAAJ’s 2025 lawsuit accuses U.S. officials of flying five migrants to Ghana to evade fear-based…
Delta says its Main Cabin dragged transatlantic profits in 2025, even as premium cabins and…
Major 2025 visa changes introduce fixed F/J terms (up to four years), end most interview…
ICE detained 475 workers at Hyundai’s Georgia plant on September 4, 2025, including about 300…
In 2025, Indian passport holders can access about 59 countries visa-free or via VOA, including…
Mast’s 2025 bill would let the Secretary of State revoke or deny passports for alleged…
The September 13, 2025 “Unite the Kingdom” rally in London drew up to 150,000 people,…
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