The U.S. government’s planned overhaul of fees for the EB-5 immigrant investor program is set to raise the cost of navigating an already complex investment-based route to permanent residence, with …
R. Suryamurthy
R. Suryamurthy
R. Suryamurthy is a Contributing Editor at South Asian Herald. He has worked for The Telegraph, The Tribune, and Press Trust of India.
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New U.S. Visa Year Offers Little Relief for Indians
by R. Suryamurthy 10 minutes readThe U.S. State Department’s October 2026 Visa Bulletin, opening the 2027 fiscal year with a fresh allocation of immigrant visa numbers, offers some filing opportunities for South Asian immigrants but …
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India’s Renewable Push Faces Growing Grid Stability Test
by R. Suryamurthy 6 minutes readIndia’s accelerating shift to renewable power is heading towards a new constraint: whether the electricity grid can absorb the capacity being added without increasing curtailment, transmission congestion and system instability, …
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A proposed $103,265 U.S. fee on new H-1B visas could sharply reduce the flow of Indian technology professionals to the United States, while encouraging companies to keep more high-skilled work …
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179-Year US Green Card Wait Puts Indian Professionals in Limbo
by R. Suryamurthy 4 minutes readIndian professionals seeking permanent residence in the United States could face a potential 179-year wait under the employment-based second preference category, exposing the extraordinary scale of a green-card backlog that …
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Foreign journalists, media professionals and certain North American professionals applying for U.S. visas will face a new layer of digital scrutiny from October 1, as the State Department expands mandatory …
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USCIS Form Overhaul Puts South Asian Green-Card Filings Under Fresh Scrutiny
by R. Suryamurthy 5 minutes readSouth Asian immigrants preparing for the next stage of their U.S. permanent-residency journey face a new administrative checkpoint after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released updated editions of Form …
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Indian food and beverage exporters are seeing a pickup in overseas orders ahead of Diwali, with international buyers reporting average demand growth of about 6 percent and some markets recording …
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India faces a potential double economic shock after the U.S. Congress cleared legislation giving President Donald Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on major buyers of …
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For generations of Indian families, an American college admission was more than an acceptance letter. It was a ticket to opportunity, a gateway to the world’s largest economy and, potentially, …