Canada plans major overhaul of Express Entry, may scrap key immigration streams

Canada is set to undertake one of the biggest reforms to its economic immigration system since the launch of Express Entry in 2015, with a proposal to replace three major…

How Indiaspora is connecting the world’s desi community

An Australian newspaper recently ran a headline that read: ‘Singh beats Smith’. It was about business ownership in Sydney, but it captured the steady shift in how the desi diaspora,…

Two Indian-origin men charged in $116,000 mail fraud in Georgia, Mihir Patel used to pose as ‘David Wiiliams’

Two Indian-origin men have been charged in a phone scam and mail fraud in Georgia. Two Indian-origin men, Mihir Patel and Himanshubhai Barot, have been charged in a major mail…

Indian in New Jersey on work visa arrested in gold scam, nabbed when he was going to collect $800,000 in gold

Nigam Bhatt, an Indian man in the US on a work visa , has been arrested in connection to a gold scam. 25-year-old Nigan Bhatt, an Indian who is in…

Got picked in H-1B lottery: Redditor wants to come back to India, says ‘feeling weirdly sad and confused’

A Reddit user said he got picked in the H-1B lottery but wants to go back to India. An NRI techie shared the honest feeling that even after getting picked…

Indian woman in Canada shocked after being victim of ‘distraction theft’, four gold bangles taken off wrists

Indian woman in Canada was robbed when she was on her daily walk. (Photo: CP 24) An Indian woman in Canada, Santosh Sharma, was recently robbed when she was on…

Indian-origin doctor to pay $14 million to settle allegations against him in US; performed unnecessary procedures

An Indian-origin doctor in Georgia agreed to pay $15 million to settle medical fraud allegations against him. Indian-origin urologist Jitesh Patel will have to pay $14 million to settle allegations…

Amicus brief: US birthright citizenship case raises concerns for Indian-origin families

A coalition of South Asian advocacy groups has appealed to the US Supreme Court that curbing birthright citizenship could push thousands of children into “statelessness” and legal uncertainty, with disproportionate…

‘I know my H-1B rules’: Indian techie’s viral fight with Texas whistleblower over working at food truck

Indian techie’s fight with Texas journalist goes viral as Sara Gonzales accuses him of abusing his H-1B by ‘working’ in what he called his wife’s food truck. Texas journalist Sara…

27-year-old Indian-origin man shot dead in Canada’s Surrey

A 27-year-old man of Indian origin was shot dead in Canada’s Surrey city on Saturday night in what police believe was a targeted attack linked to organised crime.The victim was…