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US Visa Scam: Indian Govt Working to Get Detained Students Back
The Indian External Affairs Ministry is leading our government’s efforts to gain information about the eight Indian students who’re detained for an alleged immigration fraud. According to official spokesperson for Indian External Affairs Ministry Raveesh Kumar, our government is in touch with the Indian embassy in Washington and also other consulates.
They sought the list of Indian students who were detained, their identity details and the place of detention from the State Department and the Department of Homeland, an agency that cracked visa scam by floating a fake University of Farmington. “We’ve placed a formal request for consular access, emphasizing that the request may be taken as very high priority,” Raveesh added.
In the meanwhile, the Trump-led US government has already cautioned immigrants with unlawful presence to leave their country before 5th February, else they will have to face strict legal actions and forceful deportation. Yesterday, the North America Telugu Society (NATS) has come forward and designed action plan to offer legal support to our Telugu students in custody.
On other hand, families of those Indian students who were arrested plunged into despair after knowing about the situation.
H1B processing time increases significantly
The processing time for H-1B applications has seen an increase of 169 percent in last four years, which eventually makes the applicants wait longer, according to a research by one American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The work visas, work permits (like H4 EADs) and other immigration benefits processing takes long time as they have reached crisis levels. It has reached to almost an 8 month wait for a non-premium H-1B application filings, s per the new statistics.
In 2014, the H-1B applications used to take up to 2.9 months to process and it gradually changed with the increase in processing time reaching to a 7.8 months time to process the same. This shows a shocking increase percentage in processing time (169%) through these four years.
Among all the H-1B applicants, Indians are the major share in getting approved for initial employment. Indians obtained 63 percent of total 1.08 lakh visas that were issued, as per the end of fiscal year 2017.
Apart from long wait issues due to processing delays, there are many other practical difficulties for the immigrant workers and families. It is getting more difficult to get the driver licenses renewed while waiting for approval of visa. Though the H-1Bs can continue working up to 240 days while the application is pending, the the drivers license issuing state level agencies do not know these federal level regulations, and they don’t honor them even if they understand.
While it is the aim of Trump administration to restrict immigration by allowing only high skilled few workers to enter the country, it could not achieve it due to divided Congress. So the only way they seem to follow now is to slow down the process, which ultimately works towards their aim.
Secret is out: Regina is Lesbian!
The cat’s out of the bag. The secret that has been kept is revealed now. Regina Cassandra has played the role of lesbian in her Bollywood debut.
In “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga” that starred Sonam Kapoor in the lead role, Regina has played Sonam’s lover.
Sonam, who is lesbian, falls for the charm of Regina and both of them lead same-sex relationship. This is India’s first mainstream lesbian love story.
Regina has accepted this bold role to get noticed in Bollywood. Although the film has been receiving bad ratings, Regina is getting appreciation.
One needs guts to play such role and Regina has proved that she is ready to experiment.
Virat-Anushka look blissful in love
Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are one of the nation’s most talked-about couples. The twosome is sheerly lovable, and they are currently in New Zealand.
Virushka, as their fans call them, have been sharing pictures from the country as they take in the sights and sounds of the fauna and flora of NZ.
Virat took to Instagram to share a beautiful photo with wife Anushka Sharma and it’s all things love. They are seen hugging each other and it’s a picture perfect frame. In the photo, they look absolutely blissful in love.
Ever since their lavish wedding, they have been giving us relationship goals.
The couple has showered love on each other on Instagram at many instances, while Virat gushes about Anushka publicly during media interactions. They support each other in every way.
While Virat praises her movies on his social media account as well, Anushka makes sure to accompany her hubby to all his matches and cheer for him.
H-1B Processing Time Increased by 169%!
The processing time for H-1B applications has seen an increase of 169 percent in last four years, which eventually makes the applicants wait longer, according to a research by one American Immigration Lawyers Association.
The work visas, work permits (like H4 EADs) and other immigration benefits processing takes long time as they have reached crisis levels. It has reached to almost an 8 month wait for a non-premium H-1B application filings, s per the new statistics.
In 2014, the H-1B applications used to take up to 2.9 months to process and it gradually changed with the increase in processing time reaching to a 7.8 months time to process the same. This shows a shocking increase percentage in processing time (169%) through these four years.
Among all the H-1B applicants, Indians are the major share in getting approved for initial employment. Indians obtained 63 percent of total 1.08 lakh visas that were issued, as per the end of fiscal year 2017.
Apart from long wait issues due to processing delays, there are many other practical difficulties for the immigrant workers and families. It is getting more difficult to get the driver licenses renewed while waiting for approval of visa. Though the H-1Bs can continue working up to 240 days while the application is pending, the the drivers license issuing state level agencies do not know these federal level regulations, and they don’t honor them even if they understand.
While it is the aim of Trump administration to restrict immigration by allowing only high skilled few workers to enter the country, it could not achieve it due to divided Congress. So the only way they seem to follow now is to slow down the process, which ultimately works towards their aim.
I Didn’t Imitate YSR – Mammootty
After a long gap, Mammootty is returning to Tollywood with Yatra where he will be seen as YSR. Naturally, there is a lot of attention on the film in both film and political circuits. While NTR : Kathanayakudu failed to attract masses, eyes are on whether YSR’s charisma and Mammootty’s image would help to draw the footfalls or not.
As Yatra is all set for release on Feb 8th, Mammootty is in Hyderabad to promote the film and to attend the film’s pre-release event. Excerpts from Mammootty’s interview.
Is it your comeback in Telugu?
Yatra is the Telugu film that I’m doing after a long gap. As soon as I heard about the role, I felt that it would suit me perfectly.
Why did you choose a young director like Mahi?
In my long career, I’ve worked with over 70 debuntante directors. Most of them are doing quite well today in various languages. Mahi isn’t a new director. He had already made a couple of films. I believe that young directors will be more passionate and would tell a subject in a novel way.
How did Yatra happen?
Director Mahi had approached me with the script of Yatra for a legendary character. I agreed to listen to the script as I thought I could add value to the role. After listening to the script, I felt this is the film I should do. Yatra is based on some incidents in YSR’s life, particularly his Padayatra. Some scenes in the film could be from YSR’s real life and some could be just fictitious. Yatra is not a complete biopic of YSR. Earlier, I had done biopics of Ambedkar and Basheer.
Did you try to act like YSR in the film?
No, I haven’t tried to imitate like YSR. I just understood the script and went by it. We just took the soul of YSR and did the film. It is not possible for someone to act and behave like YSR. So, we never tried to do it. We just took the essence and we did the film. Also, I personally haven’t done any research. I just went by the script. Languages could be different, but human emotions and woes of people is same across all languages. But took some care during dubbing. In fact, Telugu and Malayalam have similar words. But some words need more stress and we took special care on them.
Any plans to join Politics?
(Laughs). I have been in film industry for the past 38 years. Why to go into politics now? Cinema is my politics. Cinema industry has more politics in fact.
Do you watch Telugu movies? What are the Telugu films that you watched recently?
I watch a lot of films irrespective of its language. These days, I’m watching a lot of films online. The last Telugu films I watched were Rangasthalam and Bharat Ane Nenu.
What are your dream roles?
The roles that I’m doing are all my dream roles.
Did you happen to meet YS Jagan?
No
Have you received any compliments or messages from YSRCP?
No
Pic Talk: Don’t Blink, Samantha Is In Black
Queen Bee Samantha is always known for her fashion statements down South. And she revolutionized the way heroines look and radiate their presence at various events. Needless to say, her onscreen and offscreen glamour is always a thing for fashionistas to follow.
Calling this is ‘black love’, the Akkineni daughter in law has come up with a new photoshoot at the moment where she posed in a black outfit. What looks like a lace dress covering the two-piece bikini like a bottom, no doubt, Samantha has taken the job of shunting the cold wave away from Hyderabad. Her hotness is melting hearts out there.
While Samantha’s upcoming roles feature her in some middle-class looking characters, where she appears like the girl next door, looks like she wants to fill the deficit of glamour-treat with these photo shoots.
As she stated that this is the first picture from the “Black Love” series, we have to see what more feats she will do with the next set of pictures.
Harish Not Sure Of Minister Post!
It appears former irrigation minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA from Siddipet T Harish Rao has lost hopes on getting a berth in the state cabinet headed by his uncle and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.
It was evident from the way Harish quietly vacated his the minister’s Bungalow-No. 7 on Raod No.12, Banjara Hills and shifted to his new residence at Kondapur a couple of days ago. Apparently, he did not even inform the same to KCR or his son K T Rama Rao over his decision.
The decision follows his announcement of resignation from the post of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) Mazdoor Union president. He told the RTC employees that he was not able to do justice to the post.
The swift moves of Harish Rao triggered wide speculations in the media. One section of media said KCR had told Harish Rao that he would not be taken into the cabinet and that he should be ready to contest for the Lok Sabha elections.
Another section of the media said Harish Rao had not been getting an appointment with the chief minister for quite some time. In fact, there have not been any instances of Harish meeting KCR in the last 50 days.
Though KCR and Harish had attended the recent assembly session, nobody noticed KCR talking to Harish Rao.
This has upset Harish and hence, he registered his protest by vacating his minister’s bungalow.
Another reason for Harish Rao’s disappointment is the admission of senor Congress leader Vanteru Pratap Reddy into the TRS without even consulting him.
During election campaign, Harish Rao and Vanteru had abused each other in Gajwel constituency.
That was why Harish was absent when Vanteru joined the TRS in the presence of KTR.
Women Are More Than Just Pretty Faces: Actress
Actress Sneha Ullal, who has become the brand ambassador of a perfume brand, says that a woman has more substance and is not just a pretty face.
Talking about her image and adding value to any brand, Sneha told IANS here: “In 2019, I am going to re-brand myself completely. I want to establish the fact that women are more than just pretty faces. We, the modern women across the globe, are women of substance rather than just eye candy.
“The constant use of words like bombshell, element of glamour etc should be stopped because that is how we women are always slotted in the business,” added the “Lucky: No Time For Love” actress.
Sneha was announced as the global brand ambassador of the Middle Eastern perfume brand Fasih Perfumes launched in India on Friday.
Talking about this new role, she said: “I don’t intend to just remain a pretty face of their product and be in their ad films only, I intend to develop the brand here.”
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