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In a relief to H-1B visa holders, a                         Under the new rule, they will issue
      federal agency tasked said for the time                     notices to appear (NTA) to people

    being the new rule will not be                              whose applications regarding visa
    implemented with respect to employment-                     extension or changes in status have been
    based petitions and humanitarian                            denied.
    applications and petitions.
                                                                NTA, in immigration law parlance, is
    From Monday, the US would start                             considered the first step towards
    implementing a new rule which allows                        deportation of foreign nationals who do
    initiation of deportation process of people                 not have valid papers to legally stay in the
    whose legal status to stay in America has                   US. It is a document that instructs an
    expired for reasons such as denial of visa                  individual to appear before an immigration

    extension application or change in status,                  judge.
    officials said.
                                                                Given that in recent months, applications
    However in a relief to H-1B visa holders, a                 of extension of H-1B visa holders have
    federal agency tasked with this said that                   been denied, a significant number of
                                                                whom are Indian nationals, the new rule
    for the time being this policy will not be                  could have a major impact on Indians
    implemented with respect to employment-                     living in the US. But for the time being,
    based petitions and humanitarian                            issue of NTA to those categories have
    applications and petitions.                                 been put on hold.



    US Citizenship and Immigration Services                     USCIS said it will send denial letters for
    (USCIS), tasked with granting visa or its                   status-impacting applications that ensures
                                                                benefit seekers are provided adequate
    extension to non-immigrants, said                           notice when an application for a benefit is
    Wednesday they will start taking an                         denied.
    incremental approach to implement the
    new rule from October 1.                                    It said it will provide details on how
                                                                applicants can review information
                                                                regarding their period of authorized stay,
                                                                check travel compliance, or validate
                                                                departure from the US.


                                                                The federal agency will continue to

                                                                prioritized cases of individuals with
                                                                criminal records, fraud, or national security
                                                                concerns.


                                                                “There has been no change to the current
                                                                   processes for issuing NTAs on these




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