The Trump administration has no plans to come out with an executive order on H-1B visas, a prominent Indian-American donor and supporter of the US President claimed today, contradicting media reports that have generated anxiety in India.

A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled President Donald Trump's administration must allow immigrants with initial clearance for legal residency to enter the United States from seven Muslim-majority nations, despite an executive order ban.

US President Donald Trump fired top federal government lawyer Sally Yates on Monday after she took the extraordinarily rare step of defying the White House and refused to defend new travel restrictions targeting seven Muslim-majority nations.

 The dollar dipped as investors sought the traditional security of the yen on Monday, worried by the implications of immigration curbs that put the spotlight back on the risks of President Donald Trump's protectionist bent.

A senior White House official later sought to clarify the situation, saying green card holders who had left the United States and wanted to return would have to visit a U.S. embassy or consulate to undergo additional screening.

 Emirates airline has changed pilot and flight attendant rosters on flights to the United States following the sudden U.S. travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries, highlighting the challenges facing airlines trying to deal with the new rules.

A senior administration official said the executive orders signed by Trump on Friday, which bars the admission of Syrian refugees and suspends travel to the United States from Syria, Iraq, Iran and four other countries on national security grounds, was being fully enforced by relevant agencies.

Google's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai on Saturday criticised President Donald Trump's controversial immigration order against people from seven Muslim-majority countries, saying it will create \"barriers\" to bringing great talent to the US.

An EB-5 visa allows an individual to make an investment of $500,000 through a licensed regional centre to acquire a US Green Card for themselves and their family (including all unmarried children up to the age of 21).

The main US visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program.

The new Administration under Donald Trump will focus on radical ideologies, nuclear weapons and cyber-attacks as three areas of threat in the national defence and security domain, the transition team said.

Historical allies in the region, Islamabad and Washingtonhave seen relations sour over U.S. accusations that Pakistan shelters Islamistmilitants, a charge Pakistan denies.

Government's across the globe offer residency rights or citizenship for a sizeable investment in their economies.

BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday launched a fresh attack on Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian, terming his continuance in job as \"tolerance\".

Urjit Patel's appointment as new RBI Governor appeared to have support of BJP MP Subramanian Swamy who had launched a series of attacks against the outgoing Governor Raghuram Rajan.

Asian stocks edged up on Thursday taking lead from higher closing on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes showed policymakers were in no hurry to add to US borrowing costs.

Around 1,200 Indians have applied to invest half-a-million dollars each to settle in US under a government sponsored 'invest in the US and get a green card scheme'.

The government is in a fix after Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy trained his guns on the Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian. Swamy's attack comes in the wake of reports of Arvind Subramanian being among the probable successors of Rajan as the country's central bank chief.

So, Raghuram Rajan didn't get a second term (rather, a 2 year extension) and Nikesh Arora didn't get the top job at Softbank. Both exits remind you of the adage: there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

Accusing Rajan of raising interest rate to the detriment of small and medium industries, Swamy said the Governor should have known the \"inevitable consequence of rising and high interest rate and his policy was wilful and thus anti-national in intent\".