Immigration
US pauses green-card labor certification at eight tech firms
The pause could delay a common route to permanent residency for some Nepali professionals. It does not by itself cancel their existing work visas.
Topic
Migrant workers
Nepal
Foreign-employment agencies' association faces split over Malaysia recruitment system
A dispute over Malaysia's new recruitment system for Nepali workers has pushed some manpower agencies toward forming a separate association, as the government investigates how they were selected.
Immigration
Australia's opposition proposes its biggest immigration cut yet, targeting students and temporary migrants
The Liberal–National Coalition says it would cut net overseas migration to 100,000 a year if it wins power. The plan is a proposal and not law.
BreakingDiaspora
Sri Lanka seeks clemency after Saudi Court sentences migrant worker to death over facebook post
Sivarasa Anojan's five-year prison term was raised to a death sentence on appeal. Sri Lanka's government and lawmakers are asking Saudi Arabia for mercy.
BreakingImmigration
Policy Update: New H-1B Lottery favors higher wages for FY2027 as court blocks $100,000 fee
The US began a wage weighted H-1B selection on October 1, 2026, while a second federal judge blocked the $100,000 entry fee. President Trump has extended that fee for another year.
BreakingNepal
Another foreign employment scam busted, fake job promises to UK, Romania, New Zealand
Promise a country, collect the cash, disappear the pattern that police say five people ran exactly that playbook before getting caught this week.
Immigration
Nepal's remittance Inflow rises 21.2% to Rs 215.05 billion in first month of fiscal year
Nepal's remittance engine keeps running strong up by 21.2% in a single month though the pace itself is cooling compared to last year.
BreakingDiaspora
Houthi Missile Strike Sparks Fire Near Riyadh's King Khalid Airport, Grounds Flights
For the first time in this escalation, a Houthi missile reached Riyadh itself grounding flights at the kingdom's busiest airport just weeks before it hosts the world's investors.
BreakingDiaspora
Australia to restrict most international students from bringing partners
Just as Nepali students face record visa rejection rates in Australia, a new rule threatens to remove one of the country's biggest draws , the ability to bring a spouse or child along.
Immigration
POLICY UPDATE: USCIS rejecting old I-539 and I-765 forms from September 15,F-1 students two days into the change
A same day form swap, with zero transition window, means thousands of students and OPT applicants risk an automatic rejection if they file the wrong edition, here's exactly what changed and what to check before hitting submit.
Immigration
Six Green Card Holders Charged in Texas Over Alleged Illegal Voting in U.S. Elections
Six lawful permanent residents and one undocumented immigrant have been charged in Texas over alleged illegal voting in U.S. federal elections, as authorities intensify investigations into non-citizen voting.
Immigration
Nepal Rejects Malaysia's 25-Agency Recruitment System, Launches Investigation
A dispute over who gets to send Nepali workers to Malaysia has frozen part of the country's largest labour corridor, with Kathmandu accusing Kuala Lumpur of creating a monopoly that could squeeze out most of Nepal's 1,100 recruitment agencies.
Immigration
Nepal's ban on domestic workers to Kuwait hasn't stopped migration, it's just made it more dangerous !
Nearly 69,000 Nepalis are working as domestic staff in Kuwait, despite a nine-year-old government ban meant to protect them. Diplomats and labour experts say the ban has pushed women into informal channels with no access to Nepal's legal protections.