Nri
The OCI Card: Promise and Peril of the NRI's Almost-Citizenship
Twenty years of the OCI card: live, work, and invest in India — but never vote. Why India grants its diaspora nearly everything except political voice.
Nri
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Business
NRI Remittances: The $125 Billion Lifeline
$125 billion a year — more than FDI, from the Gulf to New Jersey. India's remittances flow invisibly through acts of obligation, love, and calculation.
Nri
Why India's Green Card Backlog is a Silent National Crisis
The 7% per-country cap gives India ~10,000 green cards yearly. Over a million Indians wait in decades-long limbo — and America is losing them.
World
The H1B Visa Crisis: Indian Tech Workers Face Uncertain Future
Indians get ~70% of H-1B visas while the green-card backlog stretches decades. As US restrictions tighten, the IT model built on visa arbitrage is ending.