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The Open Atlas Weekly Bulletin

April Visa Bulletin: Movement for Some, Standstill for India

NMIMS MBA 2026 Results Are Out. What Comes Next?

Google’s New AI Course Teaches You How to Actually Land Jobs

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🧑‍🎓 Admissions Corner

​The AI Tool Students Are Using to Crack Top University Admissions​

Unive.ai is an AI-powered admissions platform built for students aiming at top universities, especially in the US. It helps with college shortlisting, essay writing with structured feedback, and improving extracurricular profiles for stronger positioning. The platform also supports interview preparation, scholarship discovery, and realistic admission chances based on past data. Trained on thousands of successful applications and backed by human mentorship, it offers a more accessible alternative to traditional admissions consulting.
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​NMIMS MBA 2026 Results Are Out. What Comes Next?​

NMIMS has released the final merit list for its MBA 2026 batch, marking the end of this year’s admission cycle. Candidates who cleared NMAT and Stage 2 assessments, including interviews, can now check their admission status on the official portal. Selected applicants need to confirm their seats by paying the programme fee and completing document verification within the given deadlines. Final campus allocation depends on merit rank, preferences, and seat availability.

📗 Immigration desk: Visa news, options & updates

​April Visa Bulletin: Movement for Some, Standstill for India​

The April 2026 Visa Bulletin brings marginal forward movement across a few categories, but India remains heavily backlogged, especially in employment-based visas. EB-2 India is still stuck around mid-2014, while EB-3 inches forward but continues to reflect long wait times. Family-sponsored categories show slow progress, with most still oversubscribed. High demand from countries like India and China continues to strain the system, keeping queues long.

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​Green Card Lottery Is Back. Indians Still Left Out.

The US has restarted the Diversity Visa programme with tighter rules, now requiring passport details upfront to curb fraud and duplicate applications. While the changes aim to strengthen the system, they do little for Indian applicants, who remain ineligible due to consistently high migration numbers. The lottery still allocates up to 55,000 visas to underrepresented countries each year, but India continues to stay outside that pool. With scrutiny around the programme rising, the latest update signals stricter oversight

💫Career Resources

​Google’s New AI Course Teaches You How to Actually Land Jobs​

Google has launched a free, 6-hour course on Coursera that shows how to use AI tools like Gemini to streamline your job search. It covers everything from identifying transferable skills to building resumes, planning applications, and practicing interviews. Designed for students, career switchers, and non-traditional applicants, the course focuses on real hiring workflows used by recruiters today.
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​A simple starting point for getting into machine learning​

If you’re looking to break into AI or strengthen your profile, this is a solid place to start. The Machine Learning Specialization by Andrew Ng covers core concepts like regression, neural networks, and recommender systems in a beginner-friendly way using Python. It is structured to take you from basics to practical implementation with hands-on projects. For anyone exploring AI roles, this course can add real weight to your resume and open up new opportunities.

🪄 Community highlight

The Petition is a Story, Not Just Documents: Understanding EB-1A and O-1 Talent Visas
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We’re hosting a free webinar on EB-1A and O-1 talent visas, in collaboration with Visa Architect.

Nusrat G., Senior Immigration Attorney, and Swatilina Barik, Founder of Visa Architect, will break down how successful petitions are built, with a focus on presenting your work as a clear, compelling narrative of impact and recognition.

The session will cover visa basics, structuring a strong petition, common mistakes, and how to build your profile over time.

Date & Time: March 19, 2026 | 11:00 AM PST
​Register here.
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​👉 Want to put yourself in front of 40,000+ high-skilled immigrants? Just hit reply to start a conversation.

Until next week, stay awesome.

Yours truly,

Team Open Atlas 💙

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