Visa

Indian-Americans to gain from US bills that seek to end green card quota

The White House has supported US Congress to pass a bill that seeks to eliminate the per country quota on green card. It would benefit...

Wait time for US visitor visa interview nearly 1,000 days: Report

The waiting list for those applying for a visitor visa - B1 (business) and B2 (tourist) - to the United States (US) is close to 1,000 days.

Singapore set to employ over 150 Indian doctors in next three years

Singapore is planning to hire 180 junior doctors from India over the next three years, a move questioned by many, according to a media...

Visa refusals due to 'fake papers' in Canada, Australia skyrocket

When the pandemic began, student visa refusals in Canada, Australia, the UK, and the US reached an all-time high due to closed borders.

89% rise in UK visas granted to Indians in a year, says study

Amid reports of long delays or high rejection rates for visa to the West, the latest UK Immigration Statistics today show an 89 per cent...

What UK's new 'high potential visa' means for Indian students

Indian-origin UK Cabinet ministers Rishi Sunak and Priti Patel in a joint announcement new High Potential Individual (HPI) visa route for...

H-1B visa sign ups for next year’s fiscal to begin on March 1

USA News: The H-1B visa registrations for next year’s fiscal would start on March 1 and remain opened till 18 of the same month.

Increasing reach of Indian passport; now visa-free access to 59 nations: Report

India has jumped seven places to rank 83rd on the index with visa-free access as compared to 90th last year, Henley Passport Index said in...

Indian actress Mouni Roy receives UAE golden visa

Indian celebrities are often seen granted the UAE golden visa so that they work, live and holiday in the Gulf country and now the latest...

UAE-India air traffic in top 10 list of country pairs

The UAE-India air traffic sector has claimed back spot in the top 10 country pair list with airlines scheduled to fly around 1.2 million...

India's Jeev Milkha Singh becomes first golfer to be granted UAE Gold Visa

Indian player Jeev Milkha Singh has become the first professional golfer in the world to receive the prestigious 10-year Dubai Golden Visa...

Immigration reform within first 100 days in office, says Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

Indian-American Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris vowed that the new Biden administration would send a comprehensive immigration reform...

VFS Global wins contract to provide visa, OCI and passport services for India across the United States

VFS Global’s India Consular Application Centres will be located in six cities - Washington DC, New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta...

Lawsuit filed in US challenging new H1-B visa wage related rule

The new rule will limit an employer's ability to replace workers with cheap foreign labour.

India, US working to solve visa issues, says Ministry of External Affairs

India is engaged with the US administration and its Congress on issues related to the movement of Indian professionals including those...

Trump administration makes certain exceptions in H-1B visa ban

The Donald Trump administration has decided to make certain exceptions in its ban on H-1B, L-1 and certain categories of J1 visas

174 Indians file lawsuit against Trump administration’s new H-1B visa policy

The lawsuit seeks to declare the presidential proclamation as unlawful and urges the court to compel the Department of State to issue...

After mounting pressure and multiple lawsuits, Trump administration rescinds rule on foreign student visas

The Trump administration has been under tremendous pressure after the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the new rule...

Google, Facebook, Microsoft join lawsuit against rule barring international students from staying in the US

Additionally, 17 states and the District of Columbia have also filed a lawsuit against the new temporary visa policy for international...

Visa applications for UK, UAE and 9 other countries to reopen in India in July

Travellers will also be able to apply for visas for Belarus, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, South Korea and...

President Trump temporarily suspends H-1B visas, “disappointed” says Sundar Pichai

Trump aims to reform the US immigration system to prioritise the highest-skilled workers and protect American jobs, according to the White...

Government further eases restrictions on OCI cardholders’ entry into India

New rules easing restrictions on the entry of OCI cardholders as well as certain foreign nationals were issued last week.

Indian government announces easing of certain visa, travel restrictions for OCI card holders

On March 18 the government had suspended the visa-free entry facility granted to OCI card holders due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Visa rules, red tape block NRI doctors in US from joining fight against COVID-19 outbreak

NRI Indian doctors in the USA are being forced by red tape and immigration regulations to remain on the sidelines of the fight against the...

As coronavirus hits US businesses, impending layoffs worry H-1B visa holders

Under current rules, an H-1B visa holder can stay in the United States for 60 days after losing their job, after which they are required to...