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30 March 2023
Immigration
UK PM warns illegal immigrants of crackdown
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has issued a warning to those entering the country illegally that they will begin deporting every illegal...
Immigrants earn more than native US citizens: Study
Immigrant graduates in the United States, including Indians, are more likely to be better educated and earn more compared to their...
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...
Sunak gives nod to 3,000 UK visas for Indians
Rishi Sunak has given a green signal to a new youth mobility partnership scheme that will offer 3,000 visas to 18-30-year-old...
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...
Singapore population shrinks to 5.45 million; lowest since 1970
According to the latest census data, Singapore's total population shrank by 4.1 per cent to 5.45 million in June 2021, largely due to a fall...
UK needs at least 50k nurses until 2024: Labour Department
The United Kingdom (UK) needs at least 50,000 nurses until 2024 as it opens its labour market for more job opportunities for Filipino...
Undocumented Indian immigrants have spending power of over USD 15 bn: US study
Over half a million undocumented Indian immigrants to the US hold a collective spending power of USD15.5 billion and contribute USD2.8...
Singapore foreign dependants will require work passes for employment from May: Ministry
Singapore Manpower Minister Josephine Teo announced that spouses and family members of foreigners working in Singapore, who hold dependant's...
Singapore cleared 80 per cent fewer travellers in 2020, says ICA
According to official data released today, Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) cleared more cargo and low-value goods in...
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...
Indians figure as the largest community awaiting US green cards
More than 800,000 Indians are awaiting work-related green cards in the United States, according to data from the US Citizenship and...
Biden administration likely to provide US citizenship to over 500,000 Indians
The document says that the new Biden administration will support family-based immigration and preserve family unification as a core...
US unveils tightened H-1B visa rules in a move to put Americans first
As per the Department of Homeland Security, the interim final rule to be published in Federal Register will be effective in 60 days.
Kamala Harris discusses her Jamaican, Indian roots in first campaign event with Biden in Delaware
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic US Presidential nominee, and his new running mate Kamala Harris held their first campaign event...
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order preventing federal agencies from contracting or subcontracting foreign workers - mainly...
Prominent historians both in and outside the United Kingdom have posted an open letter protesting the ongoing misrepresentation of slavery,...
Johns Hopkins said that the decision to send international students back to their home countries if they don’t enroll for in-person...
30 US Senators, 136 Congressmen urge Trump administration to reverse order on international students
On July 6, the ICE declared that non-immigrant F-1 and M-1 students who are attending schools which have shifted their entire operations...
Indian-American activist calls for extension of OCI card renewal deadline
Following a statement issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs about the deadline for renewal of Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cards,...
Trump’s hardline stance on immigrants claiming welfare benefits gets Supreme Court nod
Trump announced the new rule in August last year, saying that "to protect benefits for American citizens, immigrants must be financially...
929 Indians deported from US in first seven months of 2019: Reports
According to official data, the United States deported 929 Indians, including 42 women, during the first seven months of 2019.