A recent US Department of State directive to the US consular posts now requires consulting an electronic record for visa issuance in these categories.
'The Pakistani side was so cocksure of itself that it had come to the table with a pre-set agenda -- an agenda of unilateralism, knowing full well that nothing was going to come out of these talks,' says Rajeev Sharma.
In 2016, there were 580,000 Indians in the US as resident non-immigrant. Of these, 440,000 were temporary workers, which includes those on H-1B visas and 140,000 were students.
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'An in-principle decision has been taken to take the issue of Kashmir to the International Court of Justice'
Effective Monday, August 7, 2006 the United States consular sections in India will adjust the consular exchange rate from Rs 46 to the dollar to Rs 48 to the dollar.
Gopal Singh Chawla, under the instructions from the Pakistani authorities, recently stopped Indian officials from entering Gurudwara Panja Sahib on April 14 (Baisakhi day).
At the hearing while India demanded the immediate suspension of the former navy officer's death sentence, Islamabad accused it of using the world body as a stage for "political theatre" through a "misconceived" plea.
The Egyptian embassy in Bangladesh will remain closed for 11 days from Wednesday over "security reasons".
The US is experiencing a worldwide delay in processing of visa and passports.
It would be realistic to see India's position on the DGMOs joint statement more as 'engagement, different from dialogue', where our subsequent options could be decided depending on the realities of the situation on the ground, notes Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
An agreement between India and Pakistan, however tenuous, has its own meaning and impact. We have not heard the last word about the ceasefire agreement, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
India maintained thatthe well being and state of Jadhav's health is a "matter of great concern" to it.
The American Embassy on Wednesday said the Visa Facilitation Service will be the sole provider of visa services to applicants for US visas throughout India from next month.
With Mitsubishi pulling the plug on it the days of the Pajero maybe over, but nobody who ever owned one will forget it. Some even learnt life-long lessons from it, says Pavan Lall.
Manjeet Singh alias Surjeet Singh has been accused of spying for India, but his family claims that it is a case of mistaken identity.
The Optional Protocol to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations gives the World Court the right to intervene in the cases of foreigners held in US jails.
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Cutting across party lines, all MPs slammed Pakistan for awarding death sentence to Kulbhushan Jadhav.
The United States' consular sections in India on Friday announced a hike in their service fees following recent depreciation in rupee value against the dollar.
The government on Friday approved a slew of measures to push the peace process including further liberalisation of the consular and visa services.
Reports from Lahore said the officials had entered the prison where Sarabjit is lodged and the meeting is taking place. The meeting was expected to last for over an hour.\n\n
The immigrants were under detention in Cachar Central Jail in Assam's Silchar district since 2012.
A court in Bangalore on Monday framed charges against a French consular official for allegedly raping his three-and-a-half year old daughter.
The govt is also criticised for its choice of Khawar Qureshi, who represented Pakistan's case before the ICJ.
There were cheers of joy and sighs of relief as Judge Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, ICJ president, read out the court's decision.
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Baglay replaced Vikas Swarup, who was made India's new high commissioner to Canada.
The US state department, which issued the revised travel advisory, on Wednesday said that the exemptions have been given under the national interest category.
In the briefing, it was stated that Pakistan does not accept the international court's jurisdiction to order the state of Pakistan on issues that involve its national stability.
Terming as "regrettable" the incident in which a Pakistani prisoner was injured in a Jammu jail during an altercation with another inmate, India on Friday said the matter was being investigated and the guilty will be punished.The Ministry of External Affairs also said the injured was receiving the medical treatment and once the medical arrangements were in place, consular access will be provided.
The United States on Tuesday virtually justified the reported strip search by New York police of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, saying "standard procedures" have been followed during her arrest.
During the interrogation, they were repeatedly threatened that this is how the other members of the High Commission would be treated as well in future.
The dent on India-US relations caused by L'affaire Devyani will not remain for long as those will be determined by strategic and economic considerations, says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
An online White House petition demanding the Obama administration drop the visa fraud case against Devyani Khobragade has been launched in Washington, DC by a group of Indian-Americans who said the senior Indian diplomat's public humiliation hurts the sentiments of the community.
Commerce, Connectivity, Consular and Community -- External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has urged Indian ambassadors in Central Asia to find ways to explore the massive potential that the strategically-important region offers. Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, who travelled to Tajikistan with the foreign minister, reports.
China and the United States were headed for a major diplomatic confrontation as Washington on Wednesday ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston, a move it said was aimed 'to protect American intellectual property and private information', hinting at cyber espionage.
According to the report, Khawar Qureshi will continue to represent Pakistan in the court.
The External Affairs ministry has launched a mobile application named 'MEAIndia'
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