India has asked Russia to ease its 'cumbersome and outdated' visa procedures to facilitate travel for businessmen as part of measures to enhance bilateral trade and investment ties.
In moves that may benefit Indians applying for business visas to visit America, the United States State Department and Department of Homeland have announced a number of steps to expedite the processing time for visas.
A Delhi court has allowed Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, accused in Aircel-Maxis and INX Media scam cases, to travel to Spain and the United Kingdom from June 25 to July 17.
If your children live abroad, rely more on financial assets as they are easier to liquidate and move across borders.
The e-visa authority project, allowing entry without a physical visa, has overshot the October 2 deadline
Indians make up the largest expatriate population in Bahrain with more than 300,000 residing in the Kingdom.
If you are travelling internationally in the next two months, it's a good time to exchange your currency.
The system, which will take effect from October 3, is expected to reduce the time visa applicants have to wait for an interview, a senior US Embassy official said.
Indian tourists travelling to Malaysia can now avail the 'visa on arrival' facility and can invest in real estate and property in Malaysia.
Complete authoritative information on the subject of visa application was available at the website www.newdelhi.usembassy.gov.
The Indian government had in January 2010 launched VoA scheme to attract more foreign tourists to India.
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the twin tower attacks, the US Travel Association also urged the Transportation and Security Administration to reduce the security screening wait time at major airports to less than 10 minutes.
Indians who traveled abroad in 2002 spent $152 million using Visa cards, an increase of 29 per cent compared to that a year ago, Visa International said in Mumbai on Monday.\n\n\n\n
Modi and the Qatari Prime Minister, who is in New Delhi on his first visit, discussed enhancing cooperation in defence and security, in particular in cyber security and agreed on joint action to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing.
Almost all Indian IT companies pay between $8,000 and $10,000 per H1B visa as per the hike
China plans to introduce a new visa regime titled "talent introduction" in an effort to attract more skilled professionals from abroad.
The Australian government will put in place from March 1, 2004 new arrangements to make it easier to apply for business or tourist visa from India.
New Zealand Immigration Service, the authorised body for issuing visas for New Zealand, on Thursday opened visa collection centres in Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi.
Visitors from 11 countries will be eligible to get a VoA from May 31 at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, GMR said.
International budget airline Air Arabia launched on Friday online visa services for passengers to the UAE.
India charges $100 as visa fee while other countries like Sri Lanka and Maldives charge only $25.
Slowing growth and execution challenges for Cognizant (CTSH) may well allow Infosys to overtake the former after a decade. Cognizant had marched ahead of Infosys in terms of revenue in the first quarter of financial year 2012-13. The Nasdaq-listed IT services firm's performance in Q3 and the guidance for Q4 and full-year 2022 suggest that it could take time for Cognizant to see the expected improvement in performance from its decision to restructure.
Tainted Pakistan pacer Mohammad Amir will resume his international cricket career in New Zealand as immigration officials granted him a visa following a five-year ban and jail time for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2010 tour of England.
The rupee depreciation will work in favour of students who are currently studying in the US and plan to secure a job that pays in dollars.
The Prime Minister said India was ready to support the setting up of a Trade Office in New Delhi to promote trade between India and Pacific Island countries.
This was stated by Parvez Dewan, Toursim Secretary, while inaugurating the SATTE 2013 (South Asian Tourism and Travel Expo in New Delhi.
If the deal goes through this will be second deal for Ebix in seven months, having bought Centrum group's forex and travel business Centrum Direct for a reported Rs 1,2000 crore valuation last August.
Some banks might charge you a nominal amount of Rs 100-150 for issuing the card.
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Victims decry Ministry of External Affairs' 'vengeful' decision to stop them from leaving the country if they have a 'T' visa (Trafficking category) affixed on their passports. George Joseph/Rediff.com reports
On issues like the extradition of tycoon Vijay Mallya, which was already proceeding slowly, further delays should be expected, says Aditi Phadnis.
Over the years, Khalistani extremists were further "emboldened" and started "operating with impunity" from Canada.
He addressed a seminar on India and Sweden in Stockholm.
American corporations have suffered production delays, friction with customers and foreign tourists have decided to take their business elsewhere.
Obama had bypassed Congress to announce most sweeping immigration reform
Extensions of H-1B visas have become even tougher, in particular if the employee has been on a bench for any part of their previous duration.
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Relaxation in visa regime with introduction of visa-on-arrival enabling electronic travel authorisation (ETA) for 43 countries was a high point for the Tourism Ministry in 2014.
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