The Indian government has defended its decision to issue a visa to former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad, saying he is not on India's 'negative list'.
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, officially, has not come out on the number of H-1B applications received by it since April 1 when it started accepting petitions for it for the fiscal 2014 beginning October 1, 2013.
Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has announced that Canada will start issuing 10-year visas.
"We are very willing to interact with him (Modi) at the first given opportunity and would like to take forward business relations. Would also say that everybody is welcome to Europe," Belgium Consul general to Mumbai Karl Van den Bossche told media persons in Ahmedabad on a question about Modi.
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.
The State Department has proposed not to issue temporary business visas for H-1B speciality occupations which allowed several companies to send their technology professionals for a short stay to complete jobs on site in the US, a move which could affect hundreds of Indians. The proposal, if finalised, will eliminate any misconception that the "B-1 in lieu of H policy" provides an alternative avenue for foreign professionals to enter the US to perform skilled labour that allows, and potentially even encourages them and their employers to circumvent the restrictions and requirements relating to the H non-immigrant classification established by Congress to protect the US workers, the State Department said.
The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015
Earlier, the government had extended the regular and e-visa of those foreigners who are currently in India and unable to leave the country due to the outbreak of coronavirus, till April 15.
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A furious Pakistan Cricket Board lodged a complaint with the ICC over delays in visas and 'inappropriate conduct' targetted towards the Pakistan players.
Shoaib Akhtar has said that Indian cricket has progressed not because of the IPL, but because of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and has advised PCB to focus on the team instead of running after the BCCI for normalising cricket ties.
This non-refundable fee will support the new electronic registration system to make the H-1B cap selection process more efficient for both petitioners and the federal agency, USCIS said.
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Reserve Bank has directed banks to provide their eligible customers with an option to choose from multiple card networks at the time of issuing credit or debit cards, a move which will benefit card users. The central bank also asked issuers of credit cards not to enter into any arrangement or agreement with card networks that restrain customers from availing the services of other networks.
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There was much demand for the visa centre in Wales to ensure speedier processing of applications. Earlier, applicants seeking visas here would need to travel to the Indian consulate in Birmingham or the High Commission in London. The centre has been set up following representations made to Mukherjee during his visit to Cardiff last year.
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The United States of America's consular sections in India now plans to adjust the consular exchange rate.
A temporary work visa, the 457 visa allows skilled workers to come to Australia for an approved business for up to four years.
The US state department, which issued the revised travel advisory, on Wednesday said that the exemptions have been given under the national interest category.
On June 23, in a huge blow to Indian IT professionals eyeing the US job market, the Trump administration suspended the H-1B visas along with other types of foreign work visas until the end of 2020 to protect American workers in a crucial election year.
Like last year, the agency will receive applications between April 1 and April 5. If the cap is not reached, it will continue to accept applications for five more days.
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The IOC said the refusal of visas for competitors went against the principles of the Olympic charter relating to discrimination and political interference from the host country.
A procedure known as the Technology Alert List, used to screen visa applications or stamping of visa extensions of people coming to the United States for graduate studies, research or employment in certain specialized areas, seems to have become a hurdle for some highly qualified Indians who want to return to the US.
Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Shiv Shankar Mukherjee has inaugurated an Indian visa application centre in Glasgow, making it the seventh such centre in the United Kingdom.
India is struggling with a second wave of the pandemic with more than 3,00,000 daily new coronavirus cases being reported in the past few days, and hospitals are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen and beds.
The United States continued to maintain silence on granting a visa to Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi, whose party-led NDA is projected by exit polls to form the next government in India.
The move is aimed at attracting more transit visitors to shop in Chinese markets.
"Applicants for residence visa will be fingerprinted under a tighter biometric system to provide more secure identification and prevent fraud," major general Nasser Al Awadi Al Minhali, acting director-general of the Federal Naturalisation and Residency Department, told the Gulf News.
Swaraj directed the Indian HC in Islamabad to issue a visa to her for medical treatment.
The new information required by the Department of Labour is significant because before sponsoring a foreign worker for the H-1B visa, the company needs to get its labour application approved by it.
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All we want from the government is to give us visa and they can't even deliver that, says Inder Singh, chairman of Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin International
The USCIS announcement indicated that the US government is going to be tough and stringent in approval of H-1B visas this year.
Tata Consultancy Services, India's largest information technology services company, says visa rejections have gone up significantly compared to a few years ago.
Canadian Immigration officers are concerned about increasing fraudulent documents, including papers for funerals of nearest relatives that people in Punjab file with visa applications in several categories. These papers lead to an increase in volume of their work several fold.
He said his administration is going to enforce 'Hire American' rules that are designed to protect jobs and wages of workers in the United States.
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