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.
Imran, 29, gave a hoax warning to the US Consulate in Karachi to avenge two relatives of the girl he is in love with.
The United States of America's consular sections in India now plans to adjust the consular exchange rate.
Out of the 74 new US diplomatic positions, China will get 15, followed by India with 12 new posts.
The State Department says it informed the Indian embassy in Washington, DC in Deptember about the troubles that awaited diplomat Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested on the charges of alleged fraud in New York on December 12. A media statement issued by M Sridharan, the Counsellor (Press, Information and Culture), at the embassy clarifies the sequence of events.
He ordered to start the process of moving the United States embassy from Tel Aviv to the holy city.
The US consulate and the american centre were closed tuesday over
He was arrested by the US-led forces in Iraq about four months ago on charges of entering a 'prohibited' area and taking photographs.
'We are now engaged in a serious dialogue to see what kind of things we might be able to do on the civilian nuclear side,' says US Charges de affairs Robert O Blake.
'If the Americans believed that India is as strong as China or Russia, would they have shown this scant respect for us,' asks Tarun Vijay, MP. 'An economically strong and militarily powerful India would never have had this experience. Not just the Americans, everyone in this world respects might. China receives respect, India gets the law book.'
Longtime diplomatic observers feel that if Narendra Modi were to become prime minister or even a Cabinet official if the BJP captures power in the next election, there is no way the State Department would refuse him entry into the US, unless Washington wanted to risk the unravelling of the carefully nurtured US-India strategic partnership. Rediff.com's Aziz Haniffa reports from Washington, DC.
Delhi cops claimed to have busted a 'Kabootar Baazi' (human trafficking) racket of providing fake supportive documents to obtain US visa in lieu of Rs 10 lakh from each passenger
Time, quoting a former intelligence analyst, says that insurgents tied to Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi patrol Haifa Street, a busy Baghdad thoroughfare from where the US embassy lies within mortar range.
The three commemorative coins -- in gold, silver and nickel-plated -- feature an "affirmative handshake" between the two leaders, the scheduled date of the summit, the flags of both countries and the national flowers.
The explosion, which destroyed the waiting area at the Davao City airport on Mindanao Island, struck at about 5.30 pm. local time.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday described the indictment of diplomat Devyani Khobragade in the United States as a "defeat" for India, saying that the criminal case against her would remain in America.
The FBI will help Bangladesh probe the brutal killing of the prominent American blogger-writer
Of the 23 million visas processed by VFS in 2017 calendar year, one fifth were in India, making it the company's biggest market.
Modi has been denied diplomatic visa and his tourist/business visa already granted has also been revoked as per the US Immigration and Nationality Act.
The United States Agency for International Development will provide a $10 million technical aid for development of Indian insurance sector over the next four years.\n\n\n\n
Mulford said the increase was due to growth in relationship between the US and India and recognition that exchange in higher education had contributed greatly to both countries.
The victim could not be identified until the family was informed, a US embassy spokesman said.
A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.
With its new army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa set to take charge, Pakistan has asserted that focus will remain on country's eastern border with India, even as the US nudged Islamabad to keep the pledge of not allowing use of its soil for terror attacks against neighbours.
If confirmed by the senate, John Negroponte would head what might become the largest US embassy in the world in terms of manpower.
The meeting took place at Bill Clinton's request, according to a report.
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