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`Visa row will harm US-China friendship`

The US State Department has ordered Chinese academics with visas that offer cultural and educational...

Britain makes it tough for Pakistani students

British Home Office figures have revealed that thousands of student visa applicants cannot speak Eng...

Stapled visas not issued to Kashmiris: China

China has apparently acknowledged that it has discontinued its policy of issuing stapled visas to p...

NRIs flay pay limit for UK settlement

The new measure is scheduled to take effect from 2016 and is likely to reduce the number of Indian a...

US Lawmakers question rise in denial of H1B visas

H-1B and L1 work visas are popular among Indian professionals.

`More Indians being denied US work visas`

India-born professionals are being refused US work visas at higher rates than nationals of other cou...

US visas: India on waiting list

The Obama administration has put India literally on the waiting list mode!

`Australian migrants don`t know how to wear deo`

Australian opposition has landed in hot waters after Terese Gambaro suggested that migrants should b...

Indian students keeping off UK universities?

A number of institutions are seeing declines of between 20 and 30 % in applicant numbers from the I...

Indians worst hit as Oz axes 15,000 student visas

The crackdown has hit Indian students the hardest. One in every six foreign students is an Indian.

Indian visa scam: Pak ministry officers held

A gang involved in the illegal issuance of Indian visas has been busted in Pakistan.

A factory for fake visas in Bangladesh

A raid at a printing unit in Bangladesh has revealed it was producing fake British documents on "an ...

Stapled visas: India upset with China

India expressed unhappiness over the issuance of stapled visas by China to five sportspersons from...

Long term visas for Goans settled abroad

The Union Home Ministry has advised Indian missions abroad to extend long-term visas to Goans sett...

More curbs on UK student visas come into effect

As part efforts to curb abuse of student visas, new restrictions announced by the Cameron govt on w...

On-arrival-visas to continue: Sri Lankan govt

Sri Lankan govt said it will continue with the Visa-on-Arrival policy despite its decision to implem...

Pakistan issues over 60 visas to CIA officials

The decision to issue the visas comes after an understanding between the two countries on CIA deploy...

Pakistan pledges more than three dozen CIA visas

The visas are part of an agreement to rebuild counter-terrorism efforts by forming a joint intellige...

UK student visas to be cut by quarter of a million

Almost a quarter of a million fewer overseas student visas are expected to be issued over the next ...

‘No restrictions by Kuwait on issuing visas to Pakistanis’

Pakistan on Monday announced that Kuwait had not imposed any restrictions on issuing visas to its n...

US government revokes more visas for Haitians

Jon Piechowski declined to disclose the identities of the Haitians.

UK govt outlines major overhaul of student visas

Tougher entrance criteria, limits on work entitlements and the closure of the post study work rout...

TVU: 50% Indian students to get visa reinstatement

More than 50 percent of the Indian students hit by the closure of California-based Tri Valley Unive...

Now, China issues staple visas to Arunachal men

In a departure from past practice, China has begun issuing visas to residents of Arunachal Pradesh...

Understanding reached on stapled visa issue: Indian envoy

India and China have agreed to "appropriately resolve" the issue of stapled visas, S Jaishankar said...

Swaraj raises issues of stapled visas, incursions with Wen

Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj called on visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiab...

India, China to resolve outstanding differences

India and China on Friday reached broad consensus on several issues and pledged firm commitment to ...

Stapled visas to Kashmiris to figure in Singh-Wen talks

The controversial issue of stapled Chinese visas to Kashmiris and Sino-India economic ties are expec...

China needs to give uniform visas to all Indians: India

With China remaining adamant on issuing stapled visas to people from J&K, India Tuesday night asked ...

`Relief for PIOs, to be allotted extendable visas only`

Persons of Indian origin (PIO) visiting India will now be issued only long-term extendable visas and...

New Zealand to issue interim visas to foreigners

The new visa is being introduced as part of the New Immigration Act.

Visa fee hike aimed at curbing misuse of H1B visas: US Senator

Senior New York Senator Charles Schumer said the move was aimed at companies who hire foreign worker...

Afghan interpreters denied Dutch visas

Interpreters working with Oz troops in Oruzgan fear being killed by Taliban.

US grants 10,000 special visas to crime victims

The non-immigrant visa is intended to help crime investigations.

B’desh not to give visas to 1971 war criminals

Bangladesh has decided to send a list of suspected war criminals from the country`s 1971 secession c...

Indians grab maximum number of H-1B visas

Indian professionals grabbed one-third of the H-1B visas in 2009, even as there was a slump for the ...

Indians grab largest number of H-1B visas

Indian professionals took over one-third, the largest so far, of the H-1B visas in 2009, even as t...

Fake visa racket unearthed, 27 held at IGI

Twenty-seven people planning to go to Dubai allegedly with fake visas were today detained by CISF ...

US visas pose `appallingly pervasive problem`

A day after India raised the issue of visas for Indian professionals and skilled workers, a senior U...

US increases visa application fee from June 04

The US will increase fee of issuing non-immigrant visas in all categories.

India, China to discuss Kashmir visas, boundary Tuesday

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna on Monday left for Beijing on a four-day visit, during which In...

Security fears over online handling of UK visa applications

The online handling of British visa applications by an American firm has sparked off security fears.

Krishna to arrive tomorrow; to meet top Chinese leaders

SM Krishna will arrive here on Saturday for "comprehensive" talks with the top Chinese leadership co...

India asks China not to issue stapled visas for Kashmiris

India on Saturday asked China to stop the practice of issuing stapled visas to Indians from Jammu an...

"Visas given by China on loose sheets unacceptable"

Visas issued by Chinese embassy on loose sheets of paper are unacceptable to the government and immi...

India to take up with UK refund of students` fees

India will take up with the UK any case of students not getting their entitled fee refund on courses...

Four held for procuring visas on fake passports

Four persons, including a debt-ridden businessman, were arrested here for allegedly sending people...

New student visa rules for Indian students to hit UK univs

British universities fear that tighter visa rules for Indian students could hit their revenues as th...

Now, Britain tightens rules for student visas!

Days after Britain suspended issuing student visas in north India, Home Secretary Alan Johnson has a...

UK halts student visa requests in north India

UK has temporarily suspended acceptance of new student visa applications in north India.

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