New Delhi: A modern immigration and visa registration project, aimed at bringing all the information of foreigners under one platform, will be inaugurated in New Delhi by Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday. "The project envisages facilitation services to the travellers including online application forms, 24X7 online channel, phone support for grievance redressal and e-mail/SMS support for dissemination of information, application status and feedback," a Home Ministry statement said....
02:59 AM, May 25, 2012
London: An Indian man, who had arrived in the UK as a student in 2000 and went on to perpetuate a series of immigration scams, has been sentenced along with his wife for running a racket that helped many Indian citizens and others to stay in Britain illegally. Vijay Sorthia, 35, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, following which he will be deported to India, while his 31-year-old wife,...
06:07 PM, May 17, 2012
Attari/Wagah Border: Giving impetus to people-to-people contact and trade ties with Pakistan, India on Friday opened a modern Integrated Check Post (ICP), equipped with a dedicated passenger terminal and sprawling cargo facility, built at cost of Rs 150 crore. The ICP was inaugurated by Home Minister P Chidambaram in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Prakash Singh Badal and Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma. Pakistan Commerce Minister Makhdoom Amin...
02:22 AM, Apr 14, 2012
New Delhi: India has launched a complaint at the World Trade Organisation over the cost of US work visas, which it says are too high and discriminate against a group of Indian IT firms, in the latest sign of prickly trade ties between the two allies. The complaint is at the level of WTO "consultations" between the two parties - the last step to resolve a disagreement before entering a...
05:51 PM, Apr 10, 2012
London: A facility that allowed Indian students to work in the UK for two years after their courses are over will be closed from Friday as part of the Cameron governments drive to cut migration, which may put-off those aspiring to study in the UK. Under the Tier 1 (Post-study work) route, Indian and other non-EU students were able to take up work for two years here after the completion...
07:04 AM, Apr 06, 2012
London: For the first time, Britain is breaking the link between the number of years a migrant spends in the country and permanent settlement, by introducing a 35,000-pound annual salary threshold for those seeking to avail the privilege, a move that is likely to affect Indians. Until now, permanent settlement was automatic: if a migrant spends five years in the UK in an immigration route that leads to settlement, and...
07:37 PM, Feb 29, 2012
Washington: To make America more attractive to highly-skilled foreign students and workers, the United States has announced a series of reforms, including changes in the F-1 and H-1B visa rules, that may benefit professionals from India. The interim measures are aimed at improving the competitiveness of US companies in the world market and stimulating US job creation before comprehensive immigration reforms for "fixing our broken immigration system," the Department of...
01:30 PM, Feb 04, 2012
London: Britain's new immigration rules will now allow only those immigrants 'who add to the quality of life'. Two proposals outlined in a major speech by Immigration Minister Damian Green are likely to affect Indian professionals and migrants. The government has already announced its intention to scrap the Post-Study Work visa for non-EU students, which has been popular among Indians. The proposal states that non-EU professionals, whose annual income at...
08:30 AM, Feb 03, 2012
Washington: In a bid to expedite the student visa process, the US has reduced its wait period globally to less than 15 days, and said the prospective students could apply for the country's visa up to four months before the start of the academic session. "Worldwide, the maximum wait for a student visa appointment is fewer than 15 days. Foreign students can apply for their visas up to 120 days...
10:40 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Melbourne: Australian authorities have cancelled 15,066 student visas of foreign nationals, including Indians, for breaching visa conditions, reports said. The Immigration Department has already cancelled 15,066 foreign student visas in the past year, a 37 per cent spike from the previous year. About 3,624 students are facing deportation for flunking subjects or missing classes and a further 2,235 visas were cancelled on students who quit their original courses and were...
09:55 AM, Oct 25, 2011
London: UK on Wednesday announced that Indian and other non-EU professionals will have to return to their countries of origin after their work visa expires instead of being allowed to settle in UK after working for five years. Currently, immigration rules allow non-EU professionals to settle in Britain indefinitely after working for five years. This provision is likely to be soon scrapped under the David Cameron government's plans to cut...
05:45 PM, Oct 05, 2011
Washington: Facing weakening support among Hispanics, President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration on Wednesday over what he called an inaccurate and damaging perception that he can fix the nation's flawed immigration system on his own. "This notion that somehow I can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true," Obama said during a White House roundtable targeting Hispanic voters, a key constituency for the president's re-election campaign. The president...
12:57 AM, Sep 29, 2011
Melbourne: Witnessing a steep decline in foreigners' enrolment in its universities, Australia on Thursday announced that it would relax some visa requirements to win back overseas students, including Indians. The new changes, expected to be enforced from the second semester of 2012 in the Australian universities, follow a review of the student visa programme led by ex-New South Wales government minister Michael Knight. Under the new rules, the financial requirements...
04:29 PM, Sep 22, 2011
London: The David Cameron government's promise to substantially cut net migration during the tenure of the current parliament is unlikely to be met, according to a new analysis by the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford. In the promise made before the 2010 election and repeated often after coming to power, Conservative party leaders had promised to bring in tough restrictions to cut net migration (the annual difference between...
04:14 PM, Jun 21, 2011
London: Several Indian professionals will be adversely affected by Britain's new immigration rules that come into effect on Wednesday as part of the David Cameron government's efforts to reduce migration from non-European Union countries. The new immigration regime includes tighter rules for students, limits on skilled professionals and new restrictions on the settlement of migrants who are already in Britain. The HSMP Forum, a campaign group espousing the cause of...
11:19 PM, Apr 05, 2011
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