Kuwait lifts 5-month ban on commercial visit visa

Kuwait lifts 5-month ban on commercial visit visa Dubai: Kuwait, which has large number of expatriates from India, has lifted a five-month ban on transferring commercial visit visas to work permits. The ban had been imposed to regulate the influx of unskilled labourers into the country, thereby maintaining demographic balance, the country's Ministry of Social Affairs and Labour (MSAL) said. Expatriates who are academically qualified can now secure work permits, while those without qualifications are only allowed to...
09:29 PM, Feb 07, 2012

Serial bride from Russia dupes 3 for work permit

Serial bride from Russia dupes 3 for work permit Mumbai: In the season of romance, a sinister tale of love and entrapment that stretches across cultures has emerged from the crime files of Dahisar police station. According to an FIR lodged at the Dahisar police station, a woman of Russian nationality identified as Mashkina Svetlana has been on the prowl in the country since 2002. She has entrapped several gullible men in various cities across the country and is...
01:50 PM, Jul 29, 2011

House of Lords rules in favour of Indian doctors

House of Lords rules in favour of Indian doctors Houston: The judge in the fraud trial of wealthy cricket mogul Allen Stanford ordered the jury back to deliberations after they told him they could not reach a unanimous verdict. Stanford faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of 14 counts of fraud, money laundering, conspiracy and obstruction. Prosecutors alleged that he used his depositors' money as his personal piggy bank, accusing Stanford of buying up regulators and...
01:23 AM, May 01, 2008

Britain's new visa regime provokes Indian immigrants

Britain's new visa regime provokes Indian immigrants New Delhi: An admirer of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's captaincy, former Australian pacer Andy Bichel says India needed a leader like him for a very long time as he has the ability to get consistent performances from his teammates. Bichel worked with Dhoni during his stint as a bowling coach with Chennai Super Kings and became an admirer of his man-management skills. He's (Dhoni) the kind of captain who leads from...
05:36 PM, Feb 10, 2008

Touts using student visas to send people to US to work

Touts using student visas to send people to US to work Middlemen are using student visas to send people to the US to work. ...
08:34 PM, Jul 12, 2007

UK may deport Indian professionals

UK may deport Indian professionals Most professionals don't qualify for extension under the new point based system announced in November, 2006. ...
09:49 AM, Mar 30, 2007

Come to India if you want to smile

Come to India if you want to smile Indian docs may be facing an uncertain future in UK, but ironically, Brits are rushing to India for treatment. ...
11:23 PM, Mar 20, 2007

Indian docs in UK cured of worries

Indian docs in UK cured of worries UK concedes to their demand to withdraw a rule that would have excluded them from job interviews bu August 2007. ...
01:17 PM, Mar 09, 2007

UK visa rule on hold, docs relieved

UK visa rule on hold, docs relieved A stay order makes Indian doctors - under the Highly Skilled Migrant Programme - eligible for job interviews in UK. ...
10:59 PM, Mar 05, 2007

Indian docs in UK get a breather

Indian docs in UK get a breather Docs who don't have visas beyond August 1, 2007 will be eligible for recruitment to the National Health Service. ...
10:35 AM, Mar 05, 2007

Shilpa Shetty gets UK work permit

Shilpa Shetty gets UK work permit Shilpa Shetty has been granted a work permit by the British government that would enable her to make money in UK. ...
07:45 PM, Feb 11, 2007

Indian docs in UK are a unhappy lot

Indian docs in UK are a unhappy lot After a change in the immigration law, Indian doctors face an uncertain future in the United Kingdom. ...
09:40 PM, Feb 10, 2007

UK tells Indian doctors: pack up

UK tells Indian doctors: pack up Trainee Indian doctors in the United Kingdom may have to return home after court upholds permit-free training. ...
08:27 AM, Feb 10, 2007
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