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  Taliban urges India to grant visas to Afghan businessmen; calls New Delhi a 'key regional player'

  World | January 10, 2025 12:02 IST

  While assuring New Delhi that Afghanistan does not pose a threat to any nation, Taliban has urged India to grant visa to Afghan businessmen, students, patients.

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  Attention! Spouses of H-1B visa holders can now work in US | Details

  World | March 30, 2023 9:58 IST

  Tech giants like Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft had opposed the lawsuit as a large part of their workforce consists of spouses of H-1B workers.

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  US takes massive step for business, tourist visa holders! Allows job applications | Details

  World | March 23, 2023 10:12 IST

  The federal agency said that when nonimmigrant workers are laid off, they may not be aware of their options and may, in some instances, wrongly assume that they have no option but to leave the country within 60 days.

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  COVID: Nepal resumes on-arrival visas for foreign tourists

  World | September 24, 2021 10:39 IST

  Foreign visitors will need to go through antigen tests after their arrival, and put in isolation if they test positive.

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  Expedite process of issuing visas to international students: Senators to US government

  World | August 07, 2021 6:37 IST

  In India, for instance in Delhi, only emergency visas are currently being issued by the US Embassy, as a result of which a large number of Indian students are uncertain about their academic future for the next session beginning this Fall.

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  US group opposes Biden admin's steps on H1B visas

  World | March 12, 2021 6:58 IST

  A US group on Thursday opposed the move of the Biden administration to reverse some decisions of the previous Trump administration with regard to H-1B visas, in particular going back to the lottery system for allocation of this most sought-after work visa for foreign technology professionals.

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  US cancels over 1,000 Chinese visas over possible military links

  World | September 10, 2020 8:50 IST

  Visas of more than 1,000 Chinese nationals were revoked by the United States, a State Department spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The development comes following a May 29 presidential proclamation to suspend entry from China.

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  COVID-19: Govt suspends all visas till lockdown, bars travel by OCI card-holders

  India | May 07, 2020 13:13 IST

  All visas for foreign nationals and the OCI card visa-free travel for Indian-origin people, who are not in the country, remain suspended till the restrictions on international travel to and from India remain in place, the Indian embassy here said on Wednesday.

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  Singapore does a US, asks Indian IT companies to hire local talent

  World | April 03, 2017 10:50 IST

  While the Trump administration, on one hand, continues with its hard-nosed approach against H-1B visa programme, Asian country Singapore seems to be walking on the footprints of the United States.

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  Trump's Immigration Ban: Visa holders rush to board flights to US amid reprieve

  World | February 05, 2017 22:38 IST

  Visa holders from seven majority- Muslim countries who were turned away from the US due to President Donald Trump's travel ban are rushing to try again, hoping to make it through a narrow window opened

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  Over 1 lakh visas revoked after President Trump’s travel ban

  World | February 04, 2017 9:21 IST

  The US has revoked more than 100,000 visas after President Donald Trump signed executive orders on immigration that banned people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country.

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  Japan to ease requirements for multiple-entry visas to Indians

  World | December 14, 2015 16:01 IST

  Tokyo: Japan today said it will ease requirements for issuing multiple-entry visas to short-term Indian travellers from January 11, days after India announced 'visa on arrival' to all Japanese citizens from March 1.  Under the

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  Budget 2015: A thumbs up from tourism sector

  February 28, 2015 20:26 IST

  New Delhi: The government's move to extend visas on arrival facility to 150 countries and make world heritage sites more tourist friendly has been welcomed by the industry.Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in his first full-year

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  Narendra Modi announces lifelong visas for Indian diaspora

  World | September 29, 2014 7:08 IST

  New York: Amid cheers from thousands of Indian-Americans, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday announced several measures to ease travel to their motherland including life-long visas."Happy?" he asked as the crowd cheered his announcement with

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  340 Sikh pilgrims given visas for Pakistan

  India | June 07, 2014 8:21 IST

  New Delhi: The Pakistan High Commission here Friday issued visas to around 340 Sikh pilgrims to visit the Gurdwara Punja Sahib in Hassanabdal in Pakistani Punjab on June 8 to perform rituals.The high commission, in

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  India to issue 3,000 visas to Pak cricket fans; 300 for VIPs

  Cricket | December 11, 2012 17:00 IST

  New Delhi, Dec 11: India will issue 3,000 visas to Pakistani fans and an additional 300 visas to VIPs of that country to witness the upcoming Indo-Pak limited over cricket series beginning December 25, Lok

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  Indian, Pakistani elders to get visas on arrival

  World | September 08, 2012 17:26 IST

  Islamabad, Sep 8: Senior citizens, aged 65 and above, in India and Pakistan can now walk across the border between the two countries and need not go through the hassles of getting a visa from

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  Pak TT manager blames India for late visa clearance

  Other Sports | June 17, 2012 22:17 IST

  Shillong, Jun 17: The Pakistan table tennis team authorities today alleged that the late clearance of players' visas by the Indian authorities has hampered their medal hunt at the ongoing 12th South Asian Federation Junior