Net visa forms confuse
The newly introduced system of filling in visa application forms online — Immigration, Visa and Foreigners’ Registration and Tracking system — has found few takers from Pakistan. The process is more c
‘Visa on arrival’ at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Much to the relief of over 10 lakh tourists visiting Hyderabad every year, the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad might soon have ‘Visa on Arrival’ facilities.
The facility was earlier
4 per cent dip in US travellers from Chennai
The number of persons applying for a visa for the US at the consulate in Chennai has come down by 4 per cent compared to the same period last year, said Nicholas Manring, chief of consular services at
H-1B visa applications to be accepted from April 2: US
Applications for the most sought after H-1B work visa – used extensively by Indian IT professionals – for the fiscal beginning October 1, would be accepted beginning April 2, a federal immigration age
US hikes H-1B visa fee; move to hit Indian IT companies
In a move that is expected to hit Indian IT companies majorly, the US government has decided to hike H-1B visa fee from next fiscal even as the maximum number of applications for fiscal year 2013 has
Pak activists launch campaign to relax visa regime with India
Pakistani civil society activists have started a campaign to collect 100,000 signatures in support of a relaxed visa regime with India that will be presented to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani.
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Indian, US companies seek Obama's intervention on visa delays
Top Indian and American IT companies has sought the intervention of US President Barack Obama on 'unprecedented delays and uncertainty' around L1 work visas, which they argued is badly effecting their
Usain Bolt gets speeding ticket for running too fast in Visa ad
Usain Bolt gets a speeding ticket in his new ad, where he is seen sprinting across London in a bid to get to the Olympic Stadium on time.
The ad is intended to showcase the Visa’s Flow Faster campaig
Great news for American visa-seekers
In what may come as good news to American visa applicants, the United States today announced that Indians who are renewing their visas, valid or expired, within four years, are likely to get waiver fo
High rate of denial of H-1B, L-1 visas to Indians: report
US immigration authorities, in the past four years, have increased denial of work-related visas, with India-born professionals being refused at higher rates than nationals of other countries, an Ameri