Indians become Australia’s largest migrant group for the first time, overtaking EnglandIndians are now Australia's largest migrant group, surpassing those from England. This shift highlights changing migration patterns, with o...
01 May, 2026, 11.51 AM IST
Centre fixes OCI card application fee at USD 275, scraps six-month stay ruleThe Indian government has revised OCI card application fees, setting the new OCI card fee at USD 275. Several changes to the application pr...
28 Apr, 2026, 08.14 PM IST
Fast-track immigration in India: Eligibility, registration and key details explainedIndia's Fast Track Immigration-Trusted Traveller Programme is now operational at 13 airports, allowing eligible Indian citizens and OCI car...
20 Apr, 2026, 10.11 AM IST
India medical tourism slips below pre-Covid peak amid geopolitics, visa delays and rising Asian competitionIndia's medical tourism is facing challenges. Arrivals have dropped significantly below pre-Covid levels. Geopolitical tensions and visa de...
18 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
OCI fees revised from April 1, 2026: How much you need to pay for new, reissued and duplicate cardsEffective April 1, 2026, the Bureau of Immigration has revised OCI service fees. Fresh applications now cost USD 275 abroad and Rs 15,000 w...
13 Apr, 2026, 05.01 PM IST
10 Indians indicted in US visa fraud conspiracyTen Indian nationals have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston in connection with a conspiracy to carry out staged armed robberi...
11 Apr, 2026, 10.54 AM IST
Indian-origin man who wrongly spent 43 yrs in US prison won't be deportedSubramanyam Vedam, an Indian-origin man, will not be deported from the US. Courts have halted his removal after his murder conviction was o...
05 Nov, 2025, 10.29 AM IST
Fast-track immigration clearance programme launched at five more airports by Amit ShahUnion Home Minister Amit Shah has extended the Fast Track Immigration–Trusted Traveller Programme (FTI-TTP) to five more airports, includin...
11 Sep, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
CIAL to launch smart gates for international travellers, self-immigration process in 20 secondsThis state-of-the-art facility will be launched by August 2024, CIAL said on Thursday and added that it has begun an infrastructure makeove...
25 Jul, 2024, 01.51 PM IST
Bureau of Immigration imposes Rs 1 lakh fine on Indigo for visa violationsIn a mandatory regulatory filing, InterGlobe Aviation Limited, the parent company of Indigo has disclosed that the Bureau of Immigration wh...
27 Jun, 2024, 12.43 PM IST
International passengers flag long queues at Delhi's immigration counters; government promises reliefNoting an overcrowding-like situation in Delhi airport, a senior official in the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) on Thursday said that th...
17 Mar, 2023, 04.54 PM IST
Govt yet to release collated foreign tourist arrival data for 2018, Q1 2019Tourism minister KJ Alphons said his ministry has not received the confirmed numbers from the bureau of immigration.
23 Apr, 2019, 09.37 AM IST
Immigration bureau of Thailand and VFS Global introduce new Thailand eVisa serviceVFS Global announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with the Immigration Bureau of Thailand to offer the new eVisa On Arrival (eVOA) serv...
29 Jan, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
India tops list of skilled visa immigrants in AustraliaA majority of them are fluent in English and many of them have also bought their own homes in the country, it said.
19 Jul, 2018, 09.31 PM IST
Over 18 per cent growth in foreign tourist arrivals in Sept: GovernmentFrom January to September this year, 10.67 lakh tourists arrived on e-Tourist Visa as compared to 6.75 lakh during the same period last yea...
12 Oct, 2017, 06.49 PM IST
CBI was aware that Vijay Mallya was leaving India on March 2The Bureau of Immigration (BoI) had alerted CBI on Mallya’s departure because there was a lookout circular on Mallya, issued last year at t...
11 Mar, 2016, 07.52 AM IST
- BOI may take over immigration at Ahmedabad airport by April end
There are 26 counters for immigration checks at SVPIA, 14 for departure and 12 for arrival, but they are functioning at half the strength o...
04 Feb, 2012, 06.03 PM IST