99-year-old Indian-origin woman gets US citizenship, highlighting decades-long immigration waitThe immigration wait times in the United States have been the center of debate for many years. Only a small portion of green card applicant...
08 Apr, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
VFS to expand India reach to cater to UK visa demandThis comes amidst Indian nationals accounting for the highest share (30%) of visitor visas granted by the UK in the year ended June 2023. C...
12 Dec, 2023, 03.30 PM IST
1.6 lakh Indians who gave up citizenship between 2018 and 2023 opted for Canada; second to the USAustralia and the United Kingdom secured the third and fourth positions, respectively. Despite a dip in numbers in 2020 due to the pandemic...
25 Sep, 2023, 04.18 PM IST
Why Indians don't want to be Indian citizens anymoreLarge scale emigration of Indians began with British imperialism and the indentured labor system in the 19th century. In recent times, Indi...
01 Jul, 2023, 05.23 PM IST
- Big data aggregation
In a post-colony like India, any critical engagement with data-driven knowledge production has to consider the persistent role of colonial ...
15 Jun, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
Census, NPR unlikely in 2020"Census is not an essential exercise for now. Even if it is delayed by a year, there would be no harm," a senior official told PTI.
30 Aug, 2020, 04.11 PM IST
View: NRC-CAA move likely to stoke a statistical collapseIf a statistical fog renders data dubious, we can't identify what’s going right or wrong, or fix failures.
09 Feb, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Indians rush for US citizenship before Trump can shut doorsUncertainty over the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies, coupled with a desire to vote in the upcoming elections this year,...
21 Jan, 2020, 02.49 PM IST
Number of people eligible under CAA not fixed yet: G Kishan ReddyUnion Minister G Kishan Reddy said the data was not prepared yet even as the Centre would engage in talks with various state governments wh...
09 Jan, 2020, 05.09 PM IST
23 per cent petitions seeking H1-B visas were denied in 2019: MEAAccording to H-1B petition statistics of the USCIS, 84.8 per cent of the total H-1B petitions processed and completed in Fiscal Year 2019 (...
21 Nov, 2019, 06.05 PM IST
Indians for 2nd consecutive year are largest group of new citizens in AustraliaThe year ending June 30, 2018 (fiscal year 2017-18) had seen India emerge as the largest group to obtain Australian citizenship, toppling U...
31 Oct, 2019, 10.44 AM IST
20 lakh Bangladeshi Hindus to become Indians if Citizenship Bill is passed: Krishak Mukti Sangram SamitiAddressing a press conference, KMSS Adviser Akhil Gogoi slammed the BJP-led government for its attempt to get the Bill passed despite wides...
17 Jan, 2019, 06.31 PM IST
50% rise in Canadian citizenship for Indians this yearAs country of birth, India figured in the second highest number of applications from those claiming Canadian citizenship.
26 Dec, 2018, 01.11 PM IST
Khasi Students Union expresses opposition to the Citizenship (Amendment) BillMeghalaya High court had, recently, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Buddhists, Parsi...
13 Dec, 2018, 10.15 AM IST
Indians beat Chinese in race for Canada work visasStatistics for the first six months ending June 30, 2017, show that 13,670 Indians obtained work visas as opposed to just 8,680 Chinese.
18 Aug, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
Indians top list of new migrants in Australia: ReportAbout 123,400 applied to become Australian citizens in 2012-13, the highest number since 2011-12, the International Migration Outlook repor...
06 Dec, 2014, 02.12 PM IST
- Number of Indians adopting US citizenship decreases
The number of Indians adopting US citizenship has decreased though they are the second biggest ethnic group to acquire the green cards.
11 Jul, 2008, 09.37 AM IST