UAE flags over 32,000 visa violators in first half of 2025UAE authorities apprehended over 32,000 visa violators in the first half of the year, according to the ICP. These individuals are facing le...
23 Jul, 2025, 01.24 PM IST
UAE launches amnesty programme for foreign workers overstaying permitsThe UAE is home to 2.8 million Indian expatriates, the largest expatriate community in the country.
01 Aug, 2018, 04.43 PM IST
Vladimir Putin tries to lure $1 trillion home as US sanctions fear deepens“People should feel comfortable and secure and it shouldn’t involve additional expenses,” Putin said Tuesday at a Cabinet meeting where he ...
27 Dec, 2017, 08.51 AM IST
No restrictions on H-1B visa: US officialThe year-over-year increase in terms of issuance of H-1B visas and L1 visas (work permit) to Indians is six per cent each, the official sai...
14 Sep, 2017, 08.50 PM IST
China mulls rare amnesty to prisoners amid WW-II celebrationsChina may grant a special amnesty to prisoners not seen as a threat to society, in a rare gesture by the Communist nation ahead of the 70th...
24 Aug, 2015, 07.26 PM IST
'Sentencing of Pakistan media mogul will have chilling effect'Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, owner of Geo and Jang group, was handed down the prison term in absentia for allowing the broadcast of a "blasphemous...
27 Nov, 2014, 07.02 PM IST
No service tax amnesty offer for next 20 years: P ChidambaramChidambaram today said the government may not be able to announce amnesty programmes such as the Service Tax Voluntary Compliance Encourage...
04 Dec, 2013, 06.03 PM IST
65,000 Indians in Saudi legally secure ahead of visa deadlineAround 90k Indians had approached the Embassy of India for regularisation of their documents as part of the amnesty programme.
02 Jul, 2013, 10.51 AM IST
Death penalties are cruel: Amnesty says on Kasab's executionThe execution of Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks undoes much of the progress India has made ...
21 Nov, 2012, 10.14 PM IST
Foreign account-holders with hidden wealth can approach Settlement Commission for amnestyThe SC route is pragmatic as the law offers such an option to all individuals. The idea is to avoid prolonged litigation.
12 Jul, 2012, 08.32 AM IST
Union Budget 2012 makes it mandatory for taxpayer to declare foreign bank accounts & other offshore assetsThe US had offered immunity from prosecution to those who have disclosed such income within the period specified under the law.
16 Mar, 2012, 02.25 PM IST
Over 2 million register with Malaysia's immigration officeMore than 2.3 mn foreign workers, including Indians, as well as illegal immigrants have registered under a new programme that aims to creat...
01 Dec, 2011, 10.43 PM IST
Immigrant workers including Indians can seek excess amount paid for registration in Malaysia: Ex-chairmanImmigrants, who paid exorbitant fees for registration in Malaysia, can file case with consumer tribunal to get back excess money paid.
05 Sep, 2011, 04.11 PM IST
- Malaysia to launch amnesty programme for illegal immigrants
Malaysia, which has nearly 2 million illegal foreign workers, including Indians, will soon launch a large-scale legalisation and amnesty pr...
06 Jun, 2011, 03.18 PM IST
- UAE says no extension of amnesty period
The UAE says no to extension of the three-month amnesty period for illegal immigrants in the Gulf country.
29 Aug, 2007, 12.20 PM IST
- Black is beautiful, Give it to me
World over, amnesty schemes have had mixed results - from a stupendous success in Ireland to a total disaster in Argentina. As India is on ...
02 Feb, 2005, 11.17 PM IST
- No amnesty, but evaders may get another breather
The UPA government is set to come up with schemes to unearth black money, but without offering amnesty.
01 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST