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
US sounds warning to incoming students; these visa violations may cost you your futureThe US Embassy in India has warned students that violating US laws can lead to visa cancellation, deportation, and future travel restrictio...
07 Jan, 2026, 05.32 PM 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
US revives plan to use facial recognition to track all foreigners entering or leaving USThe US Customs and Border Protection will bring back biometric tracking. Facial recognition will be used for people entering and leaving th...
04 Jul, 2025, 05.15 PM IST
US now demanding home addresses & biometrics from H-1B visa workers; raises concernU.S. immigration authorities are now requesting home addresses and biometric data through Requests for Evidence (RFEs) in H-1B and other em...
22 Apr, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
Assam police, BSF apprehend three Bangladeshi nationals, push them backAssam police and BSF apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals and pushed them back across the border. The Assam government has intensified c...
24 Sep, 2024, 10.07 PM IST
Assam continues to apprehend illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators, four people pushed backAssam has intensified efforts to detect and repatriate illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Since January, 54 illegal immigrants have been detec...
23 Sep, 2024, 09.07 PM IST
Faster immigration clearance programme to be launched at 7 more airports soonA new programme to expedite immigration for pre-verified Indian nationals and OCI cardholders will soon be available at major airports in I...
18 Sep, 2024, 05.33 PM IST
Five Bangladeshi infiltrators pushed back by Assam policeAssam police apprehended and pushed back five illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. Since January, 54 illegal immigrants have been detected i...
08 Sep, 2024, 08.44 PM IST
Assam government asks police to conduct an enumeration of suspected illegal immigrantsThe Assam government has directed the police to enumerate suspected illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, collect their biometrics, and recor...
07 Sep, 2024, 09.15 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
UK to replace physical biometric immigration cards with e-visas by 2025The UK is set to replace physical biometric immigration cards with e-visas by 2025. As part of a digital border initiative, the move aims t...
12 Feb, 2024, 02.43 PM IST
Mizoram government has started the process of capturing biometric details of Myanmar nationals staying in the state since February 2021The letter from Under-secretary of Government of India, Pratap Singh Rawat to the chief secretaries of Manipur and Mizoram stated,” It is f...
30 Jul, 2023, 11.15 PM IST
Indian firm bags immigration service contract from UK governmentBLS International Services along with European IT firm Sopra Steria will jointly work on projects that involves collecting biometrics from ...
24 May, 2018, 06.57 PM IST
Don't deny benefits to those without Aadhar: Supreme Court to GovtThe Supreme Court has ordered the government not to withhold any social benefits from those who are yet to get the Aadhar card.
24 Sep, 2013, 05.58 AM IST
- Fingerprint checks at UK airports from Monday
British immigration authorities are introducing fingerprint checks at the border for Indian and other passengers with biometric UK visas, e...
29 Nov, 2009, 03.22 PM IST
- Nilekani to give numbers, ministries to issue cards
Nilekani team will focus simply on ways to give all citizens a unique number and let others issue cards. HCL Tech scouting for buyouts: CEO...
16 Jul, 2009, 01.50 PM IST