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Canada proposes stricter rules for citizenship by descentCanada is considering tighter regulations for citizenship by descent under Bill C-3, potentially limiting it to the first generation born a...
Canada ends fast-track visa for students from 14 nationsCanada discontinued its Student Direct Stream (SDS) visa program for international students to address housing and resource challenges. Imp...
Assam not to send pre-2014 immigrants to foreigners tribunalThe Assam government has instructed the state police to not forward cases of eligible individuals under the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 ...
CAA: Supreme Court agrees to hear plea on March 19 seeking stay on Citizenship Amendment rulesThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear pleas seeking a direction to the Centre to stay the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Rules,...
'7,306 Pakistan nationals seek citizenship'; CAA rules yet to be notifiedThe government brought the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019 to expedite the grant of citizenship to six minorities from the neighbouri...
Visa or extension applications will not be denied outright, under new USCIS policyUSCIS has rescinded a Trump-era (July 2018) memo that permitted immigration officers to deny benefit requests (say a visa application, or a...
Railways running special trains from Guwahati to help stranded passengers in AssamSpecial passenger trains are being run in Guwahati so that people reach their destination in upper Assam. One such train was operated on Fr...
158 Pakistani Hindus get Indian citizenship 3,733 get Long Term Visa"While citizenship has been granted to 158 Pak nationals, LTV has been granted to as many as 3,733 Pakistani nationals during the period,"M...
Government to accept online visa applications from Pakistani HindusAs a first step to grant Indian citizenship to nearly 60,000 Hindu refugees from Pakistan, government has rolled out an online system for s...
Home ministry teams to resolve issues related to long-term visa faced by Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladeshi citizensA meeting was taken in this regard on Tuesday by additional secretary (foreigners) in the home ministry B K Prasad with representatives of ...
Home Ministry teams to visit select districts for LTV, citizenship issuesRajnath Singh had set up the Task Force to monitor and expedite processing of citizenship and LTV applications on September 5 last.
Home Ministry plans job package for Hindu refugees from PakistanThe Home Ministry is planning a package which includes private jobs for Hindu and Sikh refugees from Pakistan who have migrated to India al...
MHA to expedite visa issues of minority from Pakistan, Bangladesh and AfghanistanHome Min has convened a meeting with representatives of minority communities from neighbouring countries to address their issue of visa & c...
Government announces concessions for refugees from Pakistan, AfghanistanThe eligible applicants who were facing difficulties in submitting online applications can now submit the same manually along with their pa...
Nitin Gadkari meets Rajnath Singh on visa, citizenship issuesA delegation of Sindhi and Bengali communities accompanied by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh .
Pakistani Hindus in India may get visa reprieveHome Ministry has constituted a taskforce that will monitor and expedite processing of citizenship and long term visa applications for Paki...
Home Ministry task force to monitor giving citizenship to Pakistan, Bangladesh HindusHM reviewed matters relating to grant of citizenship that takes a long time for completion of the entire process and decided to set up the ...