No French, No civic test: France’s exam‑free Visiteur visa Indian HNIs are quietly using as a first step to EU residencyFrance's 2026 immigration reforms, including civic exams and language tests, have caused concern for many. However, the financially indepen...
29 Apr, 2026, 04.43 PM IST
Immigrants in a spot as US looks to vet old green card approvalsUSCIS director Joseph B Edlow this weekend said the agency will reopen old cases to vet Biden-era green cards for fraud. This comes amid ti...
22 Apr, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
US to increase visa scrutiny after review finds screening gapsUSCIS has tightened immigration applicant screening and vetting after identifying significant gaps that allowed unqualified individuals to ...
31 Mar, 2026, 10.42 AM IST
Indians top list of new citizens in OECD countries in 2023Indians are now the leading source of new citizens in advanced economies. In 2023, 2.25 lakh Indians gained nationality in OECD countries, ...
04 Nov, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
Voters to now provide proof of citizenship starting with Bihar electionsThe Election Commission introduces new rules for voter enrollment. Voters enrolled after 2003-04 must now provide proof of citizenship. Thi...
25 Jun, 2025, 03.17 PM IST
4,500 from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan given citizenship in four yearsThe number of citizenships granted to minority communities were less due to the centralised process following which the Ministry of Home Af...
15 Mar, 2024, 12.28 AM IST
Centre to grant citizenship to minorities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan under Citizenship Act, 1955The move to grant citizenship under the Citizenship Act, 1955 and not the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 (CAA) bears signifi...
01 Nov, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Home Ministry seeks applications for citizenship from non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh in 13 districtsThe Union home ministry on Friday night issued the notification for immediate implementation of the order under the Citizenship Act 1955 an...
29 May, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
50k Indians got US citizenship last year, a rise of 10%While there was a decline in the aggregate number of individuals who obtained US naturalisation (a drop of 6% in FY2017), it was a differen...
19 Sep, 2018, 10.58 AM IST
US naturalisation rates increase among Indians: StudyBy 2015, as many as 80 per cent of eligible immigrants from India opted to become American citizens, as against 69 per cent in 2005, thus r...
19 Jan, 2018, 09.30 AM IST
Over 4.5 lakh Indians acquired foreign citizenship since 2014: Government"As per the information available with the ministry, 4,52,109 Indian nationals have acquired foreign citizenship in 117 countries from 2014...
27 Dec, 2017, 04.18 PM IST
46,000 Indians got US citizenship in 2016, second only to MexicansWith 9.72 lakh applications for US citizenship (or naturalisation), the fiscal year 2016 saw a rise of 24% over the previous year.
01 Dec, 2017, 08.54 AM IST
Government introduces bill to amend Citizenship ActIntroducing the bill in the Lok Sabha, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said many persons of Indian origin of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanist...
19 Jul, 2016, 09.32 PM IST
Indians second largest group of foreigners to get US citizenship in 2011Indians were the second largest group of foreigners who obtained American citizenship in 2011, according to an official report.
13 Apr, 2012, 07.25 PM IST
Indian American immigration critic Vivek Wadhwa awarded by US governmentIndian American researcher and technology columnist Vivek Wadhwa, one of the harshest critics of the current immigration policy.
24 Feb, 2012, 02.57 PM IST
Indian-Americans protest over new Indian visa rulesThe Indian diaspora has urged Indian govt to repeal the retroactive 2010 surrender certificate rule and investigate fee charges.
03 May, 2011, 04.10 AM 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