Indian passport, visa appointment suspension in UAE extended till July 1Indian consular services in the UAE will be limited to emergencies until July 1, 2026, due to administrative changes. From July 2, Alhind T...
30 Jun, 2026, 11.14 AM IST
Germany could revive conscription by mid-2027, senior MP tells AFPGermany is struggling to recruit soldiers and will have to decide by July 2027 at the latest whether to reintroduce compulsory military ser...
27 Jun, 2026, 09.39 AM IST
West Bengal: SC allows petitioner to approach Calcutta HC with plea over exclusion from ration listThe Supreme Court has permitted a petitioner to take his plea to the Calcutta High Court, alleging that individuals excluded from West Beng...
24 Jun, 2026, 04.44 PM IST
Indonesia rolls out Global Citizenship visa to draw back overseas talentIndonesia has launched a Global Citizenship visa offering lifetime residency to former citizens, their descendants, and spouses of Indonesi...
29 Jan, 2026, 02.24 PM IST
Canada's deadline for amendment to Citizenship Act extended till January 2026Canada's government has secured a two-month extension to amend its Citizenship Act. This allows more time to pass Bill C-3, which aims to r...
19 Nov, 2025, 06.32 PM IST
Spelling errors, technicalities used to deny citizenship claims in Assam: ReportA new report scrutinizes the legal processes of Assam's Foreigners Tribunals and Gauhati High Court, revealing that 1.6 lakh people were de...
08 Aug, 2025, 02.00 PM IST
Biden admin urged to take urgent action to protect over 250K Documented Dreamers, many of whom are IndiansA bipartisan group of lawmakers urges Biden administration to protect over 250,000 Documented Dreamers, including many Indians, facing self...
14 Jun, 2024, 10.47 AM IST
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,...
15 Mar, 2024, 03.44 PM IST
FIDE makes urgent appeal to Canada to issue visas to players for CandidatesFIDE urges Canada to process visa applications for the Candidates event in Toronto. Concerns over timely arrival of players. Indians compet...
02 Mar, 2024, 11.45 AM IST
Canada says it will only be able to process half of the visa applications from India before end of the yearIRCC is hopeful that Indian visa application processing will return to normal by early 2024. The department plans for the 22 immigration st...
26 Oct, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
Canadian visa processing for Indians expected to return to normal by early 2024The reduction of staff in India due to the recent diplomatic dispute between India and Canada is expected to result in a backlog of 17,500 ...
23 Oct, 2023, 01.15 PM IST
Canada has a new plan to tackle growing immigration backlogCanada has announced a new task force which aims to fast-track the processing of immigration applications by identifying areas where action...
30 Jun, 2022, 09.45 AM IST
NHRC seeks report from Centre, Arunachal govt on 'racial profiling' of Chakmas, HajongsIn its complaint Chakma Development Foundation of India (CDFI) requested urgent intervention of the NHRC against racial profiling of 65,000...
25 Jan, 2022, 10.33 PM IST
UNHCR moves SC against CAA; India rejects interventionJeria in her plea to SC referred to India’s history of providing asylum to everyone who fled oppression and pointed out several areas of co...
04 Mar, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
IUML seeks stay on NPR-NRC, UP's count of illegal migrants under CAAThe Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has moved the Supreme Court seeking an urgent stay on the Centre’s move to draw up either a National ...
17 Jan, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
The 'Tatkaal' visa: Know what is premium processing of H-1B work visasPremium processing is akin to 'tatkaal' scheme for H-1B visas and under this programme, a decision is made on each application within 15 ca...
19 Sep, 2017, 04.45 PM IST
US experiencing delay in visa and passport processing globallyThis issue is not specific to any particular country, citizenship document, or visa category, the State Department noted.
12 Jun, 2015, 04.32 PM IST