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Novak Djokovic To Be Granted Visa For 2023 Australian Open: Reports
Novak Djokovic is reportedly set to be granted visa for 2023 Australian Open. Last year, the 'unvaccinated' Serb was barred from participating in the firs grand slam of the year over visa issue.
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Finland To Close Border For All Russian Tourists From Midnight
Finland will bar Russians with Schengen tourist visas from entering the country from Friday, the government said Thursday following a surge in arrivals after Moscow's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine.
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Australia Bars Novak Djokovic, Cancels Entry Visa
"Mr Djokovic failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia, and his visa has been subsequently cancelled," the Australian Border Force said in a statement.
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Japan Eases Border Rules For Business Travellers, Students Amid Pandemic
Japan said Friday it will allow short-term business travellers, foreign students and other visa holders to enter the country, but tourists are still barred under pandemic border restrictions.
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After The Big Mastercard Ban, What Next? 10-Point Update
A day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred Mastercard from adding new customers in India from July 22, RBL Bank announced it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards. RBI says Mastercard violated rules that require foreign card networks to store India-related payments data only in the country.
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Mastercard Ban Drives A Partner - And Customers - To Visa
RBL Bank said on Thursday it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards, a day after central bank decided to bar rival payments company Mastercard Inc from issuing new debit or credit cards in the country.
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RBL Bank Signs Up Visa After RBI Ban On Mastercard
RBL Bank said it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards, after RBI barred Mastercard Inc from issuing new debit or credit cards in India.
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YouTuber Karl Rock Barred From Entering India. Government Explains Why
Karl Rock was blacklisted by Indian authorities in October 2020. Since then he claims to have tried reaching out to officials both in India and in New Zealand. Today the Union Home Ministry has said he had violated several visa norms.
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PSL 6: Pakistan Cricket Board Expects "More Delays" In Issue Of Player Visas
PSL 6: After certain players and staff were barred from entering into a commercial flight to Abu Dhabi ahead of the Pakistan Super League, the Pakistan Cricket Board said that it is expecting "more delays" in the issuing of the remaining visas.
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Google, Microsoft, Other US Tech Giants Join Lawsuit Against New Student Visa Rule
More than a dozen top American technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, on Monday joined a lawsuit filed by the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) latest rule that bars international students from staying in the United States unless they att...
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"Cruel, Xenophobic Attempt": US Lawmakers On New Students' Visas Order
A group of 30 US Senators and 136 Congressmen -- all from the Opposition Democratic Party -- has urged the President Donald Trump-led administration to reverse its order that bars international students from staying in the country if they do not have in-person classes to attend next semester.
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Asking Foreign Students To Return Will Encourage Schools To Open: US Official
The Trump administration's decision on barring foreign students from attending online-only classes "will encourage schools to reopen" while maintaining "protections for fraud" that are necessary in international visa programmes, a Homeland Security official has said.
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Centre Suspends All Visas Till Resumption Of International Flights
The government Tuesday suspended all existing visas granted to foreign nationals, barring a few categories, till international air travel to and from India remains shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, an order said.
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US Restricts Entry Of Pregnant Women Fearing Use Of "Birth Tourism"
US President Donald Trump opened a new front in his battle against immigration on Thursday, barring the issuing of visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the United States for so-called "birth tourism."
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Government Assures IOA And IOC That Eligible Athletes Will Be Allowed To Participate In International Events
The government Tuesday gave a written guarantee to the IOA and IOC that all eligible athletes will be allowed to participate in international events held in the country.
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Novak Djokovic To Be Granted Visa For 2023 Australian Open: Reports
Novak Djokovic is reportedly set to be granted visa for 2023 Australian Open. Last year, the 'unvaccinated' Serb was barred from participating in the firs grand slam of the year over visa issue.
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Finland To Close Border For All Russian Tourists From Midnight
Finland will bar Russians with Schengen tourist visas from entering the country from Friday, the government said Thursday following a surge in arrivals after Moscow's mobilisation order for the war in Ukraine.
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Australia Bars Novak Djokovic, Cancels Entry Visa
"Mr Djokovic failed to provide appropriate evidence to meet the entry requirements to Australia, and his visa has been subsequently cancelled," the Australian Border Force said in a statement.
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Japan Eases Border Rules For Business Travellers, Students Amid Pandemic
Japan said Friday it will allow short-term business travellers, foreign students and other visa holders to enter the country, but tourists are still barred under pandemic border restrictions.
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After The Big Mastercard Ban, What Next? 10-Point Update
A day after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) barred Mastercard from adding new customers in India from July 22, RBL Bank announced it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards. RBI says Mastercard violated rules that require foreign card networks to store India-related payments data only in the country.
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Mastercard Ban Drives A Partner - And Customers - To Visa
RBL Bank said on Thursday it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards, a day after central bank decided to bar rival payments company Mastercard Inc from issuing new debit or credit cards in the country.
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RBL Bank Signs Up Visa After RBI Ban On Mastercard
RBL Bank said it has signed up Visa Inc for its credit cards, after RBI barred Mastercard Inc from issuing new debit or credit cards in India.
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YouTuber Karl Rock Barred From Entering India. Government Explains Why
Karl Rock was blacklisted by Indian authorities in October 2020. Since then he claims to have tried reaching out to officials both in India and in New Zealand. Today the Union Home Ministry has said he had violated several visa norms.
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PSL 6: Pakistan Cricket Board Expects "More Delays" In Issue Of Player Visas
PSL 6: After certain players and staff were barred from entering into a commercial flight to Abu Dhabi ahead of the Pakistan Super League, the Pakistan Cricket Board said that it is expecting "more delays" in the issuing of the remaining visas.
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Google, Microsoft, Other US Tech Giants Join Lawsuit Against New Student Visa Rule
More than a dozen top American technology companies, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft, on Monday joined a lawsuit filed by the Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) latest rule that bars international students from staying in the United States unless they att...
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"Cruel, Xenophobic Attempt": US Lawmakers On New Students' Visas Order
A group of 30 US Senators and 136 Congressmen -- all from the Opposition Democratic Party -- has urged the President Donald Trump-led administration to reverse its order that bars international students from staying in the country if they do not have in-person classes to attend next semester.
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Asking Foreign Students To Return Will Encourage Schools To Open: US Official
The Trump administration's decision on barring foreign students from attending online-only classes "will encourage schools to reopen" while maintaining "protections for fraud" that are necessary in international visa programmes, a Homeland Security official has said.
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Centre Suspends All Visas Till Resumption Of International Flights
The government Tuesday suspended all existing visas granted to foreign nationals, barring a few categories, till international air travel to and from India remains shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, an order said.
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US Restricts Entry Of Pregnant Women Fearing Use Of "Birth Tourism"
US President Donald Trump opened a new front in his battle against immigration on Thursday, barring the issuing of visas to pregnant women seeking to enter the United States for so-called "birth tourism."
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Government Assures IOA And IOC That Eligible Athletes Will Be Allowed To Participate In International Events
The government Tuesday gave a written guarantee to the IOA and IOC that all eligible athletes will be allowed to participate in international events held in the country.
