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Golden Visa Inquiries From US Citizens Soar After Trump Win
Affluent Americans are exploring golden visa programmes that allow foreign citizenship or residency through substantial investments.
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Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
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These Immigrants In Assam Will Be Allowed To Get Citizenship Under New Law
In a major development, the Assam government has instructed the police not to forward cases of eligible individuals who entered India before 2014 - the cut-off date under the CAA rules - directly to the Foreigners Tribunals.
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Putin Offers Citizenship To Foreigners Who Fight For Russia In Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Thursday allowing foreign nationals who fight for Russia in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship for themselves and their families.
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Not Possible To Collect Data Of All Illegal Immigrants: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is not possible to collect data on illegal migrants living in various parts of the country as the entry of foreign nationals is clandestine and surreptitious.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
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US Plans New Move On H-1B Visa, Will Benefit Thousands Of Indian Techies
In a move that could benefit tens of thousands of foreign tech workers on H-1B and L1 visas, the US is planning to resume "domestic visa revalidation" in certain categories on a pilot basis with the goal of scaling it up in the next few years.
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CAA "Focused Law", Doesn't Encourage Illegal Migration: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss pleas challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), stressing that the law does not encourage "illegal migration" in Assam or any future influx of foreigners in the country.
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High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order To Strip Assam Family Of Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court has set aside a Foreigners Tribunal's ex-parte decision to strip a family of citizenship in Assam and said such judgements affect the fundamental rights of a person
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Woman, Family Living In Assam For 54 Years Declared "Foreigners"
Bhandari Das fled from Bangladesh to India, an ally, in 1967 along with her husband and two children to escape "religious persecution" in her then hometown in Sylhet. She has lived as a foreigner at a village in Assam's Cachar district since then.
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Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order Declaring Assam Resident A Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring a Morigaon resident as a foreigner on grounds that citizenship is an important right and should be decided by the Tribunal on the basis of material evidences.
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4,171 Granted Citizenship, Over 4,000 Hindu Applications Pending: Centre
Over 4,000 foreigners have been granted citizenship in the last five years with Gujarat leading the tally, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in Parliament today.
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Seven US Firms Drop H-1B Lawsuit Against US Federal Agency
A group of seven American businesses Monday announced to have dropped an H-1B lawsuit against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services after the federal agency agreed to accept and adjudicate previous decisions on foreign work visas.
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US To Reconsider Objections To H-1B Visas During Donald Trump Regime
The Biden administration on Friday said it is willing to reconsider the objections or adverse decisions to foreign workers on visas like H-1B due to the three policy memos by the previous Trump administration which now have been rescinded.
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Ambitious US Citizenship Act Of 2021 Introduced In Congress
A bicameral US Citizenship Act of 2021 proposing a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for employment-based green cards and work authorisation for dependents of H-1B foreign workers, was introduced in the Congress.
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Golden Visa Inquiries From US Citizens Soar After Trump Win
Affluent Americans are exploring golden visa programmes that allow foreign citizenship or residency through substantial investments.
-
Supreme Court's Rap For "Sorry State" Of Foreigners Detention Centre In Assam
The Supreme Court on Friday flagged the "sorry state" of a detention centre in Assam that house individuals whose citizenship is unclear and foreigners waiting to be deported.
-
These Immigrants In Assam Will Be Allowed To Get Citizenship Under New Law
In a major development, the Assam government has instructed the police not to forward cases of eligible individuals who entered India before 2014 - the cut-off date under the CAA rules - directly to the Foreigners Tribunals.
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Putin Offers Citizenship To Foreigners Who Fight For Russia In Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin issued a decree on Thursday allowing foreign nationals who fight for Russia in Ukraine to obtain Russian citizenship for themselves and their families.
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Not Possible To Collect Data Of All Illegal Immigrants: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it is not possible to collect data on illegal migrants living in various parts of the country as the entry of foreign nationals is clandestine and surreptitious.
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After Legal Battle Of 6 Years, Assam Woman Regains Her Indian Citizenship
A 50-year-old Assam woman, who was declared an illegal migrant from Bangladesh due to her mismatch names in voters' lists, has now regained her Indian citizenship after a six-year long legal battle.
-
US Plans New Move On H-1B Visa, Will Benefit Thousands Of Indian Techies
In a move that could benefit tens of thousands of foreign tech workers on H-1B and L1 visas, the US is planning to resume "domestic visa revalidation" in certain categories on a pilot basis with the goal of scaling it up in the next few years.
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CAA "Focused Law", Doesn't Encourage Illegal Migration: Centre To Supreme Court
The Centre on Sunday urged the Supreme Court to dismiss pleas challenging the validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), stressing that the law does not encourage "illegal migration" in Assam or any future influx of foreigners in the country.
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High Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order To Strip Assam Family Of Citizenship
The Gauhati High Court has set aside a Foreigners Tribunal's ex-parte decision to strip a family of citizenship in Assam and said such judgements affect the fundamental rights of a person
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Woman, Family Living In Assam For 54 Years Declared "Foreigners"
Bhandari Das fled from Bangladesh to India, an ally, in 1967 along with her husband and two children to escape "religious persecution" in her then hometown in Sylhet. She has lived as a foreigner at a village in Assam's Cachar district since then.
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Court Sets Aside Tribunal Order Declaring Assam Resident A Foreigner
The Gauhati High Court has set aside an ex-parte order of the Foreigners Tribunal declaring a Morigaon resident as a foreigner on grounds that citizenship is an important right and should be decided by the Tribunal on the basis of material evidences.
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4,171 Granted Citizenship, Over 4,000 Hindu Applications Pending: Centre
Over 4,000 foreigners have been granted citizenship in the last five years with Gujarat leading the tally, the Ministry of Home Affairs said in Parliament today.
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Seven US Firms Drop H-1B Lawsuit Against US Federal Agency
A group of seven American businesses Monday announced to have dropped an H-1B lawsuit against the US Citizenship and Immigration Services after the federal agency agreed to accept and adjudicate previous decisions on foreign work visas.
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US To Reconsider Objections To H-1B Visas During Donald Trump Regime
The Biden administration on Friday said it is willing to reconsider the objections or adverse decisions to foreign workers on visas like H-1B due to the three policy memos by the previous Trump administration which now have been rescinded.
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Ambitious US Citizenship Act Of 2021 Introduced In Congress
A bicameral US Citizenship Act of 2021 proposing a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for employment-based green cards and work authorisation for dependents of H-1B foreign workers, was introduced in the Congress.
