Visa Extension

Thailand's government said on Tuesday it had approved longer visa stay periods for tourists, postgraduate students and remote workers, and better visa conditions for retirees, in a move to boost its crucial tourism sector as its economy stutters.

Responding to a senior Australian journalist's claims that she had to leave India abruptly on the day of voting for the Lok Sabha elections because her visa extension was denied, sources in the government have labelled them misleading.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for his supporters' storming of government buildings.

Biden administration has announced an automatic extension of expiring work permits for certain categories of immigrants, including those seeking green cards and spouses of H-1B visa holders who get employment authorisation cards (EAD), for 1.5 years.

According to the Afghan Students Association, Pune, there are about 3,000 students from the neighbouring country who are pursuing education in different institutes in the city.

Several students from Afghanistan studying at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are not willing to return to their country and want to extend their student visas.

Indian students are set to benefit from an extension to the entry deadline to qualify for the new post-study work (PSW) visa.

Foreign nationals stranded in India because of the coronavirus-induced lockdowns and non-availability of normal commercial flight operations will not have to apply for extension of their visas till August 31, the Union Home Ministry has said.

Indian doctors and nurses are among 14,000 applicants from across the world that are set to benefit from a one-year fee waiver for visa extensions announced on Friday for frontline workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UK government has confirmed a further one-year visa extension for foreign doctors and nurses, including from India, whose visas are set to expire before March 31, 2021, as they battle the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.

The UK government on Thursday issued fresh guidance offering a one-month grace period for all expiring or expired visas of foreign nationals, including Indians, unable to return to their home countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, until August 31.

Britain's leading doctors' associations are calling on UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for an automatic fee-free extension of the short-term visas of many Indian doctors stranded in the lockdown as they await their international qualification exams in the UK.

The UK government on Friday announced a further extension of all expiring or expired visas of foreign nationals, including Indians, unable to return to their home countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, until July 31.

Indians and other foreign health and care professionals employed on work visas across the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK are set to benefit from a further free visa extension announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday.

The Home Ministry on Friday extended the regular and e-visas of all foreigners who are stranded in India due to the coronavirus lockdown till May 3 on gratis basis.

Thailand's government said on Tuesday it had approved longer visa stay periods for tourists, postgraduate students and remote workers, and better visa conditions for retirees, in a move to boost its crucial tourism sector as its economy stutters.

Responding to a senior Australian journalist's claims that she had to leave India abruptly on the day of voting for the Lok Sabha elections because her visa extension was denied, sources in the government have labelled them misleading.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is under investigation for his supporters' storming of government buildings.

Biden administration has announced an automatic extension of expiring work permits for certain categories of immigrants, including those seeking green cards and spouses of H-1B visa holders who get employment authorisation cards (EAD), for 1.5 years.

According to the Afghan Students Association, Pune, there are about 3,000 students from the neighbouring country who are pursuing education in different institutes in the city.

Several students from Afghanistan studying at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) are not willing to return to their country and want to extend their student visas.

Indian students are set to benefit from an extension to the entry deadline to qualify for the new post-study work (PSW) visa.

Foreign nationals stranded in India because of the coronavirus-induced lockdowns and non-availability of normal commercial flight operations will not have to apply for extension of their visas till August 31, the Union Home Ministry has said.

Indian doctors and nurses are among 14,000 applicants from across the world that are set to benefit from a one-year fee waiver for visa extensions announced on Friday for frontline workers dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UK government has confirmed a further one-year visa extension for foreign doctors and nurses, including from India, whose visas are set to expire before March 31, 2021, as they battle the coronavirus pandemic in the UK.

The UK government on Thursday issued fresh guidance offering a one-month grace period for all expiring or expired visas of foreign nationals, including Indians, unable to return to their home countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, until August 31.

Britain's leading doctors' associations are calling on UK Home Secretary Priti Patel for an automatic fee-free extension of the short-term visas of many Indian doctors stranded in the lockdown as they await their international qualification exams in the UK.

The UK government on Friday announced a further extension of all expiring or expired visas of foreign nationals, including Indians, unable to return to their home countries due to the coronavirus pandemic, until July 31.

Indians and other foreign health and care professionals employed on work visas across the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic in the UK are set to benefit from a further free visa extension announced by Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday.

The Home Ministry on Friday extended the regular and e-visas of all foreigners who are stranded in India due to the coronavirus lockdown till May 3 on gratis basis.