Visa Trouble

The US plan to announce in-country renewable H-1B visas will ensure that Indian professionals are spared the trouble of having to leave the country every time they need to get the document renewed.

A US court on Tuesday will hear a case filed by a conservative think tank seeking to know more about the awarding of a visa to Britain's Prince Harry despite the admission in his memoir that he had used illegal drugs.

Law enforcement officials in central Florida say they may have thwarted another school tragedy after arresting a 26-year-old international student who bought two rifles and was exhibiting troubling changes in his behavior.

Asserting that artificial trade barriers between India and the US would "evaporate" quickly, an Indian-American donor and supporter of US President Donald Trump has said fears about the H-1B overhauling is "overblown" and the issue is unlikely to cause trouble in bilateral ties.

Amid reports that entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off American employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has told lawmakers that any such allegations are very troubling and should be investigated.

Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested US news organisations had themselves to blame for Beijing not granting journalist visas, in response to a rare unscripted question from a foreign reporter on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan High Court today ordered that actor Salman Khan's conviction in a poaching case must not reflect in his passport, so that he can get visa for travel abroad. Mr Khan had appealed to the court after having trouble getting his UK visa renewed last month.

The Goa government will write to the Nigerian embassy after a number of Nigerians living in Goa were found to be using only photocopies of passports and visas as proof of their nationality, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday.

Pakistani musician Adnan Sami was today issued a notice by the Mumbai police for overstaying in India after his visa expired earlier this month.

Faisalabad were forced out of Chandigarh due to visa issues but unexpected development didn't prevent the players from enjoying themselves.

The US State Department announced major changes to its premier student-exchange programme following an investigation that found widespread abuses.

Visa misuse allegations continue to mount for Infosys as The New York Times has reported that at least two more Infosys managers have raised similar concerns. Accusations that the company, Infosys Technologies, repeatedly violated the terms of business visitor visas were first raised in a lawsuit filed in February in Alabama by Jack Palmer,...

With India objecting to stapled visas being issued to those from Jammu and Kashmir, China appears to have adopted a new policy of denying visas to those born in the state.     One of India's leading cardiologists U Kaul, also a Padma Shri awardee, and four others born in Jammu and Kashmir have been refused visas to travel to Bei...

An e-mail sent from her account by the paramour of her husband to the British Visa Agency has prevented a woman from going to London to be with her engineer husband.

When 19-year-old Nisha met an Indian boy from Spain for an arranged marriage, she couldn't wait to leave her hometown of Jaipur to begin her new life with her fiancée. Failing to get her visa, she committed suicide.

The US plan to announce in-country renewable H-1B visas will ensure that Indian professionals are spared the trouble of having to leave the country every time they need to get the document renewed.

A US court on Tuesday will hear a case filed by a conservative think tank seeking to know more about the awarding of a visa to Britain's Prince Harry despite the admission in his memoir that he had used illegal drugs.

Law enforcement officials in central Florida say they may have thwarted another school tragedy after arresting a 26-year-old international student who bought two rifles and was exhibiting troubling changes in his behavior.

Asserting that artificial trade barriers between India and the US would "evaporate" quickly, an Indian-American donor and supporter of US President Donald Trump has said fears about the H-1B overhauling is "overblown" and the issue is unlikely to cause trouble in bilateral ties.

Amid reports that entertainment giant Walt Disney has laid off American employees and replaced them with Indians holding H1-B visas, US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has told lawmakers that any such allegations are very troubling and should be investigated.

Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested US news organisations had themselves to blame for Beijing not granting journalist visas, in response to a rare unscripted question from a foreign reporter on Wednesday.

The Rajasthan High Court today ordered that actor Salman Khan's conviction in a poaching case must not reflect in his passport, so that he can get visa for travel abroad. Mr Khan had appealed to the court after having trouble getting his UK visa renewed last month.

The Goa government will write to the Nigerian embassy after a number of Nigerians living in Goa were found to be using only photocopies of passports and visas as proof of their nationality, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Monday.

Pakistani musician Adnan Sami was today issued a notice by the Mumbai police for overstaying in India after his visa expired earlier this month.

Faisalabad were forced out of Chandigarh due to visa issues but unexpected development didn't prevent the players from enjoying themselves.

The US State Department announced major changes to its premier student-exchange programme following an investigation that found widespread abuses.

Visa misuse allegations continue to mount for Infosys as The New York Times has reported that at least two more Infosys managers have raised similar concerns. Accusations that the company, Infosys Technologies, repeatedly violated the terms of business visitor visas were first raised in a lawsuit filed in February in Alabama by Jack Palmer,...

With India objecting to stapled visas being issued to those from Jammu and Kashmir, China appears to have adopted a new policy of denying visas to those born in the state.     One of India's leading cardiologists U Kaul, also a Padma Shri awardee, and four others born in Jammu and Kashmir have been refused visas to travel to Bei...

An e-mail sent from her account by the paramour of her husband to the British Visa Agency has prevented a woman from going to London to be with her engineer husband.

When 19-year-old Nisha met an Indian boy from Spain for an arranged marriage, she couldn't wait to leave her hometown of Jaipur to begin her new life with her fiancée. Failing to get her visa, she committed suicide.