The revised US forms that were first proposed in March 2018 requires most applicants including the tourists to furnish their social media usernames, email addresses as a part of the application process.
Tag: Visa
UAE relaxes visa rules for Indians; step may bring more tourists
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced relaxation for more categories of visa on arrival for Indians. The UAE Ambassador to India, Mohammed Albanna, said the government will now grant visas on arrival to Indians who hold a valid residence visa of UK and European Union. The step should facilitate more[Read More…]
Aadhaar an invalid ID to travel to Bhutan and Nepal
The Union Ministry has declared that Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan. Those travelling to Nepal and Bhutan must possess a valid national passport or a voter ID issued by the election commission. Notably, you don’t need a visa to travel to[Read More…]
Woman found hanging after family returned from the US due to H1-B
A 39-year-old woman was found hanging at her house in Hyderabad, less than a month since her family returned to the city from the US. Rashmi Sharma’s husband Sanjay and their two sons had gone out to get a laptop repaired. Reportedly, they found her dead when they returned to[Read More…]
New Zealand to raise ‘quality’ of immigrants
Application for H-1B to be accepted from April 3
US govt seeks 60 days to respond to H1B visa cases
Europe may present working opportunities
EU member states approve visa-free travel for Georgia
Visa denial to 2 Kashmiri sportsmen standard adjudication: US
Aadhar payment app to do away with card system on Dec 25
The government is set on launching an ‘Aadhaar Payment App’ on December 25 to do away with plastic card and the point of sales machine (POS) that seem to have done little in times of demonetisation, reports Economic Times. The move is designed so that plastic cards can be done[Read More…]
UK to cut student visas by half: Report
The UK government is finalising plans to cut annual student visa figures by nearly half, from the current 300,000 to 170,000, a media report said on Monday amid a sharp fall in students coming to the country from outside Europe including India. Some university chiefs are also warning that many[Read More…]
Phishing portals stealing information from ICICI, SBI, 24 other banks
Researchers from US-based cyber security company FireEye have claimed discovering malicious phishing websites created by cyber criminals that spoof 26 Indian banks to steal personal information from customers. FireEye identified a new domain (csecurepay[.]com) that was registered on October 23 this year and appears to be an online payment gateway[Read More…]
No transaction charges on debit card payments, says government
The government on Wednesday said no transaction charges will be levied on debit cards till December 31. All public sector banks and some private sector ones have agreed to waive the transaction cost for all payments made through debit cards, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das told reporters in New Delhi.[Read More…]
We’ve sped up the process but are not increasing visa numbers: Theresa May in Delhi
Theresa May has rejected calls to relax Indian visa rules, saying the UK has a ‘good system’ for applications. The British Prime Minister, who is in Delhi to pave the way for the UK’s first post-Brexit trade deal, said the UK was already able to attract ‘the brightest and the[Read More…]