Visa announces grants for women-owned businesses in India
Business | February 08, 2021 14:50 ISTVisa on Monday announced the recipients of its grant programme in India to boost women entrepreneurship globally and empower budding businesswomen.
Visa on Monday announced the recipients of its grant programme in India to boost women entrepreneurship globally and empower budding businesswomen.
The United States on Thursday announced that it will modify the selection process for H-1B visa, giving priority to salary and skills instead of the current lottery procedures.
Pakistan has issued visas to two groups of Indian pilgrims to visit two prominent Hindu temples in December.
The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas and their current waiting period for Green Card or permanent residency is running into decades.
It was not immediately clear how many categories of visas would be affected by the suspension. The UAE has various visa categories, including business, tourist, transit and student.
The United Arab Emirate (UAE) has approved the issuance of a 10-year golden visa for more professionals, including PhD holders, engineers, physicians as well as graduates from certain universities, Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Sunday.
The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi on July 22 had announced the launch of the new mechanism, according to which Indians whose residence and visit visas had expired before March 1 could return to India on repatriation flights without paying the due amounts till August 17, the report said.
H-1B visa suspension by the US will have "minimal impact" in the short term as we have been ramping up local hiring in the United States for the past 10 years, said HCL Technologies, though terming the move by the US government as unfortunate.
A lawsuit has been filed by a group of 174 Indians, including seven minors, against the recent presidential proclamation on H-1B that would prevent them from entering the US due to the suspension of issuing of foreign work visas for the rest of the year
The Trump administration has modified immigration policy for foreign students studying in the United States amid COVID-19 pandemic. As per new visa policy, foreign students studying in the country will have to leave US or transfer to another college if their universities offer only online courses.
Sumaila, a Pakistani national and Kamal Kalyan, a resident of Jalandhar who got engaged online in 2018 requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi's help in getting visas for their wedding.
US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to suspend issuing of green cards till the end of the year, saying it was needed to give jobs to Americans.
We're going to be announcing something tomorrow or the next day on visas," Xinhua news agency quoted Trump as saying in a Fox News interview on Sunday.
The government on Wednesday granted relaxations in visa and travel restrictions to permit certain categories of foreign nationals to come to India. Among those permitted are foreign businessmen coming to India on a business visa [other than on B-3 visa for sports] in non-scheduled/chartered flights.
Visa Inc. has allowed the majority of its 20,000 employees to work from home for the rest of the year in light of safety concerns due to COVID-19, the global payments network's CEO Alfred Kelly Jr. has said.
Several Indians in the US, either on the H-1B work visa or Green Card having children who are American citizens by birth, are being prevented from travelling to India aboard the special repatriation flights being run by Air India amidst the coronavirus-linked global travel restrictions.
The government Tuesday suspended all existing visas, barring a few exceptions, granted to foreign nationals till international air travel to and from India remains shut due to the coronavirus pandemic, an order said.
The government on Monday extended on the gratis basis the regular visa and e-visa of foreign nationals who are stranded in India due to COVID-19 till April 30, the Home Ministry said.
UK extends visas until May 31 for foreigners stuck due to COVID-19
The services have been issued by the Bureau of Immigration, under the Union Home Ministry, and will be available round the clock.
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