NEW DELHI: India aims to propose a system that will allow visa-free, short business trips to 15 other countries under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free-trade agreement as part of efforts to boost regional commercial ties. The Department of Commerce plans to pitch the idea to RCEP members and has sought home ministry approval… Read More »

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, aiming to boost trade ties with countries such as China and Iran, has decided that visa applications from foreign businessmen and trade delegations will be approved or rejected within a week’s time. The commerce ministry has been complaining that delays by the home ministry—sometimes extensive—in clearing business visa applications were… Read More »

Students from India and China helped to drive a record net gain in migrants to New Zealand in the first half of 2015, the government statistics agency said. Annual permanent and long-term migration showed a record net gain — the number of arrivals over departures — of 59,600 migrants till July this year, resulting from… Read More »

A technical glitch in the visa operation systems of the Unites States has left hundreds of applicants, especially students, stranded in Hyderabad. Students are worried if they will be able to make it to their universities in time before classes commence. The problem, which stemmed from a hardware failure in a US state department facility… Read More »

Indians have left immigrants from China, the United Kingdom and New Zealand in choosing Australia as home and has become number one migrants to the island continent during 2013-14, according to the latest figures released by the Australian government. Australia could be next destination of an active Indian diaspora on the lines of the US,… Read More »

British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a major crack down on migrant labours coming to the country by setting up a committee. It will consider a host of new measures to reduce the demand for migrant workers. This means, it might be difficult for Indians to get visas to work in Britain from… Read More »