NEW DELHI: The government’s initiative to provide online visas has started with a bang. The home ministry has issued 22,000 visas in just one month. This is comparable to visa on arrival issued by India in the last 11 months (January-November 2014) which was about 24,963. India had introduced visa on arrival enabled by electronic… Read More »

Dubai: Emiratis can now apply for a new 30-day Indian tourist visa that is obtained online, the Indian consul general said in Dubai on Monday. Anurag Bhushan said the UAE is one of more than 40 countries eligible for the Tourist Visa on Arrival (TVoA) enabled by the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) system. His comments… Read More »

New Delhi: Members of the minority communities from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be given five-years visa instead of one year as part of government’s effort to address their grievances and according citizenship in future. According to a Home Ministry statement, the central government has decided that henceforth the long-term visa will be granted initially… Read More »

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has announced the opening of a new Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) facility point in Dhaka for receiving and delivering of visa applications with effect from January 1, 2015, said a press note. State Bank of India (SBI) has been made the authorised agent of the High Commission of… Read More »

NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 23:   In a move that could make it easier for foreigners to do business in India, the Centre is considering giving visa-on-arrival for business visitors from countries that are not seen as “sensitive’’. But business visitors from sensitive countries such as Pakistan, Bangladesh and Iran, may be given e-visas, a Commerce Ministry… Read More »

According to the recently issued Department of State (DOS) Visa Bulletin which includes priority date processing information for the month of September 2013, the EB-2 India1 category will again advance significantly—by five and a half months.  Beginning on September 1, 2013, a person with a pending or approved I-140 Immigrant Petition in the EB-2 India… Read More »