India
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The UK has announced modifications to the visa policies which also include higher salary ceiling. This will have an influence on several professionals and IT firms from India, specifically those who utilise the Intra-Company Transfer Visa (ICT). The Indian workforce from the IT sector constitutes around 90% of the UK visas that are approved under… Read More »
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Talented Indian migrants need not worry about Brexit or outcome of US elections
Posted on October 25, 2016
Comment (0)Do highly-skilled Indians need to be anxious about resistance towards immigration, especially in the US, the UK or Australia? The answer is an emphatic no, if a new research study conducted by the NBER (National Bureau of Economic Research), a well-known not-for-profit body in the US, is anything to go by. The study states that… Read More »
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Adoption of e-visas by Indians heading to Kenya shoots up
Posted on October 18, 2016
Comment (0)The use of e-visa application by Indians heading to Kenya has soared as a lot of travellers are favouring the convenience the system is offering. Online visa applications, which were introduced in 2015, is processed in two days time but also runs simultaneously with Kenya’s manual process at the country’s points of entry for visitors… Read More »
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Why Indian tourists should not give Taiwan a miss
Posted on September 20, 2016
Comment (0)As Taiwan, or Chinese Taipei, has recently started offering free online visas to Indian nationals, let us see what attractions of this East Asian country may captivate an Indian. One of the major attractions of this highly industralised country is its capital, Taipei. A modern city, it offers nightlife that is on par with its… Read More »
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How Indian students benefit from extension to OPT programme
Posted on September 16, 2016
Comment (0)The US government had decided to extend Optional Practical Training (OPT) period for foreign student graduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) category to 36 months from 29 months five months ago. Let us see how an extension to OPT, a restricted period during which students of the particular courses are allowed to do paid or voluntary… Read More »
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Indian tourists to Bali, Indonesia increase by 55.7 percent in H1 2016
Posted on September 3, 2016
Comment (0)The number of Indian tourists flocking to Bali island in Indonesia increased by 55.7 percent during January-June 2016 compared with the same period a year ago, the BPPD (Bali Tourism Promotion Board) revealed. Numbers wise Bali received 18,850 Indian tourists in the first half of 2016 as against 13,677 during the same period in 2015.… Read More »
New UK Visa policies to affect Indians starting from 24 November
Posted on November 4, 2016