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OCI card holders' entry in India to remain suspended during lockdown: Govt

The government has kept in abeyance multiple-entry life-long visas given to OCI card holders till the time international travel resumes

Covid-19: Govt extends visas of stranded foreigners in India till April 30

The foreign nationals are stranded in the country due to the 21-day lockdown announced on March 24 to curb the spread of the disease

US freezes all visa services worldwide to halt coronavirus spread

Missions will resume routine visa services as soon as possible

Covid-19 impact: Indo-Americans with visiting kin rush to extend B1/B2 visa

A US B1/B2 is a tourist, temporary, non-immigrant visa that allows the visa holder to visit the US for work or tourism purposes.

Coronavirus outbreak: UAE to stop issuing new visas from March 17

Coronavirus shuts traffic on India's busiest international route

Coronavirus: US Embassy, Consulates in India cancel all visa appointments

"US Mission India posts, in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic, are cancelling immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments from March 16, 2020, onward," said the Embassy

Indians emerge fastest-growing nationality for UK student visa applications

The latest ONS figures reveal a broader post-Brexit trend of rising migration from outside the European Union (EU)

Coronavirus outbreak: After Mastercard, now PayPal expects a revenue hit

"We currently estimate the negative impact from COVID-19 to be an approximate one percentage point reduction, to PayPal's year-over-year revenue growth for the first quarter," the company said in a s

West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury says Bangladesh denied him visa

The state's library service minister said he will cancel his ticket for Bangladesh on Thursday morning

Top headlines: RBI constitutes panel for DHFL, more curbs on H1-B likely

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150 Indians deported from US for illegal entry, flouting visa norms return

The special aircraft carrying them landed at the T3 terminal of the Delhi airport at 6 am

Indian students set to get 2-year work visa in UK with new 'graduate route'

The visa will allow eligible students to work, or crucially look for work, in any career or position of their choice, for two years after completing their studies

Visa talks tough on govt's move towards no-fee debit card transaction

Visa critical of India's move towards no-fee debit card transactions

Nepalese nationals must have visa to enter India via Pakistan, China

There are 4 million Nepalese working and studying in India, according to the Nepal foreign ministry

US employers resume fight for more H-2B visas for foreign workers

Businesses say crash of government web portal for permit applications underscores need to raise visa caps

With 20 million NFC cards, VISA bets on contactless card transactions

The company said that the infrastructure for contactless card transactions is now building

After Japan, India starts visa on arrival for South Korean nationals

India has decided to offer visa on arrival to South Korean nationals with effect from October 1, 2018

Modi govt set to allow extension of business visa for up to 15 years

The business visa extension will be allowed for a period of five years at a time

Visa expands South Asia presence, to buy minority stake in India's BillDesk

Visa's latest move comes a week after India's finance minister said Mastercard and Visa were losing market share to domestic payments networks

Visa likely to invest $250 mn in domestic payment giant Billdesk

Billdesk processes around $50 billion worth of payments annually and is growing at around 40 per cent annually