OVERSEAS CITIZENS OF INDIA

Citizen Trump: What will Donald Trump do after White House? President's next steps explained

In the near term and possibly longer, Trump’s post-presidential options will be circumscribed by the fallout over his Jan. 6 speech egging ...

India to launch air bubble with Nepal days after Foreign Secretary’s Kathmandu visit

The issue of reopening of flights figured when Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met PM KP Sharma Oli. It is understood that Oli was...

EC proposes extending postal ballot facility for eligible overseas Indians

For overseas electors, EC has said the voter will have to intimate the returning officer that he or she wants to use postal ballot. The ret...

Home Ministry relaxes account norms for NGOs under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

The home ministry has set a deadline of March 31, 2021 for NGOs registered under FCRA to open an account at the specified branch of SBI. “F...

SC asks trial courts to expedite hearing in cases against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members

A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna listed the pleas filed against blacklisting of foreign members of T...

Government restores all existing visas, barring electronic, tourist and medical categories

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) also announced giving permission to all Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO...

H-1B visas should be reserved only for 'specialised talent' to support strong economy: White House

The White House, in a statement late on Tuesday night, said that the President is improving America's work visa programmes to prioritise th...

Pakistan plans to tap pockets of citizens overseas to boost reserves

The plan involves allowing non-resident Pakistanis to open digital accounts starting next week to allow the diaspora to invest in one of As...

Indian-Americans welcome restoration of OCI card travel benefits

The OCI card, which allows lifelong visa free travel to India with certain limitations to people of Indian-origin, was suspended by the Ind...

Green Card waitlist for Indian is more than 195 years: US top republican senator

A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has b...

Indians on H-1B with US-born kids feel being left out, plead Indian govt for help

The Vande Bharat mission, launched last month, is the Indian government's largest-ever exercise to repatriate its nationals stranded abroad...

Govt allows certain categories of OCI cardholders to visit India

Minor children born to Indian nationals abroad and holding OCI cards, couples where one spouse is an OCI cardholder and the other an Indian...

COVID-19: OCI card holders vent frustration against travel restrictions imposed by Indian government

The OCI (Overseas Citizens of India) card is issued to the people of Indian-origin, allowing them a visa-free travel in most of the cases. ...

COVID-19: All visas, OCI cards for foreign nationals outside India remain suspended

All existing visas issued to nationals of any country who have not yet entered India, will remain suspended till prohibition on internation...

Government suspends all visas, bars travel by OCI card holders

The Home Ministry also said it has kept in abeyance multiple-entry life-long visas given to Overseas Citizens of India card holders till in...

UK urged to ease visa norms for overseas doctors in COVID-19 crisis

The British Medical Association (BMA), the key professional union for doctors in the UK, has written to Home Secretary Priti Patel to take ...

Coronavirus impact: Indians pack their bags for home

People studying overseas and those on short trips abroad are returning to India ahead of time. Airlines aren’t sure about the impact of the...