Passport-less immigration clearance had been fully implemented across all of Changi Airport’s four terminals since September 30, 2024. Within a fortnight, by October 15, around 1.5 million travellers have used this new system, which cuts the average clearance time per traveller by 60 per cent, from 25 seconds to 10 seconds.
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UK riots: Keir Starmer pledges “standing army” after Southport girls’ murder triggers violence
Axel Rudakubana, 17, who has been charged with the three murders and other attempted murders, was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents. However, initial misinformed social media posts claimed that he was a refugee.
14 Indians rescued from Cambodia after walking into cyber-crime trap, lured by fake job offer
The embassy advised Indian nationals intending to visit Cambodia for employment to do so only through authorised agents.
India travel: Fast-track immigration for “trusted” travellers launched at Indira Gandhi International Airport Terminal 3
The FTI-TTP programme will be launched at 21 major airports in the country. In the first phase, along with Delhi Airport, it will be launched at seven major airports: Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kochi and Ahmedabad.
Nearly 66K Indians got American citizenship in 2022, says new US report
According to the CRS, as of 2023, more than 2.83 million foreign-born American nationals were from India, which was the second largest number after Mexico’s 10.64 million.
Rishi Sunak’s Mission Rwanda: British PM survives crunch vote on illegal immigrant policy
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday survived a crunch vote in the UK Parliament as none of his party MPs voted against the government’s Safety of Rwanda Bill. However, several of the ruling Conservative Party’s representatives in Parliament abstained from voting. Right after yesterday’s vote, Sunak tweeted: “MPs have voted to pass the Safety of […]
Almost 97,000 Indians held trying to enter the US illegally between Oct 2022 and Sept 2023
Of the 96,917 Indians arrested between October last year and September this year, 30,010 were caught on the Canadian border and 41,770 at the frontier with Mexico.
UK government opening second visa ballot for young Indian professionals
The Indian-origin Rishi Sunak-led United Kingdom government announced it was opening its second ballot under the UK-India Young Professional Scheme for Indians aged between 18 and 30 years with graduate-level qualifications for visas to the UK.
Indian-origin man jailed for illegally transporting over 800 Indians across US border through Uber
Indian-origin Rajinder Pal Singh, aka Jaspal Gill is set to serve over three years in jail for smuggling more than 800 Indian citizens into the US using ride-hailing app Uber.
Canada to allow US H-1B visa holders and their families to find jobs in their country
Canada is set to open its borders to H-1B visa holders from the United States. Sean Fraser, Immigration Minister, yesterday publicly stated that the Canadian government planned to launch an open work-permit stream to allow up to 10,000 American H-1B visa holders to come and work in the country.
