The United Kingdom government on Thursday announced plans to introduce a new visa for qualified doctors and nurses from countries around the world, including India, to address workforce shortages in the state-funded National Health Service (NHS).
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US hikes H-1B work visa application fee
The USCIS is scheduled to implement this new process for the fiscal year 2021 H-1B cap selection process, pending completed testing of the system.
Report: Indian IT companies suffering most due to H-1B visa denials
From just six per cent in 2015, the denial rate of H-1B visas has risen to 24 per cent in the third quarter of the current fiscal year.
Visa launches new measures to combat payment fraud
Financial services provider Visa announced a suite of innovative security capabilities to help prevent payment fraud.
New EB-5 visa rules make it tougher to get Green Card
Indian investors will now find it more difficult to get an American Green Card with the United States government changing the rules for applying for an EB-5 Investor Visa.
Conditional visa-on-arrival for Indians travelling to the UAE
The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai has said that Indians visiting the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will get visas-on-arrival if they are already residency visa holders of the United Kingdom or the European Union.
Reports: US warns India of H-1B visa cap
The United States has told India it is considering caps on H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally, according to latest reports.
Visa fraud hurting Punjab, India’s global influence
The increasing global influence of India and its workforce has meant a sharp rise in overseas travel over the past decade. This also has an unintended consequence – it has led to the proliferation of fly-by-night travel agencies that were committing visa and immigration fraud.
India tops tech visa applications to the UK
India, along with the US, has the highest number of visa applications for the UK’s technology sector, according to the latest data from a UK Home Office-sanctioned report on digital tech entrepreneurs.
New UK visa rules keeping Indian students out to have no impact: MEA
The Indian Government has maintained that new rules keeping Indians out of “low risk” visa list “will not have any impact” on the existing application process, or on those who are already pursuing their studies in UK.
