Search Results for Tag : VISA
Notifications & Circulars
Cruise tourists arriving with e-visa exempted from the requirement of biometric enrolment(02.01.2018)
In order to promote cruise tourism in the country, and make India an attractive cruise tourist destination, the Ministry of Home Affairs has, on reque.....
Tags : Cruise tourists, E-visa, Exemption
Tourist Visa norms eased for people of Bangladesh above 65 years of age(19.08.2016)
Government of India has decided to increase duration of tourist visa from one year to five years having multiple entry facility for the people of Bang.....
Tags : Norms, Tourist Visa, Easing of
News
Punjab & Haryana High Court: Appointment of Local Commissioner Does Not Adjudicate Rights of Parties(11.04.2022)
Punjab and Haryana High Court has observed that an order declining to appoint a Local Commissioner does not decide any issue nor does it adjudicate an.....
Tags : Punjab and Haryana High Court, Local Commissioner, revisable order
Karnataka High Court Denies Relief to Chinese National Overstaying Visa(08.12.2021)
Karnataka High Court has reiterated that Rights of aliens foreign national on a foreign soil are those which the host country grants and that no alien.....
Tags : Karnataka High Court, Chinese National Overstaying Visa
Hyderabad HC Asks AP Government to Explain Bauxite Mining Plans(09.11.2016)
Hyderabad High Court has directed State of AP to explain within a week its stand on a petition that charged State of going ahead with its plan to extr.....
Tags : Hyderabad High Court, bauxite, Visakhapatnam, Mining
Gujarat HC: Foreign Nationals in Violation of Visa Norms to be Dealt with 'Firm Hand'(06.04.2020)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the Central Government should deal with the violators of Visa laws with a "firm hand", in the backdrop of Tabligh.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Foreign Nationals in Violation of Visa Norms
Union Home Minister reviews FCRA and e-Visa schemes(08.03.2018)
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh here today reviewed the progress of schemes being implemented by the Foreigners Division of MHA with a view to .....
Tags : Reviews FCRA, E-Visa, Schemes
Delhi High Court Gives Interim Relief to Government for Redevelopment of Central Visa(02.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has granted ex parte stay as interim relief to the Centre and Delhi Development Authority in the matter for the redevelopment of Cent.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Central Visa
Profiling a Person Solely on Basis of Religion is Contrary to Constitutional: Delhi High Court(23.07.2018)
Delhi High Court has observed that every violation of visa norm cannot possibly lead to banning a person from entering into the country unless there i.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Visa
SC Set to Hear Plea Challenging Policy of Uniform Pricing for Consular Passport and Visa Services(30.06.2025)
Supreme Court is set to consider a plea filed against Centre’s policy of having uniform pricing for Consular Passport and Visa Services irrespective o.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Consular Passport, Visa Services
Bombay HC Directs Indian Immigration Authorities to Issue Visa to 19-Year Old(19.03.2020)
Bombay High Court has directed the Indian immigration authorities to issue a visa to a 19-year-old student, stranded alone in Dubai due to coronavirus.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Visa to 19-Year Old
HP HC Rejects Foreigner Plea to Extend VISA to Look After His Ailing Adopted Son(24.05.2017)
Himachal Pradesh High Court, while rejecting a plea of a foreigner who was served with a notice of exit after his application of extension of VISA got.....
Tags : Himachal Pradesh High Court, VISA
Delhi HC Directs Centre to Repatriate Kenyan Women Facing Allegation of Prostitution(06.01.2017)
Delhi High Court has issued directions asking Centre to repatriate, and not deport, a Kenyan woman suspected of indulging in prostitution while she wa.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Kenyan woman, Prostitution, tourist visa
Graded relaxation in visa and travel restrictions(22.10.2020)
In view of the situation arising out of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government of India had taken a series of steps to curtail the inward and outward m.....
Tags : Graded relaxation, Visa, Travel restrictions
Gujarat HC: Foreign Nationals in Violation of Visa Norms to be Dealt with 'Firm Hand'(06.04.2020)
Gujarat High Court has observed that the Central Government should deal with the violators of Visa laws with a "firm hand", in the backdrop of Tabligh.....
Tags : Gujarat High Court, Foreign Nationals in Violation of Visa Norms
Temporary Work Visa for IT Professionals(14.12.2016)
Government of India has taken up the visa as well as social security issues with the United States (US) both bilaterally and in other forums from time.....
Tags : IT Professionals, Visa, Industry
Cabinet approves agreement on simplification of visa requirements for travel of certain categories of citizens between India and South Africa(19.02.2019)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing of Agreement between India and South Africa on simplific.....
Tags : Agreement, Approval, Simplification, Visa requirements
International Cases
Court of Appeal (England and Wales) dismisses claim against VISA as time barred(05.08.2015)
In a case involving claims of unlawful restriction of competition, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal against summary judgment. It upheld the fin.....
Tags : Competition, limitation, england and wales, visa
US Court Refuses to Strike Down Work Permits for Spouses of H1B Visa Workers(11.11.2019)
United States Court has refused to strike down, for the time being, an Obama-era rule that permitted spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in America. .....
Tags : US Court, H1B Visa
Liberalization of visa regime of India during the last one year(14.11.2018)
India has a robust visa regime to facilitate smooth entry, stay and movement of foreigners in India for legitimate purposes while ensuring the securit.....
Tags : Liberalization, Visa regime, Foreigners
Delhi HC Asks to Decide on Plea for Extension of Medical Visa by Ethiopian Family Expeditiously(02.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has asked the Centre and Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO) to expeditiously decide a plea moved by an Ethiopian family s.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Plea for Extension of Medical Visa
Afghan National to Stay with Wife, Not Sewa Sadan: Delhi High Court(29.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has allowed an Afghan national, whose visa had expired in 2007, to stay with his wife instead of a Sewa Sadan — detention centre of t.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Visa
Visa Exemption to Foreign Designers in Handicrafts Sector(26.06.2018)
Handicrafts sector has been exempted from minimum salary condition (Rs. 16.25 lakhs per annum) for grant of employment visa to foreign designers for a.....
Tags : Visa, Exemption, Foreign Designers
Delhi High Court: UNHCR Refugee Card Not a Substitute for Valid Visa(30.09.2025)
Delhi High Court observed that certification by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) does not serve as a valid substitute for a v.....
Tags : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Visa, Foreigners Act
Delhi High Court Issues Notice to Centre Over Green Nod for Central Visa(25.02.2020)
Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Centre and the Central Public Works Department asking them to respond to the plea seeking that no environme.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Action Against Policemen, Green Nod for Central Visa
Cabinet approves ex-post facto approval for Agreement on the facilitation of visa arrangements signed between India and Maldives(16.01.2019)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its ex-post facto approval to the Agreement on the facilitation of visa.....
Tags : Visa arrangements, Approval, Agreement
Andhra Pradesh HC Stays E-Tender for Calcite Mining in Visakhapatnam(12.04.2021)
Andhra Pradesh High Court has put on hold for three weeks the e-tender for ‘working of calcite mining lease’ in 8.725 hectares at Nimmalapadu village .....
Tags : Andhra Pradesh High Court, Calcite Mining in Visakhapatnam
SC: Travel Restrictions to India Not to be Considered in Future Visa Applications of Tablighi Members(20.11.2020)
Supreme Court has clarified that the condition imposed by the Karnataka High Court, while quashing criminal proceedings against eight foreigners belon.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Future Visa Applications of Tablighi Members