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Canada's Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has updated its visa processing estimates. For Indian applicants, the estimated wait for a visitor visa has improved to 29 days, a modest drop from…
A US B1/B2 visa does not guarantee a six-month stay in the country, immigration attorney Gnanamookan Senthurjothi has said, after an NRI family faced a shortened stay at the Miami port of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Friday, discussing developments in West Asia and ways to deepen the India-UAE Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.…
A Sikh truck driver, identified as Gurvinder Singh, was stabbed 17 times at the Bitter Creek Rest Area in southern Wyoming on September 13. The 28-year-old driver from Sacramento told NPR that…
A Sikh truck driver from Sacramento was stabbed 17 times at a Wyoming rest area on September 13. The attack occurred four days after the US Department of Homeland Security posted an…
A panel of experts at a conference alongside the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council has supported India's decision to keep the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance. The symposium, hosted…
US Citizenship and Immigration Services will implement new public charge inadmissibility guidance from September 18, 2026, broadening the range of benefits considered against Green Card applicants. The updated rule applies to Form…
Indians seeking H-1B visa appointments at US consulates across India are seeing no slots available for the rest of 2026, with calendars rolling over to 2027. Immigration lawyers report a near-total lack…
India and Bangladesh have resumed official-level talks to schedule a visit by Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman to New Delhi, likely in November, diplomatic sources told The Hindu. The visit was delayed…
Japan's hosting of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games has been marred by widespread complaints over accommodation and logistics, with athletes from India, South Korea and other nations reporting severe shortages, double-booked rooms and…
