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U.S. resumes premium processing for some categories of applicants seeking
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], September 19 (ANI): The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Tuesday resumed premium processing for all H-1B visa petitions, subject to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 cap.
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Amber Heard pokes fun at Barnaby Joyce over dual citizenship
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 15 (ANI): While Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce turned out to be a New Zealand dual citizen, social media users are joking about what Amber Heard and Johnny Depp might think.
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Relief for India, as U.S. to resume processing cap-exempt H-1B petitions
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 25 (ANI): In what can be perceived as a sigh of relief for Indians looking to move to or already reside in the United States, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) notified that it will resume premium processing for certain cap-exempt H-1B petitions, ef
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Myanmar should provide citizenship to Rohingya Muslims:UNHCR
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhakar [Bangladesh], July11 (ANI):After visiting two refugee camps in Cox's Bazar on the south-east coast, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims are living in camps, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi has observed that granting citizenship to
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Chanda Kochhar receives 'Woodrow Wilson Award' for global corpor
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): MD and CEO ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar on Thursday received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship from the Woodrow Wilson Centre in Washington DC on May 10, 2017.
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U.K. Home Secretary urged to revoke Syrian President's wife's Br
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [U.K.], Apr 17 (ANI): U.K. Home Secretary Amber Rudd has been urged to consider revoking the British passport of Asma al-Assad, the U.K.-born wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after her social media posts in support of his regime.
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Malala becomes youngest honorary citizen of Canada
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Apr. 14 (ANI): Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has become the youngest honorary citizen of Canada after she was awarded the title during an honorary citizenship ceremony in Ottawa.
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U.S. to temporarily suspend premium processing of H-1B visas
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Marc. 4 (ANI): In a move which would have a big impact on IT companies located in United States that have large Indian employee component, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it will temporarily suspend premium processing
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Four members of UK 'sex gang' face deportation to Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 10 (ANI): Four men convicted of grooming minor girls for sex are facing deportation to Pakistan after losing a legal appeal against the government's decision to revoke their British citizenship.
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Under proposed new Bangladesh citizenship law, expats may contest local po
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb.9 (ANI): Bangladesh's Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday announced that the government will soon come out with a draft of new citizenship law that will allow Bangladeshi expatriates to take part in local government elections, but not lawmakers, president or a Su
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Non-Left parties voice protest against Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Khuwlung (West Tripura) [India], Feb.8 (ANI): Non-Left parties took part in a 12-hour-long shutdown protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 here on Wednesday.
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Radicalised Bangladeshis become major concern for counter-terrorism survei
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Jan. 29 (ANI): New trouble on the anti-terror front has emerged in Bangladesh as radicalised Bangladeshis with dual citizenship have become a major concern for counter-terrorism surveillance by the law enforcers.
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