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UK govt upholds 'freedom' of Hong Kongers with new visa scheme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], January 29 (ANI): The United Kingdom on Friday pledged to stand by the people of Hong Kong against Chinese crackdown, as it prepares to launch new visa scheme that offers qualified Hong Kong citizens a route to British citizenship.
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China deliberates on British overseas passport, HK's electoral system in N
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 23 (ANI): Top Beijing officials discussed proportionate ways to retaliate against London's new pathway for Hong Kong (HK) residents to acquire British citizenship through British overseas passport, as well as overhauling the city's electoral system on Friday ahead of it
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London slams Beijing for threatening to withdraw recognition of British ov
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 21 (ANI): London has lambasted Beijing over its threat to stop recognising the British National (Overseas) [BN (O)] passport as a valid travel document, a proposed reprisal against the Western nation for offering Hongkongers a pathway to citizenship in order to escape the
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New rules for H-1B visa mild negative for Indian IT services: ICRA
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): The proposed changes in H-1B application selection process by US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are prospective in nature but will have a minor adverse impact on the margins of Indian IT services companies, investment information agency ICRA
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US immigration modifies H-1B cap selection process to benefit workers
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced a final rule that will modify the H-1B cap selection process, amend current lottery procedures, and prioritize wages to protect the economic interests of US workers and better ensure the most high
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West Pakistan Refugees from J-K meets Jitendra Singh, thank PM Modi for gr
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 7 (ANI): West Pakistan Refugees Action Committee from Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday met Union Minister Jitendra Singh and thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for granting them citizenship rights "after a long wait of over seven decades", according to the Ministry
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VP elect Harris says will introduce bill for citizenship of 11 mln undocum
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday (local time) promised to bring a bill to Congress with a roadmap to citizenship for 11 million undocumented people here.
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Delhi Court takes cognisance of chargesheet against Sharjeel Imam
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 19 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Saturday took cognisance of the supplementary chargesheet against JNU student Sharjeel Imam in connection with a sedition case related to violent protests against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Jamia Millia Islamia University.
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UK top choice for Hongkongers fleeing amid Beijing's draconian security la
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 18 (ANI): As the Chinese Communist Party continues to impose the draconian National Security Law (NSL), the UK comes across as an easy path to citizenship, according to Midland Immigration Consultancy.
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Assam: Year on, Nagarik Samaj takes out candlelight march against CAA
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], December 13 (ANI): After months of a lull because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, once again erupted in Assam, one of the most vocal states against the law, on the first anniversary of its execution.
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BJP govt to start granting citizenship to refugees under CAA from Jan next
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
North Parganas 24 (West Bengal) [India], December 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) West Bengal in-charge, Kailash Vijayvargiya on Saturday said that BJP led Centre government will start the process of granting citizenship to refugees under Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), from January
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Kangana Ranaut: 'I am with farmers' after tweet war on farmers protest
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4 (ANI): Actor Kangana Ranaut has got herself mired in yet another controversy after she said that an elderly woman, who was seen protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) at Shaheen Bagh in the national capital in December-March, was see
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