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Canada to accept 20,000 vulnerable Afghans as Taliban blitz continues
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 14 (ANI): Canada on Friday (local time) announced it is expanding a program to resettle 20,000 Afghan refugees amid Taliban onslaught in Afghanistan.
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Japanese opposition demands parliamentary hearing on Sri Lankan woman's de
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan] August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Four opposition parties in Japan, the Constitutional Democratic, the Democratic Party for the People, the Communist and the Social Democratic, demanded that the case of the death of a Sri Lankan woman in the immigration center be brought before the parl
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Asian-American leaders meet Biden, discuss hate crime
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US] August 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Thursday (local time) met leaders from the Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and discussed issues like hate crimes, immigration, and voting rights at the White House in Washington DC.
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Asian-American delegation meets Biden, raises issues of immigration and vo
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 6 (ANI): US President Joe Biden has proposed a comprehensive immigration bill, said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Thursday (local time) on the administration's move on 'documented dreamers' including children of H1B visa holders.
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8,000 additional US visas for vulnerable Afghans approved by Congress
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 23 (ANI): US House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to allot eight thousand more Special Immigration Visas (SIVs) to interpreters, contractors, and other vulnerable Afghans who have worked with the US army in the war-torn country.
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US media coalition urges Biden administration to grant special visas to Af
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US] July 22 (ANI): A coalition of US news organisations on Tuesday wrote two different letters to the US president Joe Biden and leaders in the house of representatives, urging them to grant special immigration visas to Afghan journalists and support staff.
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Indenture Labour Route Project connects countries with shared histories, e
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): The Indenture Labour Route Project is a unique project that connects countries with shared histories and shared experience of indentured labour system, said MoS External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday.
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Renowned Folk singer Ranjit Bawa visits Indian Guardian office at Ludhiana
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 29 (ANI/NewsVoir): Punjabi folk singer Ranjit Bawa visited the office of Indian Guardian, an immigration company in Ludhiana, and praised the entire team for their applaud able work in the field of immigration.
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Around 300 Pak nationals being deported daily for immigration malpractices
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 24 (ANI): Displaying a "failure" of Pakistan missions abroad, over 283 Pakistani nationals are being deported by over a hundred countries daily since 2015 for illegal entry, having bogus travel documents or expiry of their work permits in the host countries, said r
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Mehul Choksi can be deported only to Antigua, not to India, says his lawye
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Legally, as per Section 17 and 23 of the Immigration and Passport Act, Mehul Choksi can only be deported to Antigua, the fugitive diamantaire's counsel said on Thursday.
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Indians travelling to Nepal by air on Indian passport don't require NOC
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], April 21 (ANI): Indian nationals travelling to Nepal by air route on an Indian passport (with clear immigration stamp) do not require No Objection Certificate ( NOC) with effect from April 22 up to June 19 to travel to third countries.
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Biden defends not immediately raising refugee cap, says US 'can't do two t
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday explained his initial decision to not increase the limit on refugee admissions to the United States stating that his administration "couldn't do two things at once".
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