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Centre stops incoming passenger traffic at 107 immigration check posts
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Central government on Monday notified stoppage of all incoming passenger traffic on 107 immigration check posts, including all airports, seaports, land ports, rail ports, and river ports, as part of the measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavi
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COVID-19 : Indian Embassy issues advisory, asks Indians to contact USCIS f
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], Mar 21 (ANI): Indian Embassy here on Friday (local time) issued a travel advisory asking Indian nationals to contact US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for extension of visa in the US amid travel restrictions imposed in the backdrop of coronavirus pandemic.
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2 immigration officers at Kolkata Airport quarantined after coming in cont
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 19 (ANI): Two immigration officers of Kolkata Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport have been sent to 12-day of quarantine as they came in contact with the 18-year-old youth who has been tested positive for coronavirus.
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Israel shuts its borders to all foreigners to contain spread of coronaviru
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], Mar 19 (Sputnik/ANI): Israel has shut its borders to all foreigners in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country, which is nearing 500 cases, The Population Immigration and Border Authority said on Wednesday.
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Centre exploring options to help Indians stranded at Wagah
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): The Centre is exploring all options to help a group of Indians who want to enter the Indian territory but are stuck at the Wagah Border due to technical and legal issues, government sources said on Wednesday.
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Jaishankar meets officials at Delhi Airport, thanks them for their efforts
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 18 (ANI): Amid the global outbreak of coronavirus, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar met immigration, health, security and airport officials at Delhi Airport late Tuesday night and lauded their efforts.
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Bangladeshi nationals support India's decision to temporarily suspend visa
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Mar 14 (ANI): Some Bangladeshi nationals, at the immigration check post in Fulbari, Siliguri, on Saturday extended full support to India's decision over temporarily suspending visas of foreign nationals, saying that the government has taken a very good decisio
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COVID-19: Centre restricts passenger movement through immigration checkpos
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 14 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus outbreak, all passenger movements through immigration land checkposts at borders with Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar will be suspended from March 15 till further orders.
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9 arrested at IGI Airport with forged travelling documents
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Monday said that nine people were arrested with forged documents at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.
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Over 37,500 Indians receive UK student visa in 2019, marking 93 pc increas
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Over 37,500 Indian students received a Tier 4 (study) visa to the United Kingdom in 2019 -- a 93 per cent increase from the previous year, marking Indians as the fastest-growing nationality for student visa applications to Britain, as per the latest UK Immigr
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UK's new point-based immigration system to prioritise those with highest s
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 19 (ANI): UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Wednesday introduced a new point-based immigration system that will give top priorities to the citizens with highest skills and the greatest talents, including scientists, innovators, and academics from the European Union as well as
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India suspends visas issued to Chinese passport holders before Feb 5, not
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 6 (ANI): As the death toll crossed over 500 in the coronavirus outbreak, immigration officials have suspended all visas issued before February 5 to all Chinese passport holders from any part of the world, apart from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
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