Cricket Scotland is optimistic about getting Indian visas for its players, including fast bowler Safyaan Sharif, who has Pakistani heritage, in time for the T20 World Cup opener on February 7.
Afghanistan's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, on Sunday announced that long-standing visa hurdles between India and Afghanistan have been resolved, allowing Afghan citizens to obtain Indian visas for both medical treatment and business purposes.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Arindam Bagchi on Thursday said that India hopes that the Chinese authorities would facilitate Indian journalists' continued presence and reporting from China after reports came up where visas of two Indian journalists in China were freezed.
India is the first visa-national country to benefit from such a scheme, highlighting the strength of the UK-India Migration and Mobility Partnership agreed last year.