One of the things that continues to surprise me is the persistent urban legend that traveling to the United States is difficult. It’s a bit like the rumor about giant alligators roaming the sewers of New York City eating homeless people and lost tourists. Titillating. Hard to disprove from a distance. Reinforces preconceptions. But patently [...] Read more »
US immigration creates program to attract foreign-born entrepreneurs
A US immigration official announced this week that the US is looking at ways to keep more foreign-born high-tech entrepreneurs in the country. Members of California’s Silicon Valley start-up community met with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service Director Alejandro Mayorkas for an informational meeting to officially launch its “Entrepreneurs in Residence” program. The event was [...] Read more »
Funds for foreign study? Take your pick
Despite global economic uncertainty, Indian students hoping to study abroad have more options when applying for different scholarships this year. Various scholarships are open for applications at the moment, most of them for masters programmes at universities abroad. The British Council, which handles some scholarships for UK university aspirants, is in the process of launching a [...] Read more »
Ukraine to liberalise visas for service travellers
The Ukraine government has decided to liberalise visa regime for service travellers from India. Close on the heels of simplifying the visa process for diplomats, Ukraine embassy has initiated the process for simplifying the processes for service travellers, Ukraine ambassador to India Oleksandr Shevchenko said. Bilateral trade Mr. Shevchenko, who was on a visit to [...] Read more »
Indian-American lawyer Anu Peshawaria honoured by California government
WASHINGTON: Eminent Indian-American lawyer Anu Peshawaria has been felicitated by the US state of California with the ” Award of Excellence” for upholding immigration rights, in particular those of women, and spreading social awareness. Peshawaria, who is the younger sister of Kiran Bedi, was felicitated yesterday at an awards ceremony, where Anna M Caballero, California’s [...] Read more »
SIB ‘plans more schemes eyeing Indian expats’
Kerala’s Thrissur-headquartered South Indian Bank (SIB) Limited is chalking out ambitious plans to cover more non-resident Indians (NRIs) as part of its ongoing expansion exercise. Informing this on Friday at a huge gathering of Doha-based NRIs at Regency Halls, SIB CEO and Managing Director Dr V A Joseph, who is here, accompanied by a large [...] Read more »
US downplays visa denial issue
Francisco J Sanchez, US Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, on Thursday downplayed the issue of H-1B visa denial to Indian companies. “The US government had no policy to single out any country, including India, in this regard. The US is quite keen to promote more trade and investment opportunities with India,” Sanchez told [...] Read more »
High-tech new citizens bemoan long path to ceremony
Twenty-one years after he set foot in the United States, Facebook engineer Wei Zhu was overjoyed to take his oath of citizenship Wednesday at a special Silicon Valley immigration summit. But why, he asked, did becoming American have to take him two decades? “The path for me to become a citizen was really too long. [...] Read more »
Indians urged to register child births at missions within a year
ABU DHABI — The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has urged all Indian residents in the UAE to register the birth of their babies at the embassy or the consulate in Dubai to avoid delay or any sort of difficulty in getting passports for them. Speaking to Khaleej Times on Thursday, Indian Ambassador to the [...] Read more »
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