Category Articles: Immigration

Surat Airport’s new terminal gets immigration facility; New flight to Dubai from Feb 23

February 17, 2024
Surat Airport’s new terminal gets immigration facility; New flight to Dubai from Feb 23

Surat: Rs. 353 crore new terminal of Surat international airport has now got immigration facility. In another good news another flight to Dubai is starting from 23 February. Surat airport had first international flight to Sharjah in 2018-19, which was operating for two days in a week. Later from this year its frequency has gone up to five days per week. A flight to Dubai started in December 2023. Another flight to Dubai is starting on 23 February by Indigo airlines. It will fly on Wednesdays, Fr...Read More

Passenger with forged Passport nabbed at Ahmedabad airport

January 31, 2024
Passenger with forged Passport nabbed at Ahmedabad airport

Gandhinagar: Airport Police at SVPI airport has nabbed a person under IPC sections 465 (forgery), 467(forgery of valuable security), 468(forgery for purpose of cheating), 471(using as genuine a forged document) and Passport Act section 12(2). Accused Pankajkumar Dharmabhai Patel is from Jhulasan village of Kadi taluka in North Gujarat. A complaint against Patel is filed by Immigration Officer Nilesh Salokhe. According to complainant he was on immigration duty at 31st January 1.50 am and ...Read More

Record 1.4 million U.S. Visas processed in India in 2023; Wait time down by 75%

January 29, 2024
Record 1.4 million U.S. Visas processed in India in 2023; Wait time down by 75%

New Delhi: The U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India processed the most visas ever in the year 2023. With a record 1.4 million U.S. visas processed last year, the wait times for visitor visa appointments were reduced by 75%. According to the US embassy, Indians now represent one out of every ten U.S. visa applicants around the world. Demand across all visa classes was unprecedented, with a 60% increase in applications compared to 2022. With over 700,000 applications, Visitor visas (B1/B2) ...Read More

Surge in flight fares from Ahmedabad to US, Canada

December 13, 2023
Surge in flight fares from Ahmedabad to US, Canada

Ahmedabad: With the Christmas-New Year holidays and the surge in NRI travel, the flight fares from Ahmedabad to the US and Canada have risen by approximately 30%, resulting in increased travel expenses for students. One-way airfares, which previously ranged from Rs 70,000 to Rs 90,000 per person, have now escalated to as much as Rs 1.7 lakh per person, according to data provided by travel operators. A student from Ahmedabad, who is scheduled to leave for Toronto next week to pursue her postgr...Read More

A lady passenger held at Ahmedabad airport for having duplicate Portuguese passport

December 03, 2023
A lady passenger held at Ahmedabad airport for having duplicate Portuguese passport

Ahmedabad: Assistant Immigration Officer of Ahmedabad airport has filed a complaint against one Gitaben Maheshkumar Patel(51), resident of Kadi in Mahesana district for having a duplicate Portuguese passport with name of Rita Menezes. According to a complaint, Gitaben used duplicate Portuguese through which she got India's e-tourist visa and entered India via Delhi in November 2021 to return to London in December 2021. The accused woman on 2nd December this week was found at international air...Read More

Airport Police in Ahmedabad book one for faking identity and get Portuguese passport

July 16, 2023
Airport Police in Ahmedabad book one for faking identity and get Portuguese passport

Ahmedabad: Airport Police in the city have held an Indian citizen who used his fake identity as Dahid Remedio Alexio Crasto and managed to have a Portuguese passport to get India visa. The accused arrived in India on 21st December 2021 and returned back to Portugal. On 21st October 2022, he arrived at SVPI airport here on an AI-172 flight and was caught during the immigration process. According to police, Hardik Vishubhai Patel (32) was born in Umreth in Gujarat. He went to the U.K. on a stud...Read More

Gujarat Police nabs one in case relating to illegal immigration scam

December 15, 2022
Gujarat Police nabs one in case relating to illegal immigration scam

Gandhinagar: State Monitoring Cell has nabbed the accused Bharat Patel from Gandhinagar who allegedly sent the family from Dingucha village in Kalol to Canada. The family members, four in total whom Bharat Patel had sent to Canada, died near the US border due to cold when trying to illegally enter the USA from Canada. The accused Bharat alias Boby Patel (age 47 years) allegedly runs an international network of illegal immigration in countries like the USA and Canada. He was absconding in the ...Read More

1.6 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2021; Over 78000 got US citizenship

July 19, 2022
1.6 lakh Indians renounced their citizenship in 2021; Over 78000 got US citizenship

New Delhi: Ministry of Home Affairs on 19th July during the Monsoon Session of Lok Sabha presented the data about the people who renounced Indian citizenship till the Current year since 2019. According to that data, a total of 1,63,370 Indians renounced their citizenship in different countries, as compared to 85,256 in 2020 and 1,44,017 in 2019. Out of these 1,63,370 citizens, more than 78 thousand got US citizenship, whereas more than 25 Thousand got citizenship in Australia, 21597 got Ca...Read More

Six from Gujarat held for illegally entering the U.S. to be sent back

June 06, 2022
Six from Gujarat held for illegally entering the U.S. to be sent back

Gandhinagar: The 6 intruders from Gujarat, found illegally entering the USA, were unable to reply in English when the judge of a court in the USA asked them questions, despite their score being found 8 bands in an IELTS exam. The 6 persons, based from Gujarat, were found crossing the Canada-America border by boat via Saint Regis river on 28th April. However, the boat started to sink after entering the USA. The local police arrived and rescued them. The 6 persons had given IELTS exam conducted t...Read More

Illegal U.S. immigration agent held in Kalol after an incident of firing

February 05, 2022
Illegal U.S. immigration agent held in Kalol after an incident of firing

Gandhinagar: An incident of firing took place in Kalol over payment for illegal entry in America. None was injured. An agent who sends the people illegally to America was held. Police is probing this case. Vishnubhai Maneklal Patel, a resident of Maruti Bungalow in Panchvati area of Kalok runs grocery shop. His friend Mahesh Vyas introduced him to an agents Rutvik Vijay Parekh (resident of Sardar Patel Nagar in Shastrinagar area of Naranpura, Ahmedabad). and Devam Gopalbhai Brahmbhatt( Diamo...Read More