Ahmedabad: Bopal police arrested two foreign nationals from the Shantigram area near Vaishnodevi Circle for allegedly staying illegally in India even after the expiry of their visas. A case has been registered against the duo under the Foreigners Act, and further investigation is underway. The arrests came during the probe into a previously registered NDPS Act case, when an Assistant Sub-Inspector from Bopal police station found the two individuals suspicious during an intensive investigation...Read More

Washington DC: President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that face near-certain legal challenges amid widespread criticism he is sidestepping Congress. If the moves survive legal muster, they will deliver staggering price increases. The visa fee for skilled workers would jump from $215. The...Read More

Vadodara: A complaint has been filed at Gorva police station against the operator of V4U Visa Consultancy, located in Sarabhai Campus, for allegedly cheating a Porbandar youth by providing him a fake visa. According to the complaint lodged by Manuben Pravinbhai Sigadia of Chhayagam, Porbandar, her son Anil had approached Girish Chandra Shah, representative of the consultancy, for a visa and work permit to Albania. Shah reportedly demanded ₹6 lakh for the process. The amount was paid in full...Read More

Surat: A long awaited e-visa facility is started at Surat International Airport. This facility will benefit passengers, airlines and immigration, as the facility requires less paper work resulting faster processing, global accessibility and enhanced security. With this, two airports in Gujarat, Ahmedabad and Surat are now having e-visa facility. The central government recently issued a notification completing the procedural work to grant e-visa facility to Surat airport and Kandla port. The e...Read More