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Indians emerge fastest-growing nationality for UK student visa applications

The latest ONS figures reveal a broader post-Brexit trend of rising migration from outside the European Union (EU)

Coronavirus outbreak: After Mastercard, now PayPal expects a revenue hit

"We currently estimate the negative impact from COVID-19 to be an approximate one percentage point reduction, to PayPal's year-over-year revenue growth for the first quarter," the company said in a s

West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury says Bangladesh denied him visa

The state's library service minister said he will cancel his ticket for Bangladesh on Thursday morning

Top headlines: RBI constitutes panel for DHFL, more curbs on H1-B likely

Here are top headlines of the day

150 Indians deported from US for illegal entry, flouting visa norms return

The special aircraft carrying them landed at the T3 terminal of the Delhi airport at 6 am

Indian students set to get 2-year work visa in UK with new 'graduate route'

The visa will allow eligible students to work, or crucially look for work, in any career or position of their choice, for two years after completing their studies

Visa talks tough on govt's move towards no-fee debit card transaction

Visa critical of India's move towards no-fee debit card transactions

Nepalese nationals must have visa to enter India via Pakistan, China

There are 4 million Nepalese working and studying in India, according to the Nepal foreign ministry

US employers resume fight for more H-2B visas for foreign workers

Businesses say crash of government web portal for permit applications underscores need to raise visa caps

With 20 million NFC cards, VISA bets on contactless card transactions

The company said that the infrastructure for contactless card transactions is now building

After Japan, India starts visa on arrival for South Korean nationals

India has decided to offer visa on arrival to South Korean nationals with effect from October 1, 2018

Modi govt set to allow extension of business visa for up to 15 years

The business visa extension will be allowed for a period of five years at a time

Visa expands South Asia presence, to buy minority stake in India's BillDesk

Visa's latest move comes a week after India's finance minister said Mastercard and Visa were losing market share to domestic payments networks

Visa likely to invest $250 mn in domestic payment giant Billdesk

Billdesk processes around $50 billion worth of payments annually and is growing at around 40 per cent annually

Visa cuts fee on card transactions, industry says business as usual

The company hopes that the rate cut will drive greater digital adoption, both for consumers and merchants

Permanent residence visa is solution to get rid of your work permit worries

Here is a run-down of all comparative properties between the two types of visa

Visa to expand Bangalore centre with API expertise

API is a set of subroutine definitions, protocols and tools for building application software

Liberalised visa regime rolls out from today

New Delhi, 31 MarchA liberalized and simplified visa regime comes into force from Saturday, April 1, which the government hopes would make travel to India, particularly for business, tourism and medical purposes, easier.The union cabinet had approved the changes in India's visa regime at its meeting on November 30, with the objective of making India an attractive destination for foreign direct investment and portfolio investment, and also boost earnings from tourism, medical tourism and exports.The cabinet had liberalized the e-Visa scheme, tourist, business, medical and employment visas and suggested introduction of new categories of visas such as 'intern visa' and 'film visa'.With effect from Saturday, e-visa stands sub divided into three categories - e-tourist visa, e-business visa and e-medical visa.The e-visa facility has been extended to nationals of 161 countries for entry through 24 airports, from the earlier 16 airports. Entry will also be allowed at three seaports - Cochin, .

India wants certainty, transparency in US visa regime: Nirmala Sitharaman

US accounts for 62% of exports, while EU is 2nd largest market for Indian IT services exporters

Egyptian woman weighing 500 kg gets visa for treatment in India after Sushma Swaraj intervenes

36-year-old Eman Ahmed, a resident of port city of Alexandria, was issued the medical visa hours after a Mumbai- based bariatric surgeon requested Swaraj to help the woman travel to India for her treatment.