Education and immigration consultants say post-pandemic skyrocketing net migration figures as well as rise in cases of visa fraud led many countries to introduce new, stricter visa rules.
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In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
The US, Canada, UK and Australia should enact a blanket ban on “students” from these five states – Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.
They apply for student visa with patently wrong intentions. Having studied in the US, I have seen first hand how they abuse the student visa to indulge in all kinds of illegal and shady activities. Most of them use the student visa as a means to enter the country where someone from their extended family/village resides and upon arrival, immediately start working illegally with assistance from their family/village member. Many of them indulge in all kinds of shady activities such as drugs and mafia operations.
It’s a shame that these people are able to game the system and obtain student visas. India too needs to crack down on such nefarious activities. The state police must do stringent background verification before passport issuance. Unfortunately, even the state polices of these five states are complicit in this. Corruption runs deep in these police forces and shady individuals are able to obtain the police clearance required for issuance of passport.
Only a blanket ban on “students” from these five states will be effective in combating this menace.
The US, Canada, UK and Australia should enact a blanket ban on “students” from these five states – Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.
They apply for student visa with patently wrong intentions. Having studied in the US, I have seen first hand how they abuse the student visa to indulge in all kinds of illegal and shady activities. Most of them use the student visa as a means to enter the country where someone from their extended family/village resides and upon arrival, immediately start working illegally with assistance from their family/village member. Many of them indulge in all kinds of shady activities such as drugs and mafia operations.
It’s a shame that these people are able to game the system and obtain student visas. India too needs to crack down on such nefarious activities. The state police must do stringent background verification before passport issuance. Unfortunately, even the state polices of these five states are complicit in this. Corruption runs deep in these police forces and shady individuals are able to obtain the police clearance required for issuance of passport.
Only a blanket ban on “students” from these five states will be effective in combating this menace.