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Topic: student visa

US visa rule tightened: Trump proposes 4-year cap on students, 240-day limit for foreign journalists

New proposed rule will end abuse once and for all by limiting the amount of time certain visa holders are allowed to remain in the US, says Department of Homeland Security.

‘Make all social media profiles public’—US embassy’s new advisory to student visa applicants

New Delhi: The US Embassy in India Monday issued an advisory to international students, asking all applicants for student and exchange visas to make...

Indian students, parents now looking beyond US colleges. ‘Will send my kid to UK, sleep easy’

At Akhil Daswani’s study abroad consultancy in Mumbai, students are increasingly adding more countries to their college application list. ‘Only 20 per cent have applied to just US colleges this year,’ he told ThePrint.

This JNU student is deleting social media posts in panic. ‘Don’t know what will offend US’

'There’s no manual on what is considered semitic and what is anti-semitic for them. So, I don’t want to take the risk,' the scholar said

Taking a page out of Trump’s book, UK to restrict visas for ‘high-risk’ nations like Pakistan, Nigeria

An upcoming Immigration White Paper is expected to outline measures to restrict work & study visa applications from nations with high asylum claim rates, The Times reported.

50% of students whose US visas revoked are Indians—report by immigration lawyers’ body

Report by American Immigration Lawyers Association says only 2% of students whose visas were revoked had history of engaging in political protests.

Panic-stricken amid Trump’s visa purge, Indian students look at private universities back home

Counselling agencies say Indians studying in the US are also considering relocating to countries like Canada, Australia, and UAE.

41% dip in Indian students headed to Canada, Russia sees a 34% uptick—govt tells Parliament

There has also been a decline in the number of Indians studying in the US, UK, while more students are opting to pursue their education in France, Germany.

Students from Punjab, Gujarat, Haryana now face higher rejection rate for Canadian, Australian visas

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.

Canada announces 2-year cap on international students admission. How will it affect Indians?

The new proposals will also set limits on post-grad work permits issued to foreign students, which will likely encourage them to return to their home countries.

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US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.