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The United States has tightened the noose for foreign travellers looking to enter the country. The Trump administration has now widened a visa rule that requires applicants from certain countries to post a hefty financial bond, adding 7 more countries to the list.The changes, were made without a formal which were reflected in a notice…
Planning to travel to South Korea? If you have a small travel group, there is some good news. As per the latest development, South Korea has decided to extend the visa processing fee waiver for short-term group tourists from six countries, including India, for another six months. This is in live with a move to…
Amazon is allowing tech workers stranded in India due to H-1B visa delays to work remotely until March 2026. However, severe restrictions ban coding, testing, strategic decisions, and customer interactions, leaving many unable to perform their core job functions. This policy addresses visa backlogs, impacting thousands of employees. Amazon has granted a rare remote work…
Amazon is giving its India-based employees a temporary remote work pass until early March due to visa processing snags. But, there are strict rules: no coding, no big strategy talks, and definitely no chatting with customers. This shows how big tech companies are really feeling the pinch from H-1B visa backlogs, messing with their work…
For years, Germany has occupied a special place in the Indian study-abroad imagination. Public universities with little or no tuition, private institutions promising quick employability, generous post-study work rules and a labour market projected as talent-hungry—it appeared to offer a rare alignment of affordability and opportunity. In 2025, that promise fractured.Hundreds of Indian students enrolled…
Google reportedly paid $10.5 billion as fine in Europe. According to an X (formerly Twitter) post shared by The Kobeissi Letter, the US tech giant has added a literal line item in their quarterly reports called “European Commission fines.” According to it, Google has paid $10.5 billion in EU fines as of September 30th. “The…
Compared with the UAE and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain offers long-term residency with lower investment thresholds and fewer financial barriers to entry/ Representative Image For years, the UAE and Saudi Arabia have dominated conversations around long-term residency in the Gulf. But Bahrain has been moving steadily in the same direction, aligning itself with a wider regional…
The GCC unified tourist visa will allow seamless travel across all six Gulf Cooperation Council countries/ Representative Image After months of anticipation and shifting timelines, Gulf officials have confirmed that the long-awaited unified GCC tourist visa will not launch in 2025 as earlier indicated, but will instead roll out in 2026. The clarification came in…
Donald Trump has appointed Mora Namdar as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, placing her in charge of US passport issuance and visa approvals. The role gives Namdar significant authority over who is allowed to enter or remain in the United States, at a time when immigration and travel rules are again a central…
India on Friday flagged its concerns to the US over the cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews for large numbers of Indian applicants and said both sides were engaged on the issue. The interviews of thousands of H-1B visa applicants slated from the middle of this month in India were abruptly postponed by several months…
