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Statements by US administration officials regarding suspension of the EB-5 visa-by-investment programme has triggered apprehension in the minds of investors.
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Donald Trump said he was expecting rich people to come to the US by buying the gold cards. 'They’ll be wealthy, and they’ll be successful,' the US President said, adding the move would help reduce the federal deficit.
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that a large number of refugees were denied citizenship rights in the country due to what he called the "appeasement policy" of previous governments led by the Congress and its allies. Addressing a gathering in Ahmedabad on Sunday after handing over citizenship certificates to 188 Hindu refugees in Gujarat, Shah said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is about giving rights and justice to lakhs of refugees. He also assured Muslims that there is no provision in the CAA to take away anyone's citizenship, as it is solely about granting citizenship. Watch here for more details
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In its latest clarification, the MHA has expanded the scope of acceptable documents. The ministry stated that documents may consist of land records, judicial orders, or any other records that identify or represent that the applicant or their ancestors had been nationals of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, or Pakistan.
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US President Joe Biden has announced a new policy for shielding undocumented spouses of US citizens from deportation. The action would shield about 500,000 immigrants living in the United States from deportation. The new policy would also allow noncitizens who have been in the country for at least 10 years and are married to a US citizen, and their children, to apply for permanent residence.
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Lectures by those who have a limited understanding of India's pluralistic traditions and the region's post-partition history are best not attempted, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
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Singh spoke to Moneycontrol on how the Citizenship Amendment Act would play out on the ground in light of the chief ministers of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal stating that they would not be implementing the law.
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Between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, a 13% increase in citizenship by conferral applications was registered compared to the same period in 2022.
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By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.
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The German interior ministry has published the new citizenship rules, which if passed in the German Parliament will include shorter residency duration and more lenient language requirements, and provision for dual citizenship.
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The agitation in Assam had turned violent, with five people losing their lives in police firing and KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi and four others being arrested.
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The government has said it wants to boost immigration and training to tackle a skills shortage weighing on Europe's largest economy at a time of weakening growth.
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According to the annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for 2021-22, from April 1 to December 31, 2021, a total of 1,414 foreigners belonging to these minority communities of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan were given Indian citizenship by registration or naturalisation under the Citizenship Act, 1955.
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Yuri Milner is the founder of internet investment firm DST Global, and made a fortune by betting on Chinese tech companies like e-commerce platforms Alibaba and JD.com.
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Snowden, 39, fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013 that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the NSA, where he worked.
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Home ministry data show that in 2021, 78,284 Indians took up American citizenship. The other most popular countries for immigration were Australia (23,533 Indians), Canada (21,597), and UK (14,637).
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In all, 3.93 lakh Indians have renounced citizenship between 2019 and 2021
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Led by California Senator Alex Padilla and Congresswoman Deborah Ross, the lawmakers have urged their colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan America’s Children Act.
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Ukrainians made up 3% of new citizens during the year, largely in its western neighbour Poland, which naturalised close to 3,900 – the most of any EU country and more than double its figure in 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula.
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The Henley Passport Index now places India at the 83rd position globally, after Oman and Armenia were added to the list of visa-free destinations. Indian passport holders now have visa-free access to 60 nations.
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The MHA further provided a break-up of the data, which showed that the maximum number of citizenships was renounced in 2019, and the minimum in pandemic-hit 2020, as per the data available for the past seven years.
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Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as per the information available with the Ministry of External Affairs, a total number of 1,33,83,718 Indian nationals are living in foreign countries.
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Over 1.56 lakh Indians gave up their citizenship in 2019. As many as 63,578 of them became US citizens, 31,329 Canadians and 28,470 were conferred Australian citizenship
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As more and more people are migrating from India to foreign countries, many are using the terms PR and citizenship interchangeably.
What is the difference between the two? How can one get PR or citizenship in a foreign country?
Let's find out in the 2nd Episode of Immigration Central.
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Worldwide, nearly 30 countries offer residence- and/or citizenship-by-investment programs. Currently, there are only 9 countries that provide a direct route to citizenship based on investment.
