Indian e-Visas Reinstated for Canadian Nationals! After two weeks of resuming the electronic visa or e-Visa facility for UK Nationals, India has now reinstated this facility for Canadian nationals as well. Canada is now a part of the list of eligible countries on the e-Visa portal. This was announced by the High Commission of India… Read more »
Maternity Benefits: Changes to the Maternity Benefits Act, 1961, under India’s new Social Security Code, 2022 Overview The Ministry of Labour and Employment in India brought substantial changes in Labour Laws, and one of the Code-named Code on Social Security, 2020, was framed. This Social Security Code 2020 subsumed 9 Acts. The Social Security Code… Read more »
Foreign Nationals Seeking Indian Employment Visas May Continue to be Paid Outside India This is an update to the alert we published on August 28, 2022, regarding salary payments for foreign nationals employed in India. We have procured clarifications from the Indian Consular posts in the U.S. and the U.K, regarding changes to the source… Read more »
Foreign Nationals Seeking Indian Employment Visas Must be Paid in India | Changes Announced at Certain Posts Foreign nationals seeking Indian employment visas must now be paid their salaries in India. Changes to this effect were introduced in the document requirements by Indian Consular posts or their third-party document support entities (VFS and BLS) in… Read more »
In 2009, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in India provided a fairly comprehensive delineation of the regulatory framework relating to business and employment visas. Rules and regulations on visa categories and in-country registration are issued and enforced by the MHA. Visa issuance guidelines provide a broad framework but each visa application is decided on… Read more »
The Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) program is granted to foreign nationals of Indian origin to live and work in India.This program is not for individuals who are from Pakistan or Bangladesh. The following individuals qualify for registration as an OCI[1] A person who at any time held an Indian passport; or A person whose… Read more »
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has recently issued a notification to all the Foreigners Regional Registration Offices (FRROs) or Foreigners Registration Offices (FROs) stating that an Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) application can only be submitted in India once a foreign national has resided in India for a continuous period of six (6) months… Read more »
In April 2017, the Indian government had made it mandatory for all individuals subject to income tax in India to quote their Aadhaar Card number in their income tax returns, with effect from July 1, 2017. This applied to all tax paying Indians as well as foreign nationals who would file their income tax returns in India on or after July… Read more »
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