CHANDIGARH: British Immigration Minister Damian Green on Tuesday called on Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, seeking his cooperation and support to check the illegal migration from Punjab to the UK. Green urged the chief minister to direct the state police department to help the British High Commission in proper ...

HOSHIARPUR: Every day is not a Sunday. So it proved for a gang that had been running a racket preparing fictitious bank account statements for foreign visa aspirants for a year or so. Surprised to find that most of the statements attached with the visa documents came for m single bank, ...

PATIALA: Union Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur on Sunday said External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna would take up the issue of the temporary ban on issuance of visas by the British High Commission for students from North India. The UK Border Agency had on Saturday announced to temporarily ...

CHANDIGARH: Over 2,000 students from Punjab in recent months have been refused visa (entry clearance) by the British High Commission, New Delhi, on the grounds that their certificates have not been verified by the Punjab School Education Board. Ravi Kumar, a student from Sarhali village near Phillaur, who was turned away, ...

JALANDHAR: Refused visa by the British High Commission, more than a hundred youth on Friday held a protest at the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) office here and burnt copies of their refusal letters. They alleged bias against Punjab School Education Board. They were turned away due to delay by the board ...