Indians overseas upset over government proposal to scrap PIO & OCI cards
While a PIO card applicant has to be a person of Indian origin who is a citizen of any country, other than Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Afghanistan, China and Nepal; or a person who has held an Indian passport at any time or is the spouse …
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Passport issuing queues to ease
The department's head office and branch offices nationwide have been closed since Jan 13 by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) rally led by Luang Pu Buddha Issara. About 4,000 people normally apply for passport services each working …
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Chiang Rai residents seek passport issuing venues
However, residents said the Chiang Mai office could only issue 200 passports a day. They have to wait in a long queue for days to apply for passports. They claim the government should therefore open more temporary offices nationwide in order to serve …
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Britain likely to hike visa fee from next month
The proposal to change the fee structure was announced by the UK government this week, and if approved by Parliament the new fees will apply from 6 April 2014, while some fees for premium services overseas will apply from 31 March 2014. In general, UK …
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