India is in the process of issuing e-passports starting this year. Reportedly, all Indian nationals will be issued an e-passport with advanced security features from 2022 onwards. If you apply for renewal of an existing passport or issuance of a new one, you will get an e-passport, according to the Ministry of External Affairs. The […]
Latest Update, December 11, 2021: Qatar Airways has recently been adjudged as the best airline in the world by Skytrax, an international air transport rating organization. One of the major carriers in the US-India travel sector, the airline got a 5-star rating from Skytrax in four categories: Best Airline, Airline COVID-19 Safety, Best Airport, and […]
After four months of deliberation on easing entry restrictions for foreign nationals in a calibrated manner, the White House has finally issued new entry rules and travel guidelines for international travelers boarding flights into USA on or after November 8, 2021. President Biden signed a new proclamation for safe resumption of air travel to the […]
Good news for unvaccinated Indians who are subject to the US Presidential Proclamation 10199! Unlike Doha and Dubai where only fully-vaccinated Indians can take a stopover before traveling to their final destinations in the US, Turkey is open to unvaccinated Indians, with effect from September 4, 2021. Unvaccinated Indians can bypass the US entry restrictions […]
With effect from August 30, 2021, the United Arab Emirates resumed issuing tourist visas to only fully-vaccinated nationals of the countries, including India, tourist arrivals from where had been suspended hitherto. The Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship (ICA) and the National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA) made this announcement jointly on August 28. […]
With effect on May 4, 2021, the United States’ presidential proclamation restricted the arrival of non-immigrants who were in the pandemic-hit India during 14 days prior to their attempted entry to the US. Indians who were neither eligible for National Interest Exception nor belonged to any exempted category found a way to bypass the presidential […]
Be it a pandemic, cross-border political conflict, or international travel restriction, lives at grass-roots level take a hit, in addition to economy. Some Indian families that started building a second home on the foundation of their ‘American Dreams’ are not an exception to the impact of the restricted entry into the United States. Some of […]
In view of the devastating second wave of the pandemic in India, President Joe Biden is to restrict travel from India starting on May 4, 2021, according to Jen Saki, the Press Secretary of White House. The temporary ban on travel from India to USA will apply only to non-US residents who are from or […]
During the pandemic, India welcomed a few international nonstop flights ensuring the ease of travel from abroad in view of the entry and quarantine regulations. United Airlines’ Chicago to New Delhi, Air India’s SFO to Bengaluru, Air India’s Chicago to Hyderabad, Air India’s Chennai to London, and Air Vistara’s Delhi to London Heathrow made it […]
With time passing on, India’s regulations for international arrivals were expected to loosen. But more contagious strains of the virus from the UK, Brazil and South Africa causing an upsurge to the pandemic have made the rules for international travel to India more stringent than before. Consequently, the new guidelines for air travel to India, […]