The Security Control Wing is currently looking into 69 such residents who might be staying on in the city or in various pockets of Bengal without a valid visa.
Kolkata Police have arrested six Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly staying in India even after the expiry of their visas.
Amid massive unrest in neighbouring Bangladesh following the assassination of Osman Hadi, around 35 Bangladeshi students studying at Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in Santiniketan are unable to return home due to a visa crisis.
There have been multiple reports in recent months about abrupt cancellations of student visas and SEVPs (Student and Exchange Visitor Programs) of international students in US universities without any prior notification or warning.
The new guidelines mandate comprehensive vetting, including online presence, for all student and exchange visitor applicants.
Visa backlogs for non-immigrants have yet to be absorbed, and they continue to impede travel. According to a researcher associated with the Brookings Institute, the number of visas issued by American embassies across Europe has dropped dramatically compared to pre-Covid times
Visa, a digital payments platform, on Thursday launched its card-on-file (CoF) tokenisation services in India in line with the recently issued RBI guidelines.
"The real price for a Tajikistan visa is $60, but in the black market it is around $350 to $400. The real price for Turkey's visa is $120, but in the black market it is selling for up to $5,000. There are secrets that we do not know, and only the firsthand dealers know how to obtain them,"
In addition to the grants, Instamojo, the digitization partner, is providing the winners with tools and resources to help build their digital presence.
The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
