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56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia: Khurshid

New Delhi, May 23 -- As many as 56,700 Indians face deportation from Saudi Arabia in the next one-and-half months and ten officials have been despatched to the kingdom to help the Indian mission prepare emergency certificates for their exit, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Thursday.

05/23/13
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Indian passport problem in Saudi Arabia resolved

Dubai, May 22 --The problem of Saudi Arabian immigration authorities not accepting newly designed Indian passports has been resolved, according to the Indian embassy in Riyadh.

05/22/13
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Saudis not accepting newly-designed Indian passport

Dubai, May 20 -- Passport authorities in Saudi Arabia are refusing to accept new passports issued by Indian missions in that country and submitted by Indian expatriates for updating.

05/20/13
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Indian workers in Saudi Arabia can regularise visa status

Dubai, May 2 -- In a bid to address the problems arising out of Saudi Arabia's new labour policy, Indian workers who have travelled to that Gulf nation legally will be allowed to regularise their visa status.

05/02/13
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Indian in Bahrain stabbed in passport row

Dubai, April 29 -- A 35-year-old Indian man in Bahrain was stabbed, allegedly by one of his employers, in a row after he went to collect his passport.

04/29/13
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60,000 Indians register at Indian embassy & consulate in Saudi Arabia

Dubai, April 29 -- Around 60,000 Indian workers have registered in the Indian embassy in Riyadh and the consulate general in Jeddah in the wake of the new Saudi labour policy, according to India's Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.

04/29/13
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More green cards, but none for siblings, adult children

Chicago -- The proposed changes to the US immigration law submitted on Wednesday by the "gang of eight", the bi-partisan group in the US Senate, would increase the number of employment based green cards, directly benefitting applicants from India and China.

04/22/13
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Obama backs sweeping bill on immigration reforms

Washington, April 17 -- President Barack Obama has come out in support of a compromise immigration reform legislation unveiled by a bipartisan group of senators offering a 13-year path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants, including 260,000 Indians.

04/17/13
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Australia good place to work, study, say Indians

New Delhi, April 17 -- Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr Wednesday welcomed findings of a survey that indicates Indians see Australia as a good place to visit, live, work and study.

04/17/13
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