India: General Immigration

The hum of the airport terminal is suddenly drowned out by a tightening in your chest. It’s supposed to be the start of a dream vacation, a special birthday trip with your family to Dubai, a celebration of togetherness, laughter, and memories to last a lifetime. But instead, here you are, standing in front of the immigration officer, heart pounding as they inform you that you cannot board your flight.

In this episode of Podcast Bites powered by IndiaLaw LLP, Nikita Dlima and Rahul Sundaram discuss the Gujarat High Court’s decision in Dolly Khilankumar Vadalia Nee Dolly Ketan Barai v. Union of India and Others.

In Directorate of Enforcement v. Joy of India & Ors., Writ Petition No. 698 of 2018, the Karnataka High Court reaffirmed the statutory test for determining whether a person qualifies as a "person resident in India" under Section 2(v) of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 ("FEMA").

The movement of individuals across international borders is often romanticized as an act of exploration or an act of displacement, However, beneath this romantic veneer lies a rigid statutory framework.

India has expanded its eVisa framework to include four new categories...

India has long been recognized as a global hub of highly trained and skilled workforce, especially in technology, finance, and business services.

The mechanism of green channel approval was introduced in India on August 13, 2019, aiming to foster ease of doing business by reducing time and cost of transactions.

The State Department's January Visa Bulletin still shows significant backlogs in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories for India- and China-born nationals, with delays of up to 12 years for India-born nationals and four years.

In 1971, the Ministry of Home Affairs ("MHA") set up the Bureau of Immigration ("BoI") as a border control agency.