NEW DELHI: Union house minister Rajnath Singh ensured a long-pending request of visa extension and conversion of an Indian national’s Filipino spouse—conveyed to him by the use of Twitter—was processed without further extend while he was maintaining a meeting to discuss smoothening of the processes of immigration and visas for Indian citizens and foreigners.
According to assets, Ghaziabad-based Elisha Rohit Das, an Indian citizen married to Filipino national Edalyn Abong Das, on Friday tagged Singh’s private Twitter maintain to a tweet mentioning that the home ministry was yet to answer his request for visa extension and conversion of his spouse, however several visits to the FRRO, Ghaziabad and the latter forwarding the requisite details to the ministry. In reality, the ministry had, as a substitute of granting the visa extension/conversion request submitted in March, sought an exit clearance citing ‘overstay’ through Edalyn.
A call centre employee, Rohit said he was working throughout the night time and doing rounds of the FRRO place of business all the way through the day. “Please help us stay in combination in India,” he pleaded.
This Twitter criticism was flagged to Singh along with case details emailed to house minister’s place of business on the latter’s request. Singh, who was on the time chairing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative panel in Kochi, intervened through asking the home secretary, who was provide there, to get the subject resolved. The house secretary passed on the case to joint secretary (foreigners) who was in the same room.
As the home ministry brass worked the telephone, Rohit’s want to stay with his spouse in India was finally granted. Sources said Edalyn’s visa extension/conversion request might be processed on Monday itself, it being the following working day.
“What is particularly fascinating is that the visa request was gained, noted and put into procedure on the house minister’s behest even as the ministry briefed MPs about the projects taken to expedite/facilitate immigration and visa procedure,” said a house ministry officer.
Singh on Friday told the consultative committee that e-visa scheme had become very well liked by foreigners, with selection of e-visas issued soaring from 5,17,417 in 2015 to 19,01,309 in 2017 and 11,16,985 until July 5 this yr. “It is expected that in a few years time the selection of e-visas issued through MHA’s Bureau of Immigration (BoI) would overtake the selection of common visas issued through all the Indian Missions in a foreign country,” he tweeted.
Singh added that the home ministry was hanging up further departure and arrival counters at main airports as well as providing human resources to the bureau of immigration to fast-track the immigration procedure.
According to assets, Ghaziabad-based Elisha Rohit Das, an Indian citizen married to Filipino national Edalyn Abong Das, on Friday tagged Singh’s private Twitter maintain to a tweet mentioning that the home ministry was yet to answer his request for visa extension and conversion of his spouse, however several visits to the FRRO, Ghaziabad and the latter forwarding the requisite details to the ministry. In reality, the ministry had, as a substitute of granting the visa extension/conversion request submitted in March, sought an exit clearance citing ‘overstay’ through Edalyn.
A call centre employee, Rohit said he was working throughout the night time and doing rounds of the FRRO place of business all the way through the day. “Please help us stay in combination in India,” he pleaded.
This Twitter criticism was flagged to Singh along with case details emailed to house minister’s place of business on the latter’s request. Singh, who was on the time chairing a meeting of the parliamentary consultative panel in Kochi, intervened through asking the home secretary, who was provide there, to get the subject resolved. The house secretary passed on the case to joint secretary (foreigners) who was in the same room.
As the home ministry brass worked the telephone, Rohit’s want to stay with his spouse in India was finally granted. Sources said Edalyn’s visa extension/conversion request might be processed on Monday itself, it being the following working day.
“What is particularly fascinating is that the visa request was gained, noted and put into procedure on the house minister’s behest even as the ministry briefed MPs about the projects taken to expedite/facilitate immigration and visa procedure,” said a house ministry officer.
Singh on Friday told the consultative committee that e-visa scheme had become very well liked by foreigners, with selection of e-visas issued soaring from 5,17,417 in 2015 to 19,01,309 in 2017 and 11,16,985 until July 5 this yr. “It is expected that in a few years time the selection of e-visas issued through MHA’s Bureau of Immigration (BoI) would overtake the selection of common visas issued through all the Indian Missions in a foreign country,” he tweeted.
Singh added that the home ministry was hanging up further departure and arrival counters at main airports as well as providing human resources to the bureau of immigration to fast-track the immigration procedure.
We are increasing number of departure, arrival counters at major airports: Rajnath Singh
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