Effective immediately, the US’s popular Optional Practical Training programme (OPT) is expanding to allow more international students – in more STEM-related fields of study – to remain in the country for three years...
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Study: International students are more likely to complete their Master’s degree faster than their Canadian counterparts.
Canada is one of the most popular countries where most immigrants go looking tostudy and work. The reasons for Canada to be the preferred destination ofthousands of immigrants to study are the beautiful cities, abundant...
Tensed H-1B holders and Indian students heave a sigh of relief as Biden Administration provides aid
In recent developments under the Biden Administration, a court challenge to OPT and STEM OPT has failed. H-1B holders and Indian students waited with bated breaths as the challenge to OPT and STEM OPT made rounds in the...
UK allows travel to resume from India starting 8th August
With effect from 8th August 2021, India will be removed from UK’s red list of travel, which means that thousands of Indian students, as well as other travellers who were waiting to travel from India to UK, will not have...
Canadian Universities Rolls Out Courses On “Black Studies”, More Courses In The Pipeline
In the Fall semester of 2022, Ryerson University will offer a new Black studies minor, as well as other similar programs, which are in progress across the country, trying to fill what scholars call a long-standing...
Emerging Covid-19 Omicron Has Caused Students To Re-Consider Their Study Abroad Destination
Singapore was the last country to enable air travel from India after worldwide travel restrictions began to lift a month ago, just before the new Covid-19 version Omicron reared its head again. Students who want to...
Students With Disabilities Excluded From COVID-19 Policymaking On Campus
The pandemic has had a wide-ranging impact on student’s lives, but some have been hit harder than others. Throughout the virus outbreak, students with special needs have encountered particular hurdles in their...
Vietnam Reopening – Lifting Quarantine Requirements
On March 15, 2022, the Vietnamese government announced effective immediately that the country is officially reopening for essentially all travellers after two years of international border closure and stringent entry...
1,33,135 Indian Students Went To Study Abroad As On March 20, 2022: MoS External Affairs V. Muraleedharan Told Rajya Sabha
As per information received from the Bureau of Immigration (BoI), the number of Indian students, who departed India for higher education in the current year, is 1,33,135 so far while there were 4,44,553 students in 2021...
Saudi Arabia Removes All Covid-19 Travel Restrictions
Saudi Arabia has removed all remaining Covid-19-related travel restrictions. Travellers are no longer required to show a vaccination certificate or PCR test result on arrival in the kingdom. The government has also...
