Citizenship Amendment Rules 2026 Launch e-OCI and Online-Only Processing for Overseas Indians
India Makes Digital e-Arrival Card Mandatory 72 Hours Before Entry
India and EU Fast-Track New Mobility Framework in UN Side-Line Talks
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Mumbai Airport Shuts Both Runways for Six-Hour Pre-Monsoon Maintenance, Sparking Schedule Shifts
Mumbai’s CSMIA closed both runways for six hours on 7 May to conduct essential pre-monsoon maintenance, disrupting hundreds of flights despite early airline coordination. The incident highlights capacity strains at India’s busiest single-airport city and the need for contingency planning by business travellers and mobility managers.
India makes e-Arrival Card compulsory 72 hours before entry
From 1 April 2026 India abolished paper disembarkation forms and now requires every foreign traveller to submit an e-Arrival Card online within 72 hours of arrival. Without the QR-coded receipt passengers can face long delays at immigration, so mobility managers are baking the step into pre-trip compliance checklists. The change streamlines data collection ahead of a wider roll-out of biometric fast-track lanes later this year.
India & Jamaica sign MoUs to create skilled-worker visa channel
Three MoUs signed in Kingston create a political framework for a new Indian skilled-worker visa pathway to Jamaica, targeting healthcare, education and BPO roles. Detailed visa rules are due by Q4 2026, giving employers time to map talent pipelines into the Caribbean market.
Citizenship Amendment Rules 2026 digitise all OCI services and ban dual passports for minors
New Citizenship Rules make every OCI service paper-less, introduce a digital e-OCI card, and bar minors from holding two passports at once. The changes, effective from 1 May 2026, will streamline processing but require families and employers to review compliance for dependent children.
India-EU hold UN-side-line talks to accelerate 2026 Mobility Partnership
Indian and EU officials met in New York on 7 May to fast-track implementation of the January 2026 Mobility Partnership, reviewing digital visa tools and skills-matching pilots. Businesses could see smoother work-permit processing and more unified requirements across EU embassies in India later this year.
OCI eligibility widened to 5th- & 6th-generation Indian-origin Tamils in Sri Lanka
India has extended OCI eligibility to 5th- and 6th-generation Indian-origin Tamils from Sri Lanka, allowing a wider diaspora to obtain life-long visa-free access and work rights in India. The move could ease cross-border hiring for companies operating in the India–Sri Lanka corridor.