Tag Archives: Passport

  • Harassment continues for Tibetans seeking Indian passport 3 October 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 3 comments

    Tibetans applying for Indian passport continue to face various forms of discrimination and harassment, and are left with no choice other than appealing in the courts for relief. ...

  • Kashag not against Tibetans taking Indian citizenship: CTA President 23 September 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 8 comments

    Sangay said so much "publicity was unwarranted. If there were small problems, those could have been resolved without using so much publicity." ...

  • Get Indian passport and become homeless for a second time 22 June 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 40 comments

    Becoming homeless for a second time, Tibetans in India who are applying for an Indian passport have been told to leave the settlements where they were born and lived their whole lives. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal Bye bye Yellow Book 24 April 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 14 comments

    What does it mean that I have become a Tibetan-Indian? Will I start speaking in Hindi, move away from Tibetan society, change all my friends, and shun the Tibetan movement? ...

  • Tibetans born in India to get Indian passport 29 March 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 15 comments

    A memorandum from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has ordered that passport facilities be made available to all Tibetan refugees born in India between 26 January 1950 and 1 July 1987. ...

  • Tibetans in India may get passport soon 16 March 2017 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has 15 comments

    "If there is a law and the government does not implement it, what is the point of having a law? My fight will go on until all the eligible Tibetans who want a passport get one." ...

  • Lawyers file contempt petition against MEA regarding Tibetan passport issue 18 February 2017 | Tibet Sun Contributor This post has 5 comments

    Lawyers representing Lobsang Wangyal have filed a contempt petition against the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for not following up on the Delhi High Court order of 22 September 2016. ...

  • India eases passport application rules 23 December 2016 This post has one comment

    The government on Friday introduced many changes to ease the rules for applying for an Indian passport, including expansion of the types of documents needed for proof of birthdate. ...

  • Tibetan man faces verification hurdle 27 November 2016 | Naresh K Thakur This post has no comments yet

    Wangyal and two others, Phuntsok Wangyal and Tenzin Dhonden, had successfully moved the Delhi High Court to direct the Ministry of External Affairs to issue an Indian passport to Tibetans. ...

  • Laden Tshering Samdup Lobsang Wangyal: The show must go on 1 November 2016 | Laden Tshering Samdup This post has 4 comments

    I don’t own as large and strong heart as Lobsang to take things in my stride, but as long as it makes news and keeps Tibet from fading from public memory, you have to be Lobsang Wangyal. ...