Tag Archives: Passport

  • Delhi High Court: Issue Indian passport to Tibetans as per Citizenship Act 22 September 2016 | Anshdeep Kaur This post has 19 comments

    Landmark judgement holds up Constitutional Law in India, and brings relief to many Indians of Foreign Descent who have faced unnecessary delays in obtaining official travel documents. ...

  • PIL filed in Delhi High Court seeks Indian passport for Tibetans 13 May 2016 | Anshdeep Kaur This post has 16 comments

    In what has all the makings of a landmark case, today a Tibetan Indian filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) to ease the bureaucratic hurdles faced by Tibetan Indians when applying for an Indian passport. ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal The Return Visa fuss 10 January 2016 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has 6 comments

    India is a beautiful place, but the Indian bureaucracy has a long way to go if India wants to make it easier for everyone who is living there, including the Tibetans. ...

  • Handwritten Identity Certificate becomes invalid for travelling 1 December 2015 | Tibet Sun Newsroom This post has one comment

    A handwritten Identity Certificate (IC), popularly known as the Yellow Book, issued by the Government of India and held by Tibetan refugees in India, is no longer valid for travelling abroad. ...

  • Tibetan community in India at variance over citizenship rights 18 January 2015 This post has no comments yet

    "The issue will not effect the Tibetan cause. Tibet is no longer a matter of Tibetans only but has wide implications on the whole world." ...

  • Lobsang Wangyal India voting rights: a watershed moment for Tibetans 7 May 2014 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has one comment

    Would losing RC affect a Tibetan's refugee status in other countries? How much closer to a passport are Tibetans who have voting rights? ...

  • Tibetan man born in India takes citizenship plea to the High Court 29 April 2014 | Ayesha Arvind This post has no comments yet

    Almost four years after the Delhi High Court passed a judgment supporting the right of a Tibetan-born in India to claim Indian citizenship by birth, as per the Indian Citizenship Act, the debate has once again resurfaced. ...

  • What benefit to Tibetans of having Indian citizenship? 28 March 2014 This post has one comment

    What benefit could Tibetans gain or lose by having Indian citizenship? How could the Tibetan movement be affected? ...

  • Give passport to youth born to Tibetans: High Court 26 August 2013 | Shashiprasad SM This post has no comments yet

    The Karnataka High Court has come to the rescue of a 27-year-old man, who was born to Tibetan refugees in India but was declined Indian citizenship and passport by regional passport authorities. ...

  • Denied passport, Tibet poet can’t receive US award 8 March 2013 | Gillian Wong This post has no comments yet

    The United States would like to present an outspoken Tibetan author with an award for courage but the activist will be unable to travel to receive the honour. ...