Tag Archives: Yellow Book

  • 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." ...

  • Swedish Green Party MP expresses support for Tibet 1 September 2017 | Lobsang Wangyal This post has no comments yet

    In June 2016 Sweden announced that the IC, the yellow book issued by the Government of India to Tibetans to travel abroad, will no longer be accepted as a valid travel document. ...

  • 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. ...

  • 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. ...