The Indian Weekender - Kiwi-Indian Hall of Fame Special - 07 October 2022

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Canada Start-Up Visa: The start-up
visa offers a unique opportunity
for immigrants in Canada.
Here are all your questions on the
start-up visa answered
Canada's start-up visa program has
welcomed 250 immigrants in the last five
months and is set to welcome 600 new
permanent residents in 2022, the highest
number since its launch in 2013, Canada
Immigration News reported.
The start-up visa offers a unique
opportunity for immigrants in Canada. As
Canada opens up more and more after
the Covid pandemic, the start-up visa
can be a choice for immigrants wishing
to settle in Canada.
What are the basic eligibility requirements
for Canada's start-up visa?
The basic eligibility requirements for
the visa include: having a qualifying
business, having a letter of support from
a designated organization, meeting the
language requirements and having enough
money to settle and live in Canada before
you make money from your business.
What is the minimum investment
required to apply for Canada's start-up
visa?
Friday, 7 October, 2022
Canada's start-up visa: All
your questions answered
If the investment comes from a
designated Canadian venture capital
fund, a candidate must secure a minimum
investment of $200,000.
In case investment comes from a
designated Canadian angel investor group,
a minimum investment of $75,000 is to be
secured.
How can a candidate secure support
from a designated organisation?
Through contacting the designated
organisation the candidate can find out
how to get support.
Moreover, the organisation must be
convinced that the idea of business is
worth supporting.
What happens if the business fails?
If a candidate using the start-up visa is
not able to do well in their business, it will
not affect their permanent resident status.
Dubai’s new Hindu temple with 16 deities to
open from Dussehra
A
new
Hindu temple
constructed in Dubai is
set to open its doors
for devotees from Dussehra
onwards, after an inauguration
ceremony on Tuesday.
The temple had its soft
opening on September
1, where thousands of
visitors were allowed to get a
glimpse of the interiors of the
temple built with white marble.
“With the benevolence of
the Rulers of the UAE and
the gracious support of the
Community Development
Authority (CDA), we are
holding the official inaugural
ceremony of the Hindu Temple
Dubai tomorrow evening,” one
of the temple trustees Raju
Shroff, told Gulf News.
Five points on new Hindu
Ap p o i n t m e n t s
in every visa
classification will be
issued, US embassy said. The
delays or cancellations that
occurred in 2021 will not
affect visa at this moment,
a representative of the US
Embassy told Hindustan Times'
business website Livemint.
Visa appointments scheduled
may be rescheduled if applicants
find earlier appointments but
will not be cancelled by the
embassy, the representative
further said.
Explaining the process, the
representative said that anyone
who wishes to request an
emergency non-immigrant visa
appointment must schedule
a walk-in appointment.
After this, the candidate
may submit an emergency
appointment
request.
temple in Dubai:
1. The temple is located
in Jebel Ali. This area is also
known as ‘the worship village’
as it houses several churches
and the Guru Nanak Darbar
Gurudwara.
2. Temple trustees have
welcomed people of all
nationalities and religious
beliefs to view and worship 16
deities, and the Guru Granth
Sahib - the Holy Book of the
Sikhs, reported Gulf News.
3. In terms of the architecture,
the temple has two levels as
visible in the images. A main
prayer hall, where most of the
deities are installed, has a large
3D-printed pink lotus unfurling
across the central dome.
4. As per the information
on its website, the temple
A main prayer hall, where most of the deities are installed, has a large 3D-printed pink
lotus unfurling across the central dome.
will also offer a digital library,
physical and online classes on
vedic languages, and a range of
value building and awareness
courses.
As a part of its outreach
program, it will also offer
medical and educational
support to those in need.
5. The temple will be open
daily from 6.30am until 8.30pm
from October 5 onwards.
Aarti or special prayers
will be held daily at 7.30pm,
the temple website said,
recommending online booking
via hindutempledubai.com to
avoid long queues.
On emergency visa appointment, US
embassy's clarification amid massive backlog
However, some criterion will
apply in order to qualify for
emergency appointments.
“We cannot expedite
interview waiver appointments
in any visa classification.
"Visa applicants with an
existing interview waiver
appointment and you wish
to request an emergency
appointment, you must first
cancel your existing interview
waiver appointment, then
make a first timer (walk-in)
appointment and then request
the emergency appointment,"
the representative said.
There has been a high
volume of visa requests with
the US embassy in India facing
severe backlog. Citing reduced
staffing and pandemic-related
disruptions in operations since
March 2020, the embassy
said that the demand for visas
across all categories is high.
The wait times have thus
"Visa applicants with
an existing interview
waiver appointment
and you wish to
request an emergency
appointment, you
must first cancel your
existing interview
waiver appointment,
then make a first
timer (walk-in)
appointment and then
request the emergency
appointment," the
representative said.
been longer for most nonimmigrant
visa appointments
at the embassy in New Delhi
and the consulates in Chennai,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, and
Mumbai.
Read online www.iwk.co.nz
Joe Biden
to set
new US
guidelines
on abortion
rights
U.S. President Joe Biden
will announce new
guidelines and grants
to protect reproductive rights,
and describe how abortion
rights have been curtailed since
the Supreme Court overturned
the constitutional right to
terminating pregnancies.
He will be speaking at a
meeting of the reproductive
rights task force, also to be
attended by Vice President
Kamala Harris, that is being held
100 days after the landmark
Roe v. Wade judgment.
The meeting will focus on
how millions of women cannot
access abortion services and
doctors and nurses are facing
criminal penalties for providing
such services, according to a
White House official and a letter
shared by the White House.
The letter to the president
was from Jen Klein, the head of
the inter-agency task force on
abortion access.
At the meeting, the president
will also speak about new
guidelines for universities from
the Department of Education
to protect students from
discrimination on the basis of
pregnancy and $6 million in
new grants to protect access
to reproductive healthcare
services from the Department
of Health & Human Services.
The letter from Klein said
abortion bans have gone
into effect in more than one
dozen states since the court
overturned the 1973 Roe
v. Wade ruling on June 24.
Nearly 30 million women of
reproductive age now live in
a state with a ban, including
nearly 22 million women who
cannot access abortion care
after six weeks, it said.
The letter also notes efforts
by Republican lawmakers such
as Senator Lindsay Graham to
issue a nationwide abortion
ban.
Democrats are increasingly
hopeful that the Supreme
Court decision will boost voter
support in November's midterm
elections.