High Court directs FRRO to extend Russian woman’s visa
The Telangana High Court directed the FRRO-Hyderabad to extend the visa of Russian national Alena Evgenievna Pavlova on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka also ordered that no overstay penalty be imposed as she applied for the extension within the stipulated time. The woman, a linguistics student and translator, has been involved in translating Indian literature into Russian since 2018.
- ▪The Telangana High Court ordered the FRRO to extend Alena Evgenievna Pavlova's visa on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- ▪Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka ruled that no overstay penalty should be levied as the visa extension application was timely.
- ▪Alena Evgenievna Pavlova is a linguistics student and diploma holder in Foreign Languages and Culture from Vologda University in Russia.
- ▪She has been actively translating Indian literature into Russian since 2018.
- ▪The FRRO-Hyderabad was specifically instructed to process the visa extension without penalties.
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Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka of the Telangana High Court on Thursday directed the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO)-Hyderabad to extend the visa of a Russian woman Alena Evgenievna Pavlova living in Hyderabad on humanitarian and compassionate grounds.The judge also instructed the FRRO not to impose any overstay penalty on her since she applied for extension of visa within stipulated time. A Linguistics student and diploma holder in Foreign Languages and Culture from Vologda university of Russia, the Russian had been actively associated with translating Indian literature into Russian since 2018.
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