Rohit Saksena filed visa applications that falsely claimed jobs awaited foreign workers at a California company, the US Justice Department said.

The new centre will replace the existing centres in Motijheel and Uttara from July 15.

Along with the extension, the government will also allow for the conversion of a regular visa into medical category in case of an emergency.

Home Ministry officials also said sub-categories of visa have been reduced from 104 to 65, thus rationalising and simplifying the visa regime and removing confusion.

Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right politician, came to power at the beginning of the year and has made it a policy to reduce visa requirements from a number of developed countries.

The international airports where the facility will be available are in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Altogether, 67 people have contracted the virus — a chunk of them are a group of tourists from Italy.

Coronavirus: The lockdown is set to end on Tuesday, though several chief ministers, including Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal, have said they would like the lockdown to be extended

Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was aware of it and will take an appropriate decision soon.

Coronavirus lockdown: The government has eased visa restrictions for some categories of foreigners who want to visit India