The Ghanaian High Commission in the UK is in the process of introducing automated visa and passport application procedures. In a press release copied to ghanabusinessnews.com, the High Commission says the news system when completed will facilitate online visa and passport applications. The new system the Mission said will come…
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US embassy consular outreach clinic in Phuket
The Consular Section of the US embassy in Bangkok will be in Phuket tomorrow (December 17) to provide consular outreach services. The “consular clinic” will be at the Metropole Hotel on Montri Road in Phuket Town from 8am to midday. Consular staff will be available to provide services on: •…
Points-based system – new versions of application forms and guidance
UK Border Agency have today published new versions of our application forms and policy guidance under the following categories of the points-based system: * Tier 1 (General) * Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) * Tier 1 (Investor) * Tier 1 (Post-study work) * Tier 2 – all categories (application form only –…
Great deal for the military and young illegal immigrants!!!
Three years ago, the U.S. Armed Forces struggled with a serious recruiting crisis, a crisis that evaporated temporarily only when the economy slumped. As it recovers and our population continues to age, the Armed Forces will face yet another challenge in recruiting the high-quality people needed for the modern military.…
San Diego-born boy tied to beheadings for Drug Cartels
U.S. consular officials are arranging to meet with a San Diego-born 14-year-old accused of carrying out killings and decapitations for a major drug cartel in central Mexico. Mexican officials approved the meeting after a formal petition from the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, the juvenile court judge handling the teen’s…
Belarus to open embassies in Brazil, Nigeria
Belarus will soon open an embassy in Brazil, Foreign Minister of Belarus Sergei Martynov said in an interview to Belarus-TV Channel. “Actually we are opening the embassy there. The first employees have already been deployed. Previously we had a consulate general in Brazil, and now we are opening a full-fledged…
Canada lifts visa requirement for visitors from Taiwan
Effective immediately, travellers with ordinary Taiwan passports issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan no longer require a Temporary Resident Visa to visit Canada, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. “Canada regularly reviews its visa requirements and has determined that Taiwan meets the criteria for…
Vietnam’s first consulate opens in Japan
The Consulate of Vietnam has officially been inaugurated in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture with the Chairman of the Central Japan International Airport Co. Ltd. (Centrair), Yukihisa Hirano, being appointed as the honorary consul. Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan, Nguyen Phu Binh said Nagoya is a major economic…
European security standards needed for visa-free travel to EU
The EU will lift visa requirements for Eastern Partnership states if the latter introduce European security standards, a senior official has said. The European commissioner for enhancement and European neighbourhood policy, Stefan Füle, made the remarks at the opening of the second European civil society forum in Berlin on Thursday.…
UK immigration panel recommends up to 25 per cent cut in non-EU entries
UK’s Migration Advisory Committee today recommended that the number of migrant workers coming into Britain from outside EU be cut between 13-25 per cent next year. The MAC submitted a 300-odd page report to the government in which it has said that the number of visas issued both under tier…