The number of applicants for asylum in Finland has dropped sharply. This year an estimated 2,000 fewer asylum seekers are expected in Finland than last year. Last year the number of applicants totalled 6,000. Coinciding with this year’s drop in applications, the Finnish Immigration Service is also cutting the number…
Angola’s Migration and Foreigners Services (SME) have digitalized operations which will enable it issue visas online, PANA reports quoting the Angolan News Agency. Deputy Minister of Interior for Migration, Eduardo Martins, said that 32 Angolan consulates had already been linked in the online operations. Speaking at a meeting of ministers…
The UK government assured foreign investors that the proposed caps on immigration for economic migrants will not hurt companies seeking to do business in UK, and any changes to the takeover laws will not single out foreign investors. “The policy will be managed to make sure that foreign investors interests…
Dubai plans to launch a special visa system to lure talented foreign entrepreneurs as it tries to boost its economy after the global downturn. Under the EntrePass scheme, budding start-ups with high commercial value will be encouraged to set up in Dubai and share knowledge and intellectual property rights with…
The decision to block the new UK immigration restrictions, introduced by former Home Secretary Alan Johnson, has been welcomed by language schools across the country.Rules that would have prevented UK student visa holders moving to the UK unless they had sufficient language skills, have been overturned by a judge. The…
The fees for US visa applications have changed for the second time this year. As a result of the changes announced by the US Department of State, US visa applications for immigrants sponsored by immediate family, will now cost $330. Visa applications on employment-based cases, i.e applications for US work…
Canadian immigration feels that that the investment requirements are too low. The investment requirements have not changed for more than ten years. The current system attracts more applicants than are required each year under the immigration plan. This has resulted in an increase in processing times. Canadian immigration intends to…
UK Immigration has confirmed that the permanent limit on Tier 1 (General) applications under the points based system will start in April 2011. The interim limit on Tier 1 (General) visas will start on 19 July 2010. Following are the major changes to the Tier 1 visa system: * The…
Indian professionals took the largest one-third piece of the H1B visa pie in 2009 as Indians made up the second largest group of people making the U.S. their temporary home. Accounting for one-tenth of non-immigrant residents in the U.S., 364,757 Indians were only second to the Mexicans who made up…
All U.S. Consular Sections worldwide will introduce a two-tiered fee structure for nonimmigrant visas. This structured system coincides with a small global application fee increase, designed to balance the costs of recent enhancements to the visa application process. All applicants for business or tourism (B-1/B-2), crew member (C-1/D), student (F…