Every Pakistani student applying for a visa to come to study in Britain will face a compulsory interview with consular officials following a secret pilot study indicating that up to 40% could be ineligible. Theresa May, the home secretary, will soon announce that “bogus” students will be blocked from entering Britain when the measures are [...]
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Hungary has introduced the European Union blue card scheme which allows entry of skilled non-EU nationals to Hungary and certain other EU member states.The EU blue card is issued to highly skilled workers who obtain a job offer and meets the requirements of the scheme. However only certain member states have agreed to take part [...]
From 1 February 2012 Canadian Immigration and Citizenship (CIC) has started issuing new citizenship documents to new citizens in an effort to cut down on fraud. CIC will no longer produce the current plastic wallet-sized citizenship certificate or the commemorative certificate and will instead provide new citizens with a letter-sized paper citizenship certificate. The new [...]
UK immigration fees will increase by only 2 percent in the majority of cases, but there will be much bigger fee increases for certain visa routes. It will also be more expensive for organisations in the UK that wish to employ immigrants to become sponsors. Under the new changes, visa fees will increase from £310 [...]
From 1 January 2012 we will begin processing visitor visas for those coming from outside the UK to watch the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Games will be the biggest event that the UK has hosted and many extra visitors will arrive during the busy summer period in 2012. We will process your application and, [...]
An American woman has been jailed for 7 years after trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK through Birmingham airport. Elizabeth Salters, 35, was questioned by our officers at the airport after travelling from Newark in the USA on 21 September 2011. During a search of her baggage a gift-wrapped parcel was found in a [...]
The Ministry of Justice will be introducing appeal fee charges for some asylum and immigration appeals from 19 December 2011. People who want to appeal against a decision notice dated 19 December 2011 or later will need to pay a fee. The appeal fee will apply to most categories of visas and decisions. Any exemptions [...]
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Dutch government says it is delaying plans to ban tourists from buying marijuana until at least May 2012. Under the country’s famed tolerance policy, marijuana is technically illegal but police don’t prosecute people for possession of small amounts and it is sold openly in cafes. The conservative Cabinet is introducing a [...]
Newt Gingrich, the latest frontrunner in the 2012 GOP presidential field has wasted little time in testing his appeal for the party’s social conservative base, with comments in Tuesday night’s CNN debate in favor of a more “humane” approach to enforcing immigration law. In the forum–a national-security debate that the cable network cosponsored with conservative [...]
GENERAL DOCUMENTS · One visa application form completed (preferably typed) and signed with complementary page. · Two recent clear passport-sized photographs in colour with light background. · Valid passport with at least two blank visa pages and three months’ validity beyond the intended stay. · All previous passport/s used for travel or not. For lost [...]
