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Australia is reaching out to the Sri Lankans with a warning not to embark on life threatening sea journey to seek asylum in Australia. All the asylum seekers arriving by boats will be sent back to Sri Lanka as soon as possible without any financial or legal assistance. Australia’s regional director for South Asia warned [...]

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United Arab Emirates will be issuing multiple entry visas to the business persons, property owners and tourists facilitating their entry and stay in UAE. Tourists could stay for up to 14 days on each entry, businesspersons have 30 days and property owners can stay as long as the visa is valid. The new measures will [...]

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After the results of the US presidential elections, which have sent Obama right back into the White House, the whole U.S nation is expecting a priority treatment of the comprehensive immigration reforms that the Obama administration had promised. The statements of the U.S Senate leader have assured the nation that they can expect the new [...]

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A recently conducted survey has shown Hong Kong to be the safest place for expatriate children in the world. The Expat Explorer Survey, conducted by UK HSBC, stated that among numerous cities and countries in the world, which are home to many immigrant families, expatriates in Hong Kong have claimed that they feel safest while [...]

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Cities and Counties in the United States have started following a trend of refusing orders of the U.S immigration authorities to enforce immigration laws in their areas. Recently, the Berkeley City council, in California, announced that it has directed local law enforcement agencies not to honor the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) orders to [...]

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Australia’s acting immigration minister Kate Lundy has defended Australian government’s decision to increase the cost of Australian visas and stated it will not have adverse affect on the travelers to the country. Australia has recently announced hike in the visa application fees of various categories starting from the first day of the year 2013. The [...]

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Imran Khan, a Pakistani politician, was detained and interrogated by the United States Immigration officials after he was removed from a New York bound flight at the Toronto International airport. The leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is visiting Canada and United States to raise funds for his charity. Imran Khan was later allowed to [...]

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A New Zealand immigration administrative tribunal has ordered two immigration consultants to return the fees they received in addition to financially penalizing for professional misconduct. The licenses of the two culprits were also revoked for two years. The victims of two immigration consultants in New Zealand had filed their complaints with the Immigration Advisers Complaints [...]

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Canadian immigration minister Jason Kenney claims that measures proposed in the Bill C-43, the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act, to deport non-Canadian citizens convicted of serious crimes are similar to those laws which already exist in United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand. However, a closer look at the deportation laws of non-citizen [...]

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Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has issued guidelines for refusing temporary resident status on the basis public policy considerations as part of the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act. The people involved in terrorist activities, promoting hatred against vulnerable groups of society leading to violence or certain members of governments under international sanctions [...]

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