In a bid to increase tourism numbers the government of Malaysia has announced that it is to waive visa fees for all Indian tourists. The move is a bid to attract more than a million tourists to the country from India this year. Indian tourists to Malaysia will only incur a $20 administration fee for […]
Following a high profile court case in Brussels a ruling from the European Court has ruled that members of the European Union are not obliged to grant visas to people on humanitarian grounds including those at risk of torture. Following a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the ruling stated that: The hearing […]
Canada has long been a chosen destination for migrants to start a new life and over the past decades there has been a massive influx of Asian immigrants, particularly to the cities on the western coast of the country. It has however now emerged that many immigrants with permanent residency status for Canada are not […]
New Zealand has always been a popular place for students from around the world to travel but recent statistics published by the government of New Zealand’s immigration department show that the number of visa applications to study in New Zealand has reduced by up to 20% over the past year. This data is causing real […]
Outward tourism from China has witnessed massive growth over the past few years. Now this tourism from the massive number of Chinese tourists across the world is fuelling a race to attract Chinese investment and tourism leading to a number of countries relaxing their visas rules for wealthy Chinese tourists. Many countries, including Australia and […]
Vietnam has become the latest in a long line of countries that has introduced e-visas to their travel systems. Many countries have already successfully introduced the e-visa scheme including India, who have introduced partial e-visa systems for tourist and medical travellers. Vietnam has introduced a pilot scheme for the past two years trialling an e-visa […]
In a bid to attract foreign investment it has been the policy of both Australia and New Zealand to allow wealthy entrepreneurs gain visas in exchange for large investment. Australia has for some year had what has been dubbed the ‘golden visa’ which allows those investing over AUS$5m to gain permanent residency. The visas were […]
The government of Australia has announced that it will be cracking down on the issuing of 457 visas for the fast food industry. There has been huge political debate surrounding immigration over the past few years and the Australian government is under huge pressure to tighten visa regulations and immigration into the country. This announcement […]
The US Government has suspended fast track visa applications for its H-1B visas. This comes in the wake of a huge amount of uncertainty surrounding the future of the H-1B visa category following the election of Donald Trump last year. It is still unclear how H-1B visas will be affected by the Trump administration but […]
Increasingly tight visa restrictions on Indonesian students wanting to study in Australia have come under criticism from the Indonesian government. Currently in trade and cooperation talks the Australian and Indonesian governments are working on ways to increase cooperation between the two countries and relaxed visa regulations is part of this discussion. Currently Indonesians wanting to […]
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