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Calabria steps up irregular-migration checks; Moroccan national expelled from Crotone
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (311+ words) Visa HQ Italian authorities in the southern region of Calabria intensified street-level immigration inspections over the weekend, leading to the arrest and expulsion of a 40-year-old Moroccan man found to be living and working in the country without documentation The…...
Jaishankar Presses U. S. on Visa Delays as Rubio Visits New Delhi
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (325+ words) During U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's one-day visit to India, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar highlighted mounting U. S. visa backlogs and urged Washington to protect legal mobility even as it tackles illegal migration. Rubio promised extra consular staffing and a domestic H-1 B…...
Government Issues Ebola-Linked Travel Advisory for Indian Nationals
11+ min ago (283+ words) Visa HQ India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued an urgent travel advisory on the morning of 24 May after the World Health Organization declared the Bundibugyo-strain Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a…...
Italy braces for 24-hour nationwide strike on 29 May: major travel disruption expected
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (316+ words) Visa HQ Italy is headed for a fresh day of industrial unrest at the end of the month after a coalition of base unions " CUB, SGB, ADL Varese, SI-Cobas and USI-CIT " confirmed on 24 May that they will press ahead with…...
Net migration falls to five-year low as UK Government touts "restored control
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (253+ words) Visa HQ Downing Street seized on fresh Home Office data this weekend to claim that its post-Brexit immigration reforms are "delivering results" In a press release issued at 21: 30 on Saturday, 23 May, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer highlighted provisional figures showing…...
Elizabeth line speed restriction causes Heathrow rail delays on peak getaway day
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (320+ words) Visa HQ Travellers heading to and from London Heathrow on the busiest weekend of the UK's spring travel calendar faced unexpected rail disruption on Sunday morning, 24 May National Rail's service-status bulletin reported "residual delays" on the Elizabeth line between Paddington…...
Sydney Snow-Travel Expo Highlights China as Fast-Growing Winter Destination Thanks to Easier Visas
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (299+ words) Visa HQ A one-day winter-sports and snow-travel expo in Sydney on 24 May drew packed crowds to the Chinese pavilion, underscoring how the mainland's visa-free policies are reshaping Australians' holiday calculus More than 70 global resorts showcased packages, but organisers said enquiries…...
French Justice Minister Proposes Three-Year Freeze on Legal Immigration
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (353+ words) Justice Minister G'rald Darmanin called on May 24 for a three-year suspension of legal immigration and constitutional quotas on residence permits. The proposal, unveiled in a Journal du Dimanche interview and echoed on TF1 Info the same day, would freeze new work…...
USCIS Memo Makes Green Card Adjustment of Status "Extraordinary" Relief, Forcing Many Applicants Abroad
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (340+ words) Visa HQ Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) quietly published Policy Memorandum PM-602-0199 late Friday, May 23, revoking decades of agency guidance that treated adjustment of status (AOS) as the routine pathway to permanent residence for qualified applicants already inside the United…...
China Extends 30-Day Visa-Free Entry for Australian and New Zealand Citizens Until 31 December 2026
7+ hour, 18+ min ago (337+ words) Visa HQ China has quietly prolonged its unilateral 30-day visa-free entry programme for holders of ordinary Australian and New Zealand passports, giving travellers from the two South-Pacific neighbours a guaranteed window until 23: 59 on 31 December 2026 to visit the mainland for tourism,…...