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CANADA: eTA to Expand Eligible Nationalities

December 21, 2015

The Canadian government has announced, as part of their Economic Action Plan that from 15th March 2016, visa exempted nationals (other than US Nationals) will need an electronic Travel Authorisation (eTA) to transit or visit Canada. Other low-risk travellers from…

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UK: Home Secretary Overrules Home Office Decision to Ban Chinese Artist

August 6, 2015

The Home secretary is investigating the case of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who has been refused a six-month visa by the British government but has been granted entry outside the rules for just 20 days compared to the normal…

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INDONESIA: Government Expands Visa-Free Nations

July 30, 2015

In an effort to boost the numbers of tourists visiting Indonesia, the Indonesian Government, encouraged by Tourism Minister Arief Yahyah, have taken the drastic steps of expanding the number of Visa-Free countries from 15 to 45. Although those wishing to…

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UK: Conservative Party Updates Policies to Curb Immigration

May 26, 2015

Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron gave a speech at the Home Office on Immigration. In this speech he revealed that he would continue to uphold his policy on reducing net migration to below 100,000. This is all despite the…

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Right to rent checks introduced in the UK

December 4, 2014

In her speech last March the Queen announced that private landlords would be responsible for checking that their prospective tenants are legally entitled to be in the country. Under the new Immigration Act 2014, landlords now need to see evidence…

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Change of visa application centre provider in the Russian Federation

March 20, 2014

From today Thursday 20th March, UK visa application centres operated by VFS in the Russian Federation will begin closing. This is due to VFS"s contract with the Home Office coming to an end at the end of March. New visa…

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NETHERLANDS: EU, EEA, and Swiss nationals exempt from IND registration

January 10, 2014

The Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) has announced that from the 6th of January 2014, European Union (EU), European Economic Area (EEA), and Swiss nationals will no longer be required to register with the IND in order to reside and work…

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Labour pledge to close loophole allowing migrants to work for lower wages

January 7, 2014

Ed Miliband has promised, if elected, that a Labour government would close a loophole for British businesses, which currently allows them to use cheap labour from abroad. Ed Miliband claims that this loophole exploits cheap foreign labour, whilst making life…

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Restrictions of rights to EEA nationals and their family members

December 13, 2013

It was just over a year ago when rights of EEA Nationals and their non- EEA family members were overhauled. The introduction of derivative right of residence with the aim of limiting rights of third country primary carers and parents...

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Rising Immigration figures despite the Government’s plans to reduce

December 3, 2013

In September, it was reported that there had been a fall in overall net migration in the year ending December 2012 compared to the previous year ending December 2011. The statistics show that in the year ending December 2012, 497,000...

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