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Opaque USCIS Procedural Shifts Upend Routine Family Petitions, Green Card Renewals and Naturalization Cases

Opaque USCIS Procedural Shifts Upend Routine Family Petitions, Green Card Renewals and Naturalization Cases

Unexplained procedural changes inside U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services are upending immigration cases that have traditionally moved through the system without incident, from pending family petitions to green…

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New Rules Shape Opportunities for Kenyan Students and Workers in Germany and Australia

New Rules Shape Opportunities for Kenyan Students and Workers in Germany and Australia

Kenyan workers and students seeking opportunities in Germany and Australia must meet stricter qualification, certification, and visa compliance rules as both countries work to structure their labor and education marke…

ImmigrationNov 13, 2026▶ Listen

Employment-Based Green Card Backlog Falls by 41,000 in One Month, USCIS Data Shows

Employment-Based Green Card Backlog Falls by 41,000 in One Month, USCIS Data Shows

The employment-based green card backlog in the United States fell by about 41,000 cases in a single month, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) data reported by the International Legal and Bu…

ImmigrationNov 12, 2026▶ Listen

Kenyans Lose Thousands in Non-Refundable Fees as US Visa Rejections Hit 68pc

Kenyans Lose Thousands in Non-Refundable Fees as US Visa Rejections Hit 68pc

Nearly seven in ten Kenyans who applied for US tourist and business visas in the 2025 fiscal year had their applications rejected, forfeiting thousands of shillings in mandatory, non-refundable processing fees. Data s…

Nov 12, 2026▶ Listen

Kenya: How to Apply for the 1,200 German-Funded TVET Agriculture Scholarships

Kenya: How to Apply for the 1,200 German-Funded TVET Agriculture Scholarships

Kenyan youth pursuing food and agriculture courses in select technical institutions have until November 18 to apply for 1,200 fully funded scholarships. The initiative is funded by the German government through KfW, i…

Nov 11, 2026▶ Listen

Trump Immigration Crackdown Prompts IBM to Halt H-1B and Green Card Sponsorships

Trump Immigration Crackdown Prompts IBM to Halt H-1B and Green Card Sponsorships

International Business Machines Corp. is ending H-1B visa and green card sponsorship for most positions in its consulting division, forcing affected employees to either move abroad or leave the company by the end of 2…

Nov 11, 2026▶ Listen

IBM to End Visa and Green Card Sponsorship for Most Consulting Roles, Shrinking a Key Pathway for Kenyan Tech Professionals

IBM to End Visa and Green Card Sponsorship for Most Consulting Roles, Shrinking a Key Pathway for Kenyan Tech Professionals

IBM, one of the largest technology employers in the United States, will stop sponsoring work visas and employment-based green cards for most roles in its Consulting arm, Reuters reported on November 10, 2026, a shift…

Nov 10, 2026▶ Listen

What Kenyans in the UK Need to Know About Swift SF Latest Social Care Hiring Drive

What Kenyans in the UK Need to Know About Swift SF Latest Social Care Hiring Drive

A UK-based health and social care provider, Swift SF Limited, has launched a recruitment drive across seven locations in England, but the company has explicitly ruled out visa sponsorship for applicants. The provider…

Nov 10, 2026▶ Listen

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Canada Opens 5,500 Permanent Residence Spaces Under New Rural Immigration Policy, Creating Pathway for Skilled African Workers

Canada Opens 5,500 Permanent Residence Spaces Under New Rural Immigration Policy, Creating Pathway for Skilled African Workers

Canada has created 5,500 permanent residence spaces under a new rural immigration policy, opening a direct settlement pathway for skilled African workers, including Kenyans, at a time when the United States is tighten…

Nov 10, 2026▶ Listen

USCIS Warns Once-a-Year US Visits Are Not Enough to Keep a Green Card for Holders Living Abroad

USCIS Warns Once-a-Year US Visits Are Not Enough to Keep a Green Card for Holders Living Abroad

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has warned lawful permanent residents that returning to the United States once a year is "not enough to keep a green card if you live in another country," a message that carri…

Nov 9, 2026▶ Listen

Foreign Governments Ship U.S. Deportees to Countries American Courts Bar, New York Times Finds

Foreign Governments Ship U.S. Deportees to Countries American Courts Bar, New York Times Finds

The United States is returning immigrants to their home countries despite standing court orders, working through foreign partner governments that accept American deportees and then ship them onward to nations where th…

Nov 9, 2026▶ Listen

70 Organizations Urge DHS, USCIS to Rescind Rule Stripping Refugees of Legal Protections

70 Organizations Urge DHS, USCIS to Rescind Rule Stripping Refugees of Legal Protections

Seventy organizations across the United States are formally urging the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to rescind a rule that strips refugees of legal protections, in a jo…

Nov 9, 2026▶ Listen

How New Zealand's Latest Skilled Migrant Rules Will Impact Foreign Professionals

How New Zealand's Latest Skilled Migrant Rules Will Impact Foreign Professionals

Foreign professionals seeking residence in New Zealand through the Green List Tier 2 Work to Residence Visa will soon face major changes, following an official overhaul of the country's immigration pathways. The New Z…

Nov 9, 2026▶ Listen

ACLU Warns ICE Tracks Noncitizens Through Airline Passenger Data — Even on Domestic Flights: Know Your Rights at US Airports

ACLU Warns ICE Tracks Noncitizens Through Airline Passenger Data — Even on Domestic Flights: Know Your Rights at US Airports

The American Civil Liberties Union is warning noncitizens that Immigration and Customs Enforcement uses airline passenger information to locate and arrest people, including on flights that operate entirely within the…

Nov 8, 2026▶ Listen

USCIS Guidance Could Bring Neighborhood Investigations to US Citizenship Applications, Raising Stakes for Kenyan Green Card Holders

USCIS Guidance Could Bring Neighborhood Investigations to US Citizenship Applications, Raising Stakes for Kenyan Green Card Holders

US Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued new guidance that could subject people applying for United States citizenship to investigations in their own neighborhoods, a policy shift that adds an unfamiliar lay…

Nov 7, 2026▶ Listen

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How Saudi and Kuwait Ebola Restrictions Are Hurting Kenyan Businesses

How Saudi and Kuwait Ebola Restrictions Are Hurting Kenyan Businesses

A sudden halt on travel to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait over Ebola fears is threatening millions of shillings across Kenya’s broader service economy, private recruitment agencies have warned. While the restrictions aimed t…

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen

Kenya to Introduce Third Category of Passport

Kenya to Introduce Third Category of Passport

The government is set to review the regulations governing the issuance of diplomatic passports to bring them in line with the 2010 Constitution, following concerns that several constitutional office holders have been…

Nov 6, 2026▶ Listen

US Green Card Backlog Hits 1.5 Million, New State-by-State Map Shows

US Green Card Backlog Hits 1.5 Million, New State-by-State Map Shows

The United States green card backlog has climbed to 1.5 million applications, according to a Newsweek analysis published this week that breaks the queue down state by state, giving Kenyan applicants in employment-base…

Nov 5, 2026▶ Listen

USCIS Reports 2.2 Million Immigration Enforcement Actions Since January 2025

USCIS Reports 2.2 Million Immigration Enforcement Actions Since January 2025

WASHINGTON — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has reported 2.2 million immigration enforcement actions since January 2025, an official tally that measures the scale of the immigration crackdown running throug…

Nov 5, 2026▶ Listen

USCIS Makes 180-Day Cap on Automatic Work Permit Extensions Permanent, Affecting Kenyan EAD Holders

USCIS Makes 180-Day Cap on Automatic Work Permit Extensions Permanent, Affecting Kenyan EAD Holders

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has made permanent the restrictions on automatic extensions of Employment Authorization Documents, locking in a maximum 180-day automatic extension for immigrants who file tim…

Nov 3, 2026▶ Listen

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