IMMIGRATION NEWS

Police have arrested 41 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out in Nyeri. Police say the foreigners from Ethiopia and the US were found without proper documentation. The immigrants were on Tuesday arraigned before the Nyeri Law Courts for being in the country illegally. Nyeri Senior…

A total of 442,966 Kenyans entered the US Diversity Visa lottery (green card lottery) draw for Fiscal Year 2018,  data from the US State Department indicates. This was a 23 per cent increase over FY-2017 when 360,023 Kenyans entered the lottery. In FY-2016, a total of 304,693 Kenyans entered…

The Canadian government has issued 3,350 invitation to apply  (ITAs) for Canadian permanent residence to candidates in the Express Entry system. This is after a draw was held on February 20th. Invitations to apply are based on a candidate’s Comprehensive Tanking System (CRS) score, which is…

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced new policy guidelines that are meant to track and stop child marriages among immigrants in the US. The new policy, announced on Friday, will require immigration officers to consider the ages of both the petitioner and beneficiary…

U.S. immigration applications can be complex and cumbersome, so it’s always better to work with a licensed immigration attorney. But their legal services can be very expensive, and many immigrants opt to go through the process alone. However, mistakes are common when filing immigration forms, and…

Kenyans in the diaspora can breathe a sigh of relief following the latest government announcement on the application of e-passports. The Department of Immigration says that plans are underway to open more centers in the country as well as abroad to expedite the process of acquiring the digital…

A Kenyan-owned company in the United Kingdom is facing allegations of selling fake passports and documents to illegal immigrants to help them get care jobs. The company's alleged illegal activities have been revealed in an exposé by The Sun, a British publication, in an article titled "Crooks…

A British national has shared his frustrations after his Kenyan girlfriend was twice denied United Kingdom visitor’s visa. Chris Philps, a former West Sussex Fire and Rescue Firefighter and who currently works for Sky TV says his girlfriend, Chepkemoi Tallam has been seeking to visit him in the UK…

The United States has announced it has imposed visa restrictions on Ghana over what it terms as refusal by the country to accept its citizens deported back into the country from the US. In a statement, the US Department of Homeland Security says that Ghana has violated international law by…

US Immigration lawyers are up in arms over delays by the government in the processing of citizenship, green cards, and other immigration-related applications. Through the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), the attorneys say that the time taken to process the applications has almost…