IMMIGRATION NEWS

A newly released annual report has revealed the countries in the world where one can easily acquire citizenship or residency. The Henley & Partners’ annual report on the world’s most powerful nationalities and passports, which was released last week, ranked France as the country with the most…

(AP) A federal judge has ruled against the Trump administration's decision to end a program protecting some young immigrants from deportation. U.S. District Judge John D. Bates in Washington says the Department of Homeland Security's decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals…

Foreigners working in Kenya have been issued with a sixty-day ultimatum to regularize their work permits as the government moves to tighten its immigration process. Issuing the ultimatum, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i said unemployment rates are at an all time high in the country and…

(AP) The Supreme Court said Tuesday that part of a federal law that makes it easier to deport immigrants who have been convicted of crimes is too vague to be enforced. The court’s 5-4 decision concerns a provision of immigration law that defines a “crime of violence.” Conviction for a crime of…

(AP) Trump administration officials are working on a new package of legislation aimed at closing what they describe as immigration “loopholes.” Among the measures they want Congress to address: ending special safeguards that prevent the immediate deportation of children traveling alone from…

The application period of a popular visa program that allows highly skilled immigrants to live and work in the United States started on Monday, April 2nd, 2018. The application period for the Fiscal Year 2019 H-1B visa program starts on April 2nd, 2018, and as in previous year, the 66,000 cap year…

(AP) The Trump administration said Thursday that it ended special considerations to generally release pregnant women charged with being in the United States illegally while their cases wind through immigration court. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it scrapped a policy that took…

The Trump administration plans to require that US visa applicants - including those filling for permanent residency (greens cards) - to provide their social media history, email addresses and phone numbers covering the previous five years. The State Department will on Friday publish documents on…

The Kenyan passport has been ranked 67th in the world in the 2018 Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index. The index measures the number of countries the passport holders can enter either visa-free, obtain a visa at the point of entry, or an eVisa (an eVisa is normally treated the same way as…

Thousands of Liberian immigrants currently in the United States under protected status have one year to vacate the country after President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced the end of the special program. The discontinuation of the status for Liberians comes after similar moves which saw over 250,…