IMMIGRATION NEWS

The United States has begun enforcing last year's proposal requiring visa applicants to submit their social media details.  Under the new rules announced by President Trump administration in March 2018, visa applicants are required to give their social media names as well as details of their…

Kenyans without e-Passports will not be issued with Schengen visas beginning June 1st, 2019. In a circular, Schengen countries said their decision was informed by Kenya's Ministry of Affair's announcement in April indicating that non-machine-readable passports would expire on August 31st, 2019. “…

3,350 candidates who participated in Canada immigration’s Express Entry draw have been invited to apply for permanent residence. The 3,350 candidates were issued with Invitations to Apply (ITA) for permanent residency with a Comprehensive Ranking Systems (CRS) score of 470. Such draws are typically…

Low-income immigrants legally living in the United States, including Green Card holders, are set to be forced to repay aid received from the government in the latest proposal by President Trump administration. In a memorandum last week, Trump said foreigners living the US must be "financially self-…

Kenyan authorities have deported an Indian couple who had been charged with assaulting their five-year-old daughter. Keyur Saula Navinchandra and his wife Jyoti Keyur Saula were deported on Monday after their permanent residential permits were revoked by the Immigration Department. The two were in…

About 800,000 Kenyans have acquired e-passports ahead of August 31st deadline, the Immigration Department has revealed. Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Administration and National Security, Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa said the department is handling an…

President Trump's administration has begun the process to abolish an immigration program under which spouses of H-1B visa holders are issued with work permits. Last week, the US government issued a notice for the proposed plan to ban the H-4 EAD (Employment Authorization Document). H-4 EAD is a…

6,800 foreigners who have invested a combined 100 billion dirhams ($27 billion) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been granted permanent residences under a new program dubbed “Golden Card.”  This was announced by UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum in a tweet on…

A Canadian immigration agency has warned of fraudsters selling fake visas to unsuspecting Kenyans. Speaking to The Business Daily, Beaver Immigration Consulting says the well-organized cartel has been conning Kenyans of their hard-earned cash with a promise of securing them Canadian visas. The…

2,685 Kenyans became naturalized United States citizens in the first three quarters of the 2018 fiscal year, data from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) indicates. Over the same period, a total of 544,475 foreign nationals holding US permanent residency became…