IMMIGRATION NEWS

Kenyan authorities are set to deport at least 40 Jordanian nationals who were arrested in Mombasa early this week. The foreigners were arrested on Monday after they were found begging in the streets of the coastal city, having arrived in the country as tourists on diverse dates in April this year.…

The Biden administration has announced a new regulation that makes it easier for low-income immigrants to become permanent US residents. The final rule issued by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Thursday provides clarity and consistency for noncitizens on how DHS will administer the…

For the first time in 10 years, Australia is raising its cap on permanent migration in a move aimed at filling massive workforce shortages. The country will boost its permanent migration numbers to 195,000 this financial year, an increase of 35,000 people. The Covid-19 pandemic and Australia’s…

United States Ambassador to Kenya Margret Whitman has pledged to deal with the Visa backlog at the Nairobi embassy. Whitman, who assumed office as the new ambassador early this month, says the backlog was occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic which forced consular officers to stay away from…

Two Senators have introduced the Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act of 2022 in the senate, which will potentially ease the immigration of skilled workers into the United States. The EAGLE Act will eliminate the 7% per-country limit on employment-based immigrant visas and…

A green card, known officially as a permanent resident card, is an identity document issued to an immigrant who becomes a lawful permanent resident of the United States.  Permanent residence is a type of immigrant visa that allows foreign nationals to live and work lawfully in the US. Green…

The Canadian government has revealed plans to introduce some changes to its Express Entry, the system used to manage Canadian permanent residence applications for filling labor gaps through certain immigration programs. Immigration Minister Sean Fraser told CIC News the system would be looking for…

Tech giant Amazon has urged the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to issue all employment-based green cards by the September 30th deadline for processing green card applications this year. Amazon made the request after it emerged that…

New United States Ambassador to Kenya Margret Whitman has promised to expedite the visa application process for Kenyans following numerous complaints on social media. In her first media address since she arrived in the country on Monday to officially begin her duty, Whitman said she is aware of the…

Kenyans looking to visit the United States will have to wait for nearly two years to get visa appointments at the American Embassy in Nairobi. On Monday, the embassy announced that the first available dates for a visitor visa appointment in Nairobi are in June 2024, terming the delays as a…