IMMIGRATION NEWS

The number of countries that holders of Kenyan passports cannot travel to has dropped to 43 from 54 in July. The Henley Passport Index, which regularly monitors the world’s most travel-friendly passports, made the revelations in its quarter-four report released this week. The report shows that some…

Registration for the green card lottery program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023)  began on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 12pm EDT and will run until Tuesday, November 9, 2021 at 12pm EST. The green card lottery program, officially known as the Diversity Visa program, is run by the US State…

Registration for the green card lottery program for fiscal year 2023 (DV-2023) begins October 6, 2021 and runs until November 9, 2021. The green card lottery program, officially known as the Diversity Visa program, is run by the US State Department and makes on a lottery basis up to 55,000 green…

US District Court Judge Amit Mehta has issued an order reserving a total of 7,395 diversity visas that were set to expire on Thursday, the last day of the US government’s 2021 fiscal year. In the last-minute order issued on Thursday, judge Amit reserved 6,914 diversity visas for 22,203 plaintiffs…

The Directorate of Immigration Services has cautioned passport applicants against using brokers to by-pass the e-citizen appointment system. Immigration Director-General Alexander Muteshi said the department has set up systems to detect such cases, warning that those caught will have their…

The government has ordered a crackdown on illegal immigrants due to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The operation will be conducted by immigration officers in collaboration with the National Police Service, according to Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho. The directive comes…

Kenya has suspended an agreement that grants visa-free entry for Pakistani citizens. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday that the country will no longer admit visitors from Pakistan without entry visas, until further notice. It cited a spike in the number of people traveling from…

The government has issued a statement regarding the high number of Asians arriving in Kenya. Government spokesperson Col. Cyrus Oguna said most of the Asians are tourists coming to the country for holiday. He pointed out that the foreigners followed due process before they were allowed into the…

The American Embassy in Nairobi says anyone visiting the US from November must be vaccinated against COVID-19 to be granted entry. This was disclosed by Eliot Fertik, the Deputy Consul General at the US Embassy, during an interview with Capital FM on Thursday. Fertik said the US government is in…

Nearly 10,000 Kenyans are reportedly stranded in Nairobi as they wait to fly to the Middle East for work. They are part of the three groups of trainees who graduated from the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA), according to the Association of Skilled Migrant Agencies of Kenya (ASMAK).…