France will be granting Taiwanese youth the working holiday visa soon, the Bureau Francais de Taipei said Wednesday at the institute’s name change press conference. The Taiwan-France working holiday program is at its final stage of completion and hopefully will be ready before the arrival of summer, said the Bureau…
During the month of May 2011, a total number of 865 Visa on Arrival ( VoAs ) were issued . The number of VoAs issued during the month of April 2011 were 1234. During the period January-May 2011, a total number of 5004 VoAs were issued. The country wise break…
Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya discussed Estonia’s request for Estonian citizens to be able to enter Thailand without a visa, bilateral relations, co-operation in international organisations, and tourism exchange. Foreign Minister Paet said that Estonian citizens could be given the opportunity to visit Thailand without…
All national children under the age of 15 must have an Emirates ID card by the end of this month, the Emirates Identity Authority (Eida) said yesterday. Although no penalties have been set for families that fail to meet the deadline, officials said they hoped people would be prompt. “There…
Ukraine and Russia will extend their consular presence in the two countries, according to the agreement reached at the fifth meeting of the subcommittee on international cooperation of the Ukrainian-Russian Interstate Commission in Odesa. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostiantyn Hryshchenko said the expansion of the consular presence is important for the…
Kosovo will introduce visas for Russian and Chinese nationals, the local media reported. Kosovo is considering introducing visas for countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America, including those who recognized its independence. Visas will be introduced for Russia and China not because they have not recognized Kosovo’s independence, but…
The increase in H-1B and L1 visa fee by US Congress to fund enhanced border security measures, which was basically intended to have financial implications on Indian companies, is impacting American firms too, a key Democratic Congressman has said, highlighting the need to fix this. “Mr Speaker, I rise to…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China announced on its official website on Wednesday that China’s first electronic passport, introduced on January 30 of this year, will take effect beginning July 1. According to the announcement, the ministry has informed other countries of the electronic passport by providing the new…
Russia and the European Union have reached an agreement on long-term visas, for up to five years, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday. “In addition to a visa-free regime with the EU, we are also negotiating visa facilitation,” said Vladimir Voronkov, director of the ministry’s European Cooperation Department. The…
The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has proposed a new process for filing H-1B visa petitions that it says could help businesses save millions of dollars, particularly due to reduced legal fees. But some critics warn that the government proposal would also create a new way to game the H-1B…