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Moscow is starting visa-free system with Abkhazia and “South Ossetia”

Visa-free travel with the occupied regions of Georgia will be established by Russia soon. In March Moscow will ratify relevant agreements with puppet regimes in Sukhumi and Tskhinvali. The Duma committee for foreign affairs was instructed to prepare papers for consideration. In particular, a special regime for stay of Russian…

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Philippine Embassy in Washington DC to conduct Consular Services in Atlanta, Georgia

The Philippine Embassy in Washington D.C. will conduct a consular outreach service in Atlanta, Georgia on 27 March 2011, Sunday, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Embassy’s consular team will accept and process applications for electronic passport (ePassport), notarization of documents, and registration…

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China, Russia agree on mutual exemption of visa requirements for Heixiazi Island

China has reached an agreement with Russia on mutual exemption of visa requirements for Heixiazi Island, vice governor of Heilongjiang Province Jiahao Du said on Tuesday. The Island, a 327 sq km sandbar in the middle of the confluence of the Heilongjiang and Wusuli Rivers, has long been a source…

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US Embassy announces new visa appointment service in Ghana

The US Embassy in Accra on Wednesday announced new non-immigrant visa appointment service with effect from March 1, 2011. Under the new system, non-immigrant visa applicants in English Speaking West African countries would pay their application fees at Ecobank branches instead of Standard Chartered Bank and complete their application form…

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Turkey, Malaysia agree to lift visa requirements

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that visa procedures would be lifted with Malaysia. Prime Minister Erdogan appeared at a joint news conference after meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mohamed Najib bin Abdul Razak and said that they agreed to lift visa procedures between the two countries. “We are…

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India’s new move of ‘eMigrate’ to keep track of every emigrant

The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs is in the process of creating an ‘eMigrate’ system as a mission-mode e-governance project to streamline the emigration process and eliminate the loopholes in the current unorganized system. “At present, it is not possible to keep track of every emigrant. With the formation of…

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Turkey, Georgia agree on passport-free travel

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said on Saturday that Turkey and Georgia have already started works to allow citizens of both countries to travel with only state identity cards. Davutoğlu told a joint news conference with his Georgian counterpart, Grigol Vashadze, during his visit to Tbilisi that they plan to apply…

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Australia opens its Honorary Consulate in the Bahamas

There is a new development in the cordial relations between the Bahamas and Australia was realised with the official launching of the Australian Honorary Consulate and the introduction of Caroline Moncur as Honourary Consul. The event took place Thursday at the Lyford Cay Club, where Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs…

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