All foreigners entering Japan must now provide fingerprints. Japan's upper house of parliament last week passed revised immigration control legislation that includes this requirement.
The 'cornerstone' of an American trip for most of our compatriots becomes the visa question: what should be done before applying for a visa, what is not recommended, what difficulties may await, and…
The Latvian government has adopted a document that specifies the amount of money required for anyone wishing to visit this country, Interfax reports.
The US State Department has amended the payment procedure for consular services provided by the State Department, US embassies and consulates abroad. The new fees will take effect on March 8, 2005.
France is preparing to conduct a visa experiment: from March 2005, applicants will be issued biometric visas. According to Travel.ru, the plan to introduce biometric visas appeared back in 2003 and…
Recently, the European Commission presented a draft single European visa information system (VIS), which took more than six months to develop. According to the EU commissioners' plan, the VIS will…
US President George Bush signed an order to postpone by one year the validity of the existing passport regime for citizens of 27 countries covered by the visa-free entry agreement, according to the…
In this article I would like to discuss the current practice of German embassies in the CIS countries issuing guest and tourist visas for visiting Germany. Many have probably read quite numerous…
Russia's Interior Ministry is preparing a number of changes regarding migration legislation. According to Gazeta.Ru, police officers want to speed up the procedure for registration and processing of…
From now on, illegally crossing the protected state border of Turkmenistan without established documents and proper permission is punishable by imprisonment from 5 to 10 years. This decision was made…
Russia proposed to Ukraine to introduce from July 1, 2003 a new procedure for mutual trips of citizens of the two countries, implying the availability of a foreign passport when crossing the state…
New Zealand has abolished the visa regime for citizens of the Czech Republic. Thus, from January 1, 2003, Czech tourists can stay in New Zealand for three months without a visa, reports Radio Prague.