Since I arrived in Kyiv, the consular section has focused on improving the quality of services for American and Ukrainian citizens. At the same time, as a result of the terrorist acts against the…
Within the next five years, new high-tech foreign passports will be introduced in the G8 countries. As Gazeta.Ru reports, the chips embedded in the documents will record data on citizens'…
Russian diplomats have proposed to Europeans a plan for a phased transition to the abolition of the visa regime between Russia and the European Union. There was no sharp rejection of this idea from…
The admission of ten new countries to the European Union in May 2004 does not mean an automatic expansion of the Schengen zone. This issue will be decided only in 2005, said EU Commissioner for…
All foreigners are required to obtain the recently introduced migration cards in Russia, regardless of whether they have registration at their temporary place of residence. This was stated by the…
A person applying for a visa may begin the process of filing an application for a US nonimmigrant visa at any time to determine whether they can obtain it. Some individuals may take advantage of the…
New conditions for entry and stay in Turkmenistan have been introduced on March 1, 2003 by decision of President Saparmurat Niyazov. Now documents for obtaining visas to enter the country from…
In the near future, the United Arab Emirates plans to introduce restrictions on the issuance of guest visas in order to get rid of illegal immigrants and stop the migration of people from Asia…
Beginning March 15, 2003, anyone applying for a U.S. nonimmigrant visa must fill out a new visa application form and comply with the new photo requirements for the visa application. The introduction…
In Cologne, a trial has begun against a gang that managed to smuggle about a thousand illegal migrants from Ukraine and Moldova into Germany. According to the investigation, a criminal group was…
Recently, advertisements from various firms have increasingly appeared in the press, offering our fellow citizens “legal immigration to America,” “100% employment in the USA,” or even simply…
Experts from EU countries have reached an agreement on new rules for receiving asylum seekers. Based on this draft, EU interior and justice ministers adopted the Basic Provisions, a legislative…