Dubai's Department of Naturalization and Residency, after a two-week delay in issuing visas for some categories of applicants, has resumed issuing documents, but with new conditions, reports IS…
Starting January 5, 2004, holders of American visas upon entering the US will have to provide fingerprints and be photographed to confirm their identity. According to NEWSru, this measure will take…
The 1961 Convention, which abolishes the requirement to legalize foreign official documents, comes into force for Ukraine on December 22, according to Interfax-Ukraine.
More than 7,500 people are included in the blacklists of persons not entitled to enter Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, RIA Novosti reports. As noted by Heiki Kirotar, press secretary of the Estonian…
After the reunification of the two Germanys, the federal government invested 80 billion euros annually in the development of the new states, trying to bring the living standards of eastern and…
After the enlargement of the European Union, when in May 2004 the number of its member countries will increase to 25, travelers in Europe will still have to go through border control. The accession…
The country's president signed the law 'On Tourism'. The document comes into force on January 1 of the new year. According to Interfax-Ukraine, deputies supported this law with the president's…
The Rotterdam city council adopted a sensational decision, Izvestia reports. Henceforth, in the largest port city of Holland, it is forbidden to settle "poor and unemployed immigrants". Now, to…
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) counts quarterly the number of people who, for one reason or another, want to obtain asylum abroad. The 1951 international convention…
True, only in Russia and not for everyone. From January 1, 2004, the old Soviet passport expires for Russian citizens and the season of fines begins. For former USSR citizens who have lived in Russia…
A number of highly qualified foreign specialists in China will be issued residence permits from two to five years and a multiple-entry visa. This rule, similar to the US green card practice, has been…
The collection “The Fourth Wave of Emigration: Regional Peculiarities”, which contains the transcript of a round table of the same name, held on August 22 last year, as well as other official…