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Immigration

"Language" Problem of Immigrants to Germany

Lately, we have been approached very often by clients interested in the issue of the "language" test conducted at the embassies of the Federal Republic of Germany in the CIS countries.

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Immigration

Becoming a Russian will be more difficult

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma a draft federal law 'On Citizenship of the Russian Federation.' If it is adopted, becoming a citizen of Russia will become more difficult.

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Tourism

What the new season in Greece has in store

Alexis Hatzis, advisor to the Embassy of Greece in Russia, director of the representative office of the Greek National Tourism Organization at the Embassy of Greece in the Russian Federation and the…

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Curiosities

All the Charms of American Justice

Sometimes the most unexpected laws have been preserved in many US states from time immemorial. Of course, at one time they did not seem so absurd and there were some valid reasons for their adoption…

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Visas

It Can't Get Any Worse

It is expected that after the accession of five new members to the Schengen Area on March 25 of this year, border control between these countries and the states that previously joined the Schengen…

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News

Almost an Armenian joke: three years of life at the airport

For three years now, an Armenian citizen has been in immigration quarantine at Jakarta's international airport.

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Immigration

Ethnic German: a stranger among strangers, a stranger among his own

I have an old school friend, a friendship that has bound us for more than twenty years. I remember when we got our first passports, he told me that at the passport office he hid the fact that he is…

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Law zone

Cheat, and You'll Get Away with It

There are different kinds of zones. And it turns out there are even zones that people are eager to get into. In this case, we are talking about the Schengen Zone. For those who have not been there…

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Immigration

French Immigration Policy

In France, there is a cross-party agreement that on immigration policy, the government must remain faithful to the "ideals of the republic" and promote the integration of foreigners living on French…

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News

Hostages demand compensation

A group of passengers of the Russian Tu-154 aircraft, hijacked last week by Chechen terrorists to Saudi Arabia, has decided to sue the organizers of the ill-fated flight.

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Immigration

How to Prepare for an Interview at the Canadian Embassy

Paraphrasing the classic, one might say that all successful immigration interviews are alike, while all unsuccessful ones are unsuccessful in their own way. This is how we see the most accurate…

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Everyday life

The World Is Sick with Africa

The Ebola viral fever made people forget even about AIDS for a time. Having lurked somewhere in the jungles of Congo after an outbreak five years ago, Ebola struck the continent with renewed force…

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