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Australian officials mulling visa for rapper Snoop Dogg
SYDNEY AFP — Australian officials said Wednesday they would carry out a full character assessment of US rapper Snoop Dogg before deciding whether to allow him to visit the country later this year. The singer, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr, applied in July for a visa...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, spokesman, visa
Research articles 2008-08-26
First U visas for immigrant victims of crime issued
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued the first handful of U visas for immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence, almost eight years after Congress enacted the legislation meant to aid law enforcement. One of the first recipients of the special, temporary visa is Bay Area...
Tags: Government, immigrant, Regulations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, visa
Research articles 2008-08-09
First U visas for immigrant victims of crime issued
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued the first handful of U visas for immigrant victims of crime and domestic violence, almost eight years after Congress enacted the legislation meant to aid law enforcement. One of the first recipients of the special, temporary visa is Bay Area...
Tags: Government, immigrant, Regulations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, visa
Research articles 2008-08-07
US revokes visas to Palestinian Fulbright scholars
WASHINGTON AFP — The US government as a "safety precaution" revoked visas it had issued to four Palestinian recipients of prestigious Fulbright fellowships, the State Department said Tuesday. "We had interviewed four scholars. We had issued visas," said State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos. But, Gallegos said that "subsequent...
Tags: alien, Government, scholar, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Department of State, visa
Research articles 2008-08-05
Mandela finally dropped from US terror watch list
WASHINGTON AFP — The United States has removed former South African president Nelson Mandela and his African National Congress from a three-decade old immigration watch list for possible terrorists, the White House said Tuesday. In time for the anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner's 90th birthday on July...
Tags: Leadership, president, Quality, U.S., U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of State, visa
Research articles 2008-07-01
Myanmar confirms detention of 14 Suu Kyi supporters
NAYPYIDAW AFP — Myanmar's police chief Thursday confirmed that 14 supporters of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi had been detained for nearly one month after protesting against the extension of her house arrest. Brigadier General Khin Yee, the police chief, also told AFP that six journalists had been...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, journalist, MARKETING, Myanmar, protest, visa
Research articles 2008-06-26
Boy George denied US visa for tour
LONDON AFP — British DJ Boy George was denied a visa by the United States for his planned tour of the country, the former Culture Club singer said on his website. In the statement he said that he was declined the visa because of ongoing legal proceedings relating to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, London, U.S., visa
Research articles 2008-06-24
Deseret News candidate questionnaire: GOP challenger Jason Chaffetz
1 Please give point by point your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? * FIX LEGAL IMMIGRATION * REJECT AMNESTY * LOCK DOWN THE BORDER, ENFORCE VISAS * HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAWS ...
Tags: congressman, Government, immigrant, immigration, Republican, U.S., U.S. Congress, Utah, visa
Research articles 2008-06-22
Deseret News candidate questionnaire: GOP challenger Jason Chaffetz
1 Please give point by point your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? * FIX LEGAL IMMIGRATION * REJECT AMNESTY * LOCK DOWN THE BORDER, ENFORCE VISAS * HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAWS ...
Tags: congressman, Government, immigrant, immigration, Republican, U.S., U.S. Congress, Utah, visa
Research articles 2008-06-21
US home guru Martha Stewart denied visa for Britain
LONDON AFP — US lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has been denied a visa to visit Britain because she has served a prison sentence for lying to US investigators about a stock deal, a report said Saturday. Stewart had been planning to come to Britain in the next few days...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, FINANCE, INTERNET, Investment, London, Strategy, visa
Research articles 2008-06-20
Deseret News candidate questionnaire: GOP challenger Jason Chaffetz
1 -- Please give -- point by point -- your solution to the U.S. illegal immigration problem? * FIX LEGAL IMMIGRATION * REJECT AMNESTY * LOCK DOWN THE BORDER, ENFORCE VISAS * HAVE THE POLITICAL WILL TO ENFORCE THE CURRENT LAWS ...
Tags: congressman, Government, immigrant, immigration, Republican, U.S., U.S. Congress, Utah, visa
Research articles 2008-06-11
Visa fee hike to pay for data gathering
The Department of Homeland Security DHS is seeking to extend a J-1 visa fee increase to help pay for a nonimmigrant information collection program. The proposed regulation was posted on the Federal Register March 26. Fees for J-1 visas--which allow for eigners to enter the United States to...
Tags: foreigner, Government, Regulations, U.S., U.S. Department of Homeland Security, visa, Visa Inc.
Research articles 2008-06-01
Case study: Grand Hotel takes action
Michigan's tourism industry faces a very serious threat this summer that only quick action by Congress can remedy-a lack of enough workers to fully staff operations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For seasonal businesses who cannot offer year-round employment, the challenge of identifying a dependable, skilled workforce has always been significant....
Tags: Michigan, U.S., U.S. Congress, visa, worker
Research articles 2008-06-01
Iraq VP urges Jordan to reconsider visa move
AMMAN AFP — Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi has urged Jordan to consider lifting visa requirements on Iraqis wanting to enter the kingdom, which is struggling to stem a huge influx of refugees. "Today I feel sad after Jordan imposed visas on Iraqis, who reach the borders and return...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, kingdom, SECURITY, visa
Research articles 2008-05-28
Chinese diplomat who saved thousands during Holocaust honored
WASHINGTON AFP — The heroic actions of a Chinese diplomat who saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust by issuing visas for them to flee Austria are being honoured in an exhibition at the US Congress. Against the orders of his superiors, Feng Shan Ho, the Chinese consul-general in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Austria, diplomat, exhibition, Nazi, visa
Research articles 2008-05-19
Security, visa problem keep Aziz lawyers from trial
AMMAN AFP — A group of French and Italian lawyers will not be able to defend Iraq's former deputy prime minister Tareq Aziz, whose trial resumes on Tuesday, because they still have no visas from Iraqi authorities, the accused's son, Ziad Aziz, told AFP in Amman. And his Iraqi...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Iraq, lawyer, Manufacturing, security, visa
Research articles 2008-05-17
Cuba refuses to give blogger visa to collect prize
HAVANA AFP — Cuban authorities have refused to give a travel visa to a Cuban blogger who was to have flown to Spain to receive a top journalism award, the writer told AFP Tuesday. "I have canceled tonight's flight" to Madrid, writer Yoani Sanchez, 32, told AFP, after learning...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, blogger, Blogging, Cuba, INTERNET, visa
Research articles 2008-05-06
Jordan imposes visa requirements on Iraqis
AMMAN AFP — Iraqis wanting to enter Jordan now have to have a visa as part of plans to stem a huge influx of refugees, the interior ministry announced on Thursday. "The requirement for our Iraqi brothers to have visas came into effect on May 1," ministry spokesman Ziad...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, visa
Research articles 2008-05-01
Snoop Dogg wins latest visa battle with Britain
LONDON AFP — US rapper Snoop Dogg is a step closer to being allowed back into Britain after a court overruled his visa ban, it emerged Thursday. Snoop and five members of his entourage were arrested at Heathrow airport in 2006 following a mass brawl in the British Airways...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, DVD, immigration, visa
Research articles 2008-04-24
US hits quota on visas for professionals; random lottery set
WASHINGTON AFP — US authorities said Tuesday they had received too many applications for a visa program for skilled workers for the coming year, meaning a random lottery will determine the winners. The completion of the 65,000 annual quota for the H-1B visa program, used for many high-tech professionals,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, H-1B, lottery, quota, visa, worker
Research articles 2008-04-08
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