... a student visa since 2011, had suspected links to a regional terrorist group that uses Malaysia as a transit point and safe haven, according to the Journal. The Saudi king has been leading an entoura ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-08
The European Parliament called on the EU executive to force Americans to apply for visas before visiting Europe this summer, stepping up pressure to resolve a long-running transatlantic dispute on the ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-03
Malaysia will cancel visa-free entry for North Koreans entering the country from March 6, state news agency Bernama reports. North Koreans will be required to obtain a visa before entering Malaysia fo ...More
EJ Insight2017-03-02
... after his visa expires and seek asylum somewhere else. Turning Snowden over to the US will not only undermine Putin's international image but may also scare off US billionaires and celebrities who hav ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-27
... the H-1B visa program will be reformed, making it more difficult for US technology firms to recruit highly skilled workers from overseas. Demographically, the US has until now fared better than most ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-22
... resident visa holders, including foreign students, investment immigrants and visa workers, are able to buy one second-hand home for their own use, but they are asked to sell the property when they le ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
... ut 60,000 visa-holders were affected by the move. On Friday, a federal judge in Seattle issued a restraining order against the government, blocking enforcement of the new rules, at least temporarily. ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-10
... r student visas and have not committed any crimes, Reuters reports. In a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Microsoft President Brad Smith outlin ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-03
... with a US visa have faced lengthy inspections or even detention at airports. Trump fired acting attorney general Sally Yates Monday night, saying she “betrayed" the Department of Justice. Yates wrote ...More
EJ Insight2017-02-02
... uspend US visa issuance for people from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Also, authorities plan to suspend a US refugee program for four months while determining whether permanent ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-26
... Hong Kong visa-free, or even allowed to live here permanently. It's a step forward for Beijing to gradually remove border controls between Hong Kong and the mainland. On Tuesday, Hong Kong and Shenzh ...More
EJ Insight2017-01-05
... of 10,228 visa applications were filed in November, up about 10 percent from a year earlier, according to the Immigration Department. The number for December has not been released. The surge in the ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-28
... echnology visa program under a Donald Trump administration, India's US$150 billion IT services sector will speed up acquisitions in the United States, industry sources there say. Companies also plan t ...More
EJ Insight2016-12-09
... ar on the visa stamped on the applicant’s passport, news website hk01.com reports. Requiring the helper to live at the employer’s address is no different from putting the helper on standby 24 hours a ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-18
... hten H-1B visas. Established in 1990, the federal H-1B visa program allows employers to import up to 85,000 foreign workers each year to fill jobs that require "highly specialized knowledge”. Democrat ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-14
... granting visa-free access for Chinese citizens in 2008, the island has seen a surge in the number of mainland tourists. According to some figures, 2.16 million out of 2.5 million foreign tourists who ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-08
... n need of visa extension are forced to use Shenzhen as a stopover. They cross the border at Lo Wu in the morning, visit Shenzhen for the day and return to Hong Kong in the evening. Perhaps it was the ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-03
... llenge to Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc, WSJ says. Alipay was created in 2004 to support transactions on Alibaba’s Taobao online-shopping site and grew alongside the e-commerce business. It was later s ...More
EJ Insight2016-11-01
... a tourist visa on arrival. Since the beginning of this year, the country has waived the visa fee for all tourists from mainland China and Hong Kong, a gesture aimed at boosting tourism after a devasta ...More
EJ Insight2016-10-21
