... a 72-hour visa-free stay offered by the city. He remained in China for just 29 hours before he was deported back to the US on Thursday. Zhou used the intervening hours to visit a Beijing detention cen ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-06
... multiple visa scheme. No decisions will be made before the review is completed. -- Contact us at [email protected] EL/AC/SK ...More
EJ Insight2014-06-04
The Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of China's State Council has asked authorities in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen to study the current practice of multi-entry visas offered to Shenzhen residents wh ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-30
... implified visa applications procedures for tourists, especially for tour groups, so as to lure more visitors. The country also lengthened maximum stays from 30 days to six months. Non-Russians will al ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-28
... xpand its visa-on-arrival program to more countries and regions, including China and Hong Kong, in order to attract more tourists and other visitors and boost commerce. Authorities are also working to ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-22
... of sales. Visa and MasterCard rules have also long prohibited merchants from charging customers more for credit-card transactions; merchants are the ones who pay the fees. US merchants complain that t ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-21
... without a visa, under an exemption to US immigration rules aimed at encouraging tourism. The journey takes four hours, the shortest distance between China and US territory. It's this visa exemption th ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
... monopoly visa service) business, as well as its transport operations have all recorded a fall in revenue. Even Ocean Spring in Zhuhai and Shenzen’s Window of the World have seen falling visitor numbe ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-19
... d-country visa may only be allowed to stay in the city for three to five days, instead of seven days, Southern Metropolis Daily reported Tuesday, citing police authorities in Macau. The Macau governme ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-08
... a tourist visa to work illegally in the Philippines. -- Contact us at [email protected] JH/JP/SK ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... In March, Visa and MasterCard stopped processing some Russian transactions, a big problem for Russians going abroad, and a surefire way to stem the tide of foreign visitors. Big American banks are pul ...More
EJ Insight2014-05-07
... antage of visa loopholes, in the process taking considerable risks, to give birth in Hong Kong in the hope of giving their children better education, healthcare and social services -- in short, a bett ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-22
... companies Visa Inc. and Master Inc. More Russian tourism groups may choose China over other European countries for travel, bolstering domestic demand in the mainland. A prolonged row in Ukraine may al ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
... ture, and visa exemptions. Tan noted that the central government has approved the construction of a third airport in Hainan in the coastal town of Boao, with operations expected to begin in 2016. -- ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-10
The European Union is planning to simplify visa applications to boost tourist arrivals, Economic Information Daily reported Wednesday, citing European Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmstrom. ...More
EJ Insight2014-04-02
... investor visa will be doubled from the previous C$800,000 (US$711,620) under a new scheme to be launched this year. Canada scrapped its investor visa program last month, dumping 65,000 applications, ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-21
... anies and visa-free stay for international travelers, according to a new policy on the cruise industry. Tianjin, Shanghai, Fujian and Hainan provinces have been selected to pilot the scheme, Cheng Jue ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-20
... ly offers visa services and personalized travel services. The website handled more than 400,000 outbound travelers in 2013, up 471 percent from the previous year. An unnamed source from Alibaba said A ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
Chinese shoppers could more than double their annual spending in London to nearly £500 million (US$829 million) by 2020 as they take advantage of a simpler visa process, Shanghai Daily reported, citin ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-13
... nts, from visa and asset freezes aimed at members of Putin's inner circle to suspension of Russia's membership in the Group of Eight industrialized nations, said Bloomberg. It has also pledged US$1 bi ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-11
