The United States has announced tighter security measures for visitors from the 38 countries in its visa waiver program, Reuters reported. The new restrictions cover European nations that have seen hu ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-07
... aunched a visa in 2009 allowing Shenzhen residents to make multiple visits to Hong Kong. Each visitor who stayed overnight in Hong Kong spent an average of HK$7,960 (US$1,027). The amount declined for ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-06
... anasonic, Visa and McDonald's. International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach told reporters on Monday he had spoken to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) head Craig Reedie and had full ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-04
... temporary visas since 2000, according to Reuters, which reviewed data from the US Department of Labor. Most of the applications were approved, the news agency reported. Nine companies majority-owned b ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... anasonic, Visa and McDonald's. Sponsors of the IAAF, and its world championships later this month, include Adidas, Canon, Seiko and Toyota. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... 9 visitor visas to Chinese, ranking third in Europe behind France and Italy. In June this year, the government announced a new system that allows Chinese to apply for visas to Britain and the European ...More
EJ Insight2015-08-03
... y relaxed visa rules for mainland residents to visit the city. And there are also signs that authorities are softening their stance on a proposed total smoking ban on casino floors. Will these policy ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
Canada has received just six applications for its pilot immigration program for millionaires, Reuters reported. That is a pale shadow of the thousands of applications for its investor class visa, scra ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-24
... without a visa. Less than 20 per cent are staying on to complete the seven years they need to acquire a Hong Kong identity card. In 2014, 16,000 mainland students came to study in Hong Kong's tertiary ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-14
The number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong under the individual visit scheme has dropped 10 percent in the first 28 days of June from a year earlier after the central government restricted visas fro ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-06
... ned their visa policies in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. In 2009, the outstanding number of refugees in the territory soared to more than 6,000 from 1,600 three years earlier. At the same time, the Ho ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-04
... ssue me a Visa or not, but if I do have the chance and channel, I will continue to do what I do," she said. – Contact us at [email protected] FL/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-07-02
... e initial visa will be for one year, which can be extended for two years according to the success of the business and then a further two years. They must be in Taiwan for at least 183 days each year. ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-16
... ply for a visa-like entry permit in order to visit the mainland. The move is an inducement from China to Taiwan ahead of the island's presidential election in January, Reuters said, noting that Taiwan ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-15
... s because Visa and MasterCard, which operate the dominant payment networks, recently standardized their “tokenization” card security service and made it free, preventing payments services from chargin ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
... rCard and Visa on the new service, which will be compatible with 90 percent of magnetic-strip card readers, the company said at the time. Samsung initially wants to have between 15 and 20 percent of i ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-08
... as denied visa for fear that he might disrupt the meeting, all of the lawmakers attended the meeting. Rather surprisingly, all the pan-democrats looked the other way when Leung was not allowed to come ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-04
... ciency of visa issuance, and are mulling relaxation of investment rules to attract Chinese businessmen. The article first appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on May 19. [Chinese version 中文版] - ...More
EJ Insight2015-06-01
... d student visa requirements by using counterfeit Chinese passports, he said. The defendants are men and women aged between 19 and 26. They are currently living in several cities where universities are ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
... cility on visa-related violations, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing spokesman Luis M. Martinez. It is the latest sign of cooperation between the US and China on cross-border crime. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-29
