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
China's 72-hour visa-free policy should be extended to a week to encourage a bigger number of transit passengers to stop in the country, Shanghai Daily reported Friday, citing National People's Congre ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-07
Foreign air passengers that availed of Beijing city's 72-hour visa waiver policy saw a huge jump in number in January compared to the same period last year, China Daily reported Wednesday, citing the ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-06
A group of wealthy mainlanders is threatening to sue the Canadian government if its decision to scrap an investor visa scheme is not reversed, the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday. More tha ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-05
The US Consulate General in Shanghai opened on Monday an expanded consular section that can handle 50 percent more visa applications, the Shanghai Daily reported. The section has grown from 12 to 28 s ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-04
... smoother visa arrangements for Chinese in Australia, the Journal said. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-03-04
... , Chanel, VISA and Samsung. Online media are in the fight for top quality content in order to drive traffic, the report cited analysts as saying. -- Contact HKEJ at [email protected] EL/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-25
... ing their visa applications scrapped. Under the program, applicants worth a minimum of C$1.6 million (US$1.44 million) would loan the government C$800,000 for five years in return for residency visas ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-25
Hongkongers can relate to mainlanders who have been piling into Canada on a wave of immigrant visa schemes. It was not too long ago that Hong Kong residents went abroad in good numbers in search of re ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-17
Canada is scrapping its controversial investor visa scheme, which has allowed wealthy individuals from Hong Kong and mainland China to immigrate since 1986, the South China Morning Post reported Wedne ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
... er floats visa curbs, border tax to slow mainland arrivals Hong Kong should gradually replace multiple-visit permits with a single-entry visa for mainland visitors to help ease daily pressures on Hong ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-12
... ment like visa-free entry or visa on arrival to Chinese passport holders, the countries are more often likely to say no. Loutish behavior ranging from spitting on the roads to talking in loud voices, ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-10
... investor visas. That is more than 70 per cent of the global backlog, the report said. Attempts by Ottawa in 2010 to tighten access to the visas by doubling the wealth criteria had the effect of incre ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-07
Canada has cut visa fees for Chinese nationals and extended the validity of multiple-entry permits to 10 years, Beijing Morning Post reported Thursday. Single-entry visas are being discontinued. Fees ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-06
... investor" visas have been granted to Chinese and 91 percent of the 545 applicants for the permits were Chinese nationals since the scheme began just over a year ago, data from the Australian Departmen ...More
EJ Insight2014-02-04
