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Will Grenada in effect make it easier for “anti-Putin” Russians to gain citizenship.  Will some of the other requirements such as verifiable source of funds be waived in practice?  Many Russians living in Russia may have difficulties leaving the country.  Russians who

Firstly, I should say that I do have a personal interest in what was previously the Soviet Union and the rights, liberties and freedoms of the people, who have been oppressed by the Soviet Union, before that by Russian Czars and others, and now by Putin’s Russia.  My daughter is half Latvian.  Latvia has a border with Russia and during Soviet times was treated as being part of the Soviet Union.  I have fond memories of Riga the capital of&nb

Since the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic there has been more news than usual on visa issues Worldwide, including some recent big US visa and UK visa news stories.  It has been difficult to decide on which news stories to include in this visa review.  We ha

When we talk about migrants we typically talk about people moving from one Country to another.  In this case we are talking about millions of people who have left their villages to work in the cities in India mainly in low paid jobs.  Many of these people suddenly lost their jobs after the coronavirus pandemic lockdown of 24 March 2020 in India.  This contrasts with Indian migrants that people typically think of who are skilled IT professionals in say the UK on Tier 2 visas and in the US o

There continues to be some relaxation of restrictions on travel and “lockdowns” around the World as the number of deaths due to coronavirus COVID-19 continues to fall.  We cover some changes for the UK, US and Europe.  It remains the case that migrants around the World are more likely to be in occupations that puts them at greater risk

This is a  review of recent visa-related news for the US and the UK and travel.  In recent months news internationally has been dominated by the