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Foreign relations of Russia

US visa bans urged for UK lawyers helping Russian oligarchs

12:03 21/04/2022
Anti-corruption campaigner, Bill Browder, has called for a total US visa ban for British lawyers who he alleges to be ‘enabling’ Russian oligarchs. A long-time critic of Russian President, Vladimir...

Russians with UK golden visas put on sanctions list

16:04 08/04/2022
Eight unnamed Russian oligarchs who entered Britain on Tier 1 investor visas have been placed on a UK sanctions list amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February. Dubbed the ‘golden visa’ route...

Bulgaria and Cyprus put US visa-free travel at risk

14:34 28/03/2022
Bulgaria and Cyprus are jeopardizing their access to the US Visa Waiver program because of their respective so-called golden visa schemes. Currently, Bulgaria and Cyprus – along with Romania – are...

UK visa rules eased for British relatives fleeing Ukraine

14:13 23/02/2022
The Home Office has announced that UK visa rules will be temporarily eased for the partners and children of British nationals looking to leave Ukraine amid a looming Russian invasion. It’s understood...

US visa pandemic-based entry bans affect European travelers

10:03 25/03/2021
Sanwar Ali : additional reporting and comments Pandemic-based US visa and entry restrictions and bans, originally imposed by former American President Donald Trump, have actually become tougher in...

UK Tier 1 Investor visa checks target Indian millionaires

13:00 24/07/2018
On 6 May, 2018 workpermit.com reported that the UK Tier 1 Investor visa had been targeted for a crackdown by Prime Minister, Theresa May. Following the nerve-agent poisoning of a former Russian spy...

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