Incoming Visitors to US Face Heightened Security Checks
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10:16 01/10/2004
Entry points across the US have begun 'biometric' security checks on business travellers and vacationers entering the country. This new security measure, in which the incoming traveler is...
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For the first time since the new skilled migrant programme was launched in December 2003, the New Zealand Immigration Service has lowered the pass mark to 100 points. This means that people who score...
US Congress approves delay on biometric passports
15:42 24/07/2004
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13:20 27/04/2004
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UK - South African and other citizens can make online visa applications
12:28 14/04/2004
South African nationals wishing to apply for a Working Holiday Maker Visa, Student or Work Visa for the UK will now be able to do so online via the Internet. Those living in South Africa can use the...
More Visitors to US will be fingerprinted
17:02 05/04/2004
More people travelling to the United States as visitors will be subjected to systematic fingerprinting and getting their photograph taken in the wake of tougher new border control laws. These rules...
