French President to reinstate passport checks if EU borders not tightened
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17:16 10/04/2012
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has threatened to reinstate passport checks for all EU citizens arriving in France if EU countries fail to properly secure their borders against illegal immigrants...
UK introduces online visa checks for migrant workers
17:34 07/12/2011
UK Immigration Minister Damian Green announced this week that UK employers will soon be able to carry out online visa checks to verify whether migrant workers have the right to work in the UK. The...
UK Marriage and Partner Visas - Certificate of Approval to be abolished
19:32 04/08/2010
UK Immigration will be abolishing the 'certificate of approval' scheme probably in the next six months. It is currently the case that if you are an immigrant wishing to marry or register a civil...
Switzerland: 25th signatory to the Schengen Agreement
11:55 17/12/2008
On 12 December, Switzerland added its name to the list of countries that have adopted the Schengen Agreement and In doing so became the 25th member of the group, which has no border controls for...
Russia and Norway sign travel and visa agreement
9:38 13/06/2007
Watch This Video Following talks between Russia's and Norway's prime ministers, Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov and Jens Stoltenberg respectively, both countries signed visa facilitation and readmission...
Simplified visa regime for Russia and the EU
11:04 05/06/2007
• Watch This Video The European Union and Russia will put a simplified visa regime in place beginning from 01 June 2007, a product of talks at the Russia-EU summit in May 2006 in the Russian resort...
