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Kenya Gives Foreigners Two Weeks to Regularize Their Status or Leave the Country
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Kenya Gives Foreigners Two Weeks to Regularize Their Status or Leave the Country

Kenya’s Department of Immigration Services has announced the lifting of a six-month stay amnesty granted to foreigners following the outbreak of Covid-19. The amnesty allowed foreign nationals to overstay their visas…

Sep 14, 2020
Over 300 Tanzanian Women Married by Kenyans Protest Lack of IDs
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Over 300 Tanzanian Women Married by Kenyans Protest Lack of IDs

Over 300 Tanzanian women married to Kenyan men in Taita Taveta County have spoken about their suffering over lack of identification documents. The women narrated their tribulations during a meeting with the Taita Tave…

Sep 7, 2020
Wealthy Kenyans Increase Appetite for Foreign Citizenships
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Wealthy Kenyans Increase Appetite for Foreign Citizenships

The number of wealthy Kenyans buying foreign residency and citizenship has increased, according to Henley & Partners. The London-based global citizenship and residence advisory company says high net worth individuals…

Aug 22, 2020
Over 5,800 Americans Renounce Their Citizenship in Six Months
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Over 5,800 Americans Renounce Their Citizenship in Six Months

Over 5,000 people have relinquished their American citizenship in the first six months of 2020, according to new research published on Sunday. The study by the New York-based company, Bambridge Accountants indicates t…

Aug 10, 2020
Court Paves Way for Trump Administration to Deny Legal Status to Immigrants Deemed Public Charges
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Court Paves Way for Trump Administration to Deny Legal Status to Immigrants Deemed Public Charges

The Trump administration has received a green light to deny permanent residency to immigrants considered a 'public charge'. This comes after a federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court’s ruling that bloc…

Aug 6, 2020
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Trump Administration Hikes Green Card, Citizenship Application Fees
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Trump Administration Hikes Green Card, Citizenship Application Fees

The Trump administration on Friday increased fees for various immigration services including application for permanent residency and application for naturalization. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) sa…

Aug 1, 2020
Kenya’s Immigration Department to Deliver Passports Directly to Successful Applicants
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Kenya’s Immigration Department to Deliver Passports Directly to Successful Applicants

The Kenyan Immigration Department is set to start delivering passports to successful applicants at their homes. This comes after the department inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Posta Kenya that will see…

Jul 31, 2020
Passengers from the US Except those in the States of California, Florida and Texas Cleared to Travel to Kenya
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Passengers from the US Except those in the States of California, Florida and Texas Cleared to Travel to Kenya

Seven more countries have been added to the list of nations cleared for international flights to and from Kenya starting August 1st. The number of countries whose travelers will be granted entry into Kenya now stands…

Jul 31, 2020
Long Queues at JKIA as Chinese Nationals Flee Kenya
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Long Queues at JKIA as Chinese Nationals Flee Kenya

Hours before Kenya reopens its airspace for international flights, Chinese nationals have flocked the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi seeking to leave the country. Long queues were witnessed at t…

Jul 31, 2020
Stateless Shona Girl Granted Kenyan Citizenship Courtesy of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i
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Stateless Shona Girl Granted Kenyan Citizenship Courtesy of Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i

A stateless Shona girl could not hide her joy after she finally acquired Kenyan citizenship after 20-year wait. 20-year-old Nosizi Dube was granted Kenyan nationality after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i’s…

Jul 29, 2020
Canada Court Rules US in Not Safe for Asylum Seekers
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Canada Court Rules US in Not Safe for Asylum Seekers

A federal court in Canada has declared as unconstitutional an asylum agreement entered between the country and the US in 2004. Federal court judge Ann Marie McDonald on Wednesday ruled that the Safe Third Country Agre…

Jul 23, 2020
Kenyan Students Invited to Study in the UK as Application Window Opens
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Kenyan Students Invited to Study in the UK as Application Window Opens

Kenyan students have been invited to study in the UK following the opening of a new application window. The British High Commission in Nairobi through Twitter on Monday urged Kenyans who wish to undertake further stud…

Jul 21, 2020
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Relief for International Students as Trump's Administration Rescinds Leave Order
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Relief for International Students as Trump's Administration Rescinds Leave Order

Trump's administration has withdrawn an earlier directive requiring international students to leave the country if their classes are moved online owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The rescission of the rule that would h…

Jul 14, 2020
Skilled Kenyans without Degrees to Get UK Work Permits
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Skilled Kenyans without Degrees to Get UK Work Permits

Highly skilled Kenyans without degree-level qualifications are set to be allowed to apply for work permits in the UK from January 2021. This will be realized under the UK’s post-Brexit immigration rules that lower the…

Jul 14, 2020
Kenyan Students and Scholars in US Displeased by Trump’s Directive on International Students
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Kenyan Students and Scholars in US Displeased by Trump’s Directive on International Students

Kenyan students and scholars in the US have expressed their displeasure over the Trump administration’s order requiring foreign leaners whose classes are moved online due to the Covid-19 pandemic to leave the country…

Jul 11, 2020
Kenya Removes Mandatory Quarantine Requirement for Travelers Arriving from Abroad
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Kenya Removes Mandatory Quarantine Requirement for Travelers Arriving from Abroad

Travelers arriving in Kenya from abroad will no longer be subjected to mandatory quarantine over Covid-19, Transport CS James Macharia has said. On Wednesday, Macharia told reporters that this will apply to passengers…

Jul 8, 2020
Kenyan Passport Retains its Global Status Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Kenyan Passport Retains its Global Status Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

The Kenyan passport has defied the Covid-19 pandemic to retain its position as the 72nd most powerful passport in the world. This is according to the latest Henley Passport Index, which periodically measures the world…

Jul 8, 2020
Foreign Students Whose Classes Move Online Asked to Leave the US or Else Be Deported
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Foreign Students Whose Classes Move Online Asked to Leave the US or Else Be Deported

The US government has issued a revised policy for foreign students studying in the country.  Under the new rule announced on Monday by ICE, immigrant students whose classes are entirely moved online due to the Covid-1…

Jul 7, 2020
189,000 Green Card Holders Granted US Citizenship in the First Three Months of 2020
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189,000 Green Card Holders Granted US Citizenship in the First Three Months of 2020

A total of 239,180 US permanent residents applied for US citizenship between January 1st, 2020 and March 31st, 2020, data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shows. Over the same period, 189,620 a…

Jul 6, 2020
Trump’s Visa Ban Throws Green Card Winners into Misery
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Trump’s Visa Ban Throws Green Card Winners into Misery

The decision by President Trump to extend a ban on many green cards issued outside the US to the end of the year has dealt a blow to many Diversity Visa Lottery winners. Last month, the White House explained that the…

Jul 3, 2020
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