IMMIGRATION NEWS

Five Nigerian nationals have filed an application in court seeking to block Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i from deporting them. The immigrants want the court to suspend their impending deportation pending hearing and determination of the case they have filed. The five; Munirudeen…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested 34 illegal immigrants in Nairobi. The DCI says the immigrants were busted dealing drugs in Nairobi's Kasarani area. Kasarani DCIO Mwenda Meme says 33 of them are Nigerian nationals while one is from Eritrea. Meme says…

Immigration Principal Secretary Gordon Kihalangwa has warned that Kenyans who fail to acquire Huduma Nambas will be denied passports. PS Kihalangwa says the Immigration Department will be relying on the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) to issue the travel documents. The…

In a draw held on Wednesday, April 3rd for the Express Entry program, the government of Canada has invited 3,350 Invitations to Apply (ITAs). This follows a similar draw held two weeks ago (March 20th) in which a similar number, 3,350 ITAs, were issued. Individuals who enter the drawing and are…

The High Court on Monday temporarily suspended the implementation of a law seeking to punish Kenyans who fail to disclose their dual citizenship. In a ruling, the court has stopped the implementation of Section 8(4) of the Immigration Act. The law states that individuals who fail to reveal their…

The application period of a popular visa program that allows highly skilled immigrants to live and work in the United States begins today, Monday, April 1st, 2019. The program is run by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and as in previous year, the 65,000 cap year set…

A new wave of xenophobic attacks has broken out in Durban, South Africa. South Africa media reports that the attacks broke out this week after unemployed locals stormed the streets accusing foreigners of taking their jobs. The jobless informal settlement residents claim expatriates are to blame for…

The government of Kenya has reportedly ordered the closure of Dadaab Refugee Camp by mid this year. Leaked internal United Nations document obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation indicates that Kenya ordered the shutdown of the camp citing “national security concerns.” President Kenyatta's…

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has reportedly come up with a new way of tracking those who are in the US illegally. In a new report, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says the agency has set up a large, privately maintained database tracking license plate numbers and driver…

The application period of a popular visa program that allows highly skilled immigrants to live and work in the United States begins on Monday, April 1st, 2019, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced. The application period for the Fiscal Year 2020 H-1B visa…