IMMIGRATION NEWS

Immigration Director-General Alexander Muteshi has admitted that there have been delays in the processing of passports over the past few weeks. Muteshi told Nation that the delays in the issuance of passports were caused by printer maintenance, adding that processing has resumed and the backlog…

Kenyans are now free to travel to Russia following the lifting of a ban imposed on Kenya in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak in March 2020. The Russian Embassy in Kenya on Tuesday announced the country has reopened its borders for travelers from Kenya and urged anyone wishing to travel to Russia…

Nigerians have taken to social media to decry what they termed as harassment and extortion at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Through Twitter, several Nigerian nationals shared their nasty experiences, saying they were profiled by police and other officials upon landing at the…

Labor and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui says Kenya exported at least 39,000 labor migrants in 2021. Chelugui, who spoke during a graduation ceremony for Information Technology students at the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) in Nairobi on Friday, divulged that a…

US Senator Ron Wyden has called for an investigation after it emerged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents obtained money transfer records of millions of people for at least 12 years without a warrant. Citing a letter by Senator Wyden, BuzzFeed News reported that the mass…

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has released a statement after he was banned from setting foot in the United States. The US State Department declared Sonko a persona non grata alongside his wife Primrose Mbuvi, his daughters Agnes Saumu Mbuvi and Salma Wanjiru Mbuvi, and his underage son over…

Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and his immediate family members have been banned from traveling to the US over graft allegations. The ban was announced on Tuesday by Counselor for Public Affairs at the US Embassy in Nairobi Eric Watnik on behalf of the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.…

Qatar has shut down 12 Kenyan employment agencies that were found to have violated the law. The closure of the agencies follows pressure from both the Kenyan government and trade unions to ensure better treatment of migrant workers in the Middle East. The move was announced during a meeting between…

The Biden administration plans to introduce new regulations that would offer relief to immigrants depending on public benefits and trying to obtain legal status. The proposed rules limit the number of public benefits that can be used against an immigrant to deny them permanent US residency or green…

Detectives from the Transnational and Organized Crime unit have rescued 108 Ethiopian nationals suspected to be victims of human trafficking. Acting on intelligence reports, the detectives based at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters traced the victims to a house in…