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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.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) asked the affected students…
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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 and tourists who do not show any signs of contagious illness on arrival in the…
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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's most travel-friendly passports based on the number of destinations their…
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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-19 pandemic are required to leave the US failure to which they will be removed…
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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 applications for naturalization were approved, while 27,973 were denied.
There were…
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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 ban aims at freeing up jobs for American citizens in the wake of the economic…
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The UK High Commission in Nairobi has announced the resumption of visa application services in Kenya.
The mission through a notice on its website said its visa application centers in Nairobi and Mombasa were reopened on Monday.
Travelers seeking to apply for visas have been asked to book…
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Kenyans will not be allowed to visit any of the 31 European Union (EU) member countries after they reopen their borders on July 1st.
Starting Wednesday, the EU will lift border restrictions for its own citizens in a move aimed at saving the European tourism season in the wake of the Covid-19…
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The vTrump administration has suspended visas for some foreign workers and extended a pause on some green cards until the end of 2020.
Among those affected by the restriction are high-skilled tech workers, non-agricultural seasonal helpers, au pairs, and top executives, BBC reports.
The move aims…
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The Kenyan Embassy in France has announced the resumption of consular services after a three-month hiatus.
The embassy restarted some operations on Tuesday after the French government declared Paris as a Green Zone on the spread of Covid-19, Kenya’s Ambassador to France Prof. Judy Wakhungu said in…
