IMMIGRATION NEWS

The government of Canada on Wednesday issued the biggest number of Innovations to Apply for Permanent residence (ITAs) through the Express Entry program. In a draw held on February 19th, Canada issued 4,500 ITAs. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking Systems (CRS) score for the draw was 470, down two…

A Nairobi court on Wednesday suspended a deportation order for four Chinese nationals who were arrested after one of them was filmed canning a Kenyan restaurant worker. The deportation order signed by Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i on February 13th was suspended by High Court Justice…

Four Chinese nationals who were arrested on Sunday after one of them was videotaped whipping a Kenyan man are set to be deported. This comes after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i signed an order for their banishment on Thursday, hours after a Nairobi court allowed police to detain the…

Canada welcomed a total of 341,000 immigrants in 2019, only the fifth time in history that the number of immigrants admitted in one year has exceeded 300,000. The country exceeded the 330,000 target set for 2019 by about 11,000 immigrants. Canada says 58 per cent of the newcomers were admitted…

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg released his immigration plan on Monday. In his plan, Bloomberg, a Billionaire former mayor of New York City, has proposed protect immigration programs that President Donal Trump has terminated or threatened to end, such as the DACA (Deferred Action on…

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published revised forms for 12 different applications as it prepares to implement the public charge rule. The public charge rule goes into effect on February 24, 2020 and in line with that, on the same date applicants for 12 different…

The government of Canada issued 3,500 invitations to apply (ITAs) for permanent resident through the Express Entry program in a draw held on Wednesday, February 5th. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score required to qualify for the latest draw was 472, up 1 point from the 471 cut-off…

Results for individuals who participated in last year’s green card (Diversity Visa) lottery will be available online starting on May 5th, 2020. Those who participated in the DV-2021 lottery that ran between October 2, 2019 and November 5, 2019 can check if they won starting at 12pm EDT on Tuesday,…

The Trump administration on Friday disqualified Tanzania and Sudan from participating in the diversity visa program, popularly known as the green card lottery. The Department of Homeland Security also announced a bar on immigration visa to citizens of Nigeria, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, and Myanmar,…

A top Tanzanian government official was on Friday banned from visiting the United States over the alleged violation of human rights. The US State Department said Paul Makonda, the Regional Commissioner of Dar es Salaam, was blacklisted “due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights,…