South Korea and the United States on Friday officially launched a visa support desk at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. People waiting to receive visas lined up at the embassy on Friday. Photo by Yonhap South Korea and the United…
Clouds hang over the mountains surrounding La Paz, Bolivia, on Oct. 19, 2025. (Ivan Valencia/Associated Press) LA PAZ, Bolivia – Visiting Bolivia became a little easier for certain travelers, when the South American nation’s first conservative government in nearly 20…
Visa operates in more than 200 countries worldwide and the company is preparing to support a multi-phase digital transformation plan in Syria, the report added. Syrian Central Bank Governor Abdulkader Husrieh emphasised that the collaboration with Visa is critical for…
Meta has started locking the accounts of under-16s on Instagram and Facebook ahead of Australia’s world-first social media ban, but uncertainty remains over whether young temporary visa holders — including international students — will also be swept up in the…
H-1B visa new rules: The Trump administration has ordered a major escalation in vetting for H-1B visa applicants, directing consular officers to scrutinise whether highly skilled foreign workers have ever been involved in what Washington calls “censorship” of protected speech.…
Following its policy to make US visas stricter, the Trump administration is making the US visa-vetting system tighter. The US State Dept announced recently that all H-1B workers and their H-4 dependents will have to undergo social-media screening from December…
The Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide to give top priority to visa applications from foreign investors and fans seeking to attend major sporting events in the United States, including the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Olympics,…
Meta has started locking the accounts of under-16s on Instagram and Facebook ahead of Australia’s world-first social-media ban, but uncertainty remains over whether young temporary visa holders — including international students — will also be swept up in the restrictions.The…
The Department of State said it uses all available information in visa screening and vetting to identify visa applicants who are inadmissible to the US The US Department of State (DoS) announced on Wednesday that it will expand mandatory online-presence…
Stakeholders are worried about the Early Decision (ED) system – where students apply early to their first-choice institution and, if admitted, are required to commit to attending. Although admission is not guaranteed, the common practice is that students must ‘lock…
