Sunday, July 31, 2011

Getting an Australian Visa is Now Easy

Getting an Australian Visa is Now Easy
The Open Press (press release)
For instance, if you intend to visit Australia with a purpose of doing business, you need a BusinessVisa. Similarly, those wanting to spend holidays in Australia should go for a Tourist Visa. Apart from the Business and the Tourist Visa...
Obtaining a Dutch visa: different strokes for different folks
Radio Netherlands
Applying for a visa to enter the Netherlands can be quite an adventure. The average European touristdoesn't need one. Nor do Americans or Australians. But if you want to visit the Netherlands from an African or Arab country, it's a very different ...
Newly authorized Cuba trips sell out fast, run into controversy
USA Today
Established and respected US tour companies such as upscale Abercrombie & Kent recently began selling cultural tours to bring American vacationers to the Communist island, still off limits to the average tourist. A&K's trips -- due to start late this ...

Immigration: Patience is a virtue -- Shortcuts to entry can lead to trouble
Pacific Daily News
Steve was instructed to surrender the passport to another individual, who would meet him at the airport. When he was placed in this situation, Steve could not back out because he had a debt to pay (the cost of obtaining what Steve thought was a "visa...
Winging it through Southeast Asia
Calgary Herald
We got our first entry visa online direct from the Cambodian embassy. The remainder were applied for on the fly at foreign embassies. It's cheaper and faster - except for China; the slowest at four days. They squeeze time-constrained tourists by ...
August is Hong Kong season!
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Thompson: Marry in Canada — if you can get in
Toronto Star
In my case, what kind of “travel document” do I need? And where do I obtain it? A: The answer is simple: the travel document for Canadian citizens is a Canadian passport, which can be obtained by applying to the passport office. Start at www.ppt.gc.ca...
Medicine without borders
Winnipeg Free Press
Our dollar is soaring, and many tourist destinations offer great deals on hotels. If you're a snowbird, real-estate prices are lower in sought-after hot spots than in Winnipeg. But one aspect of going to the US will likely always be a concern -- or at ...
Traffickers Busted; Phuket Property Hopes Rise; Laos 'Vomiting, Sex'; Don ...
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A daily wrap of Thailand news, with a Phuket perspective, plus relevant reports from national and international media. bangkokpost.com Thailand is demanding answers after Germany reportedly re-granted a visa to deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra ...
Four accused of human smuggling to return to Toronto to await trial
Toronto Star
Conditions set by the judge include a requirement the men continue to live at their current addresses in Toronto, they abide by conditions set by the Immigration and Refugee Board and they not possess or apply for a passportvisa or other travel ...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

David Obua hailed for Paks showing

David Obua hailed for Paks showing
stv.tv
The Ugandan endured a difficult week trying to get clearance to travel to Hungary, after having to travel to London to renew his passport and then being detained at Budapest airport for six hours over visa problems. Obua didn't link up with the Hearts ...


Schengen opt-out damaging UK economy
PublicServiceEurope.com
For non-European s, this means that – while they require only a single visa to travel throughout the Schengen area – they are forced to apply for separate documents if they wish to visit the UK or Ireland. Many simple avoid the "hassle" by leaving the ...
Ramdev aide, Balkrishna, to be questioned
NDTV.com
... aide Acharya Balkrishna to appear for questioning in a case under the Passport Act. Mr Balkrishna, who was reportedly missing for the last few days, reappeared claiming he has applied for a UK visa and his travel documents are with that mission. ...
Fake travel document warning for Filipinos
The National
She said the travel agency had charged her Dh2,850 for a plane ticket, a tourist visa and for arranging an affidavit of support with the consulate. "But the travel agency insisted that it wasn't fake," she said. "They claimed that their two other ...
Foreign students get shaken down
Kyiv Post
But having paid $3000 in advance for a year of study and handing in his passport to receive a visaextension, he was called in by the local police, taken to court and handed back his travel document with a deportation stamp inside after refusing to pay ...
Nainital HC stays arrest of Ramdev's aide
Zee News
Interestingly, Balkrishna had also sought 20 days' time to appear before the CBI for questioning in a case under the Passport Act, claiming he has applied for a UK visaand his travel document is with that mission.
The double-speak in Germany's diplomatic language
The Nation
Japan has also imposed a travel ban on Thaksin since 2008. The United Kingdom was the first country to revoke Thaksin's visa in August 2008, without offering any clarifications. It will be interesting to see whether Japan and the UK will follow ...
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Status-of-forces agreement restrictions, US State Department travel advisory guidelines and US State Department passport and visa requirements are all necessary items to research prior to traveling abroad. Other Air Mobility Command aircraft often have ...
Pakistan freed 24 Indian nationals
Punjab Newsline
There were two females Gulfroz and Begum Parveen one was from Delhi and another was from Uttar Pradesh who crossed over to Pakistan on valid passport, were arrested for allegedly violating thevisa rules and carrying drugs with them. ...
Kashmir Not a Stone Pelting Problem: Mufti
Kashmir Observer
He said the principals of economic union rest on free trade and travel across the borders. “The principal of free travel across LOC only on permits and not on passport and visa and tax free border trade concede both these requirements” he said pointing ...
'I could have done more to reach out. I learnt my lessons last summer'
Tehelka
Allowing or not allowing people to come back; who gets a passport, and who doesn't; who comes on what visa —these are all decisions by the Government of India. I don't decide these things. You don't have a point of view on it? ...


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Friday, July 29, 2011

Self-guided Chinese tourist program fails to meet expectations

Self-guided Chinese tourist program fails to meet expectations
China Post
Tourism industries believe the program to hold high risks as well as low gross profits, and heightens the risk of hard-to-address visa overstay problems. The program allows entry to a maximum of 500 Chinese mainlanders per day for a stay of up to 15 ...
Berlin-Peck Library Offers First-Class Ticket To Tour The World
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The site also arms travelers with all the information necessary to make travel as safe and stress-free as possible. Each city guide features detailed accounts of any health advisories, travel essentials like passport and visa information, ...
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Editor: I'm sure you are not alone in being annoyed by these fees, but the good news is, once you've paid it, it's good for as long as your passport is good. Today, most of these fees can be paid by credit card. Chile now accepts Visa, Mastercard, ...
Visa Exemption with Belize
Arutz Sheva
The Knesset Interior and Environmental Protection Committee approved, on Thursday, an order granting a mutual visa exemption on 3-month non-employment tourist travel between Israel and the Central American country of Belize. ...
Reality Zone: My unforgettable experience at Jomo Kenyatta Airport
Myjoyonline.com
My first encounter at the arrival hall, thinking that without any visa regime between Ghana and Kenya, I was going to get out quicker was a fallacy. From nowhere, this Port Health official walked up to me at the point of joining the queue to go through ...
Waiting for the borders to fall
European Voice
In total, Romania has received more than €360m from the EU to prepare it for membership of the Schengen area of borderless travel, with the money also being invested to modernise border monitoring, communications, databases and visa-issuing systems. ...
Can a boy band tempt EM tourists back to Japan?
Financial Times (blog)
The choice of the band underscores the importance that Asian emerging markets are playing in Japan's tourist industry nowadays, where they account for around two thirds of all foreign travellers to Japan. Basically unknown in the US and Europe, ...
CBI rejects Ramdev aide Balkrishna's plea for extension
Indian Express
Dehradun: Yoga guru Ramdev's aide Balkrishna today sought 20 days time to appear before the CBI for questioning in a case under the Passport Act, claiming he has applied for a UK visa and histravel document is with that mission. ...
Obua: Visa problems
Sportinglife.com
The Ugandan initially had to travel to London on Tuesday, as his team-mates flew out to Hungary, to renew an expired passport. Manager Jim Jefferies is also without Andy Webster and Mehdi Taouil for the third qualifying round first-leg clash due to ...
Kashmir resolution clearly in sight: Mufti
Kashmir Dispatch
“The principal of free travel across LoC only on permits and not passport and visa and tax free border trade concede both these requirements,” he said pointing out though this is one country it has accepted to have two systems. ...
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While the rest of the squad arrived in Hungary on Tuesday ahead of Thursday's qualifier, Obua headed to London to secure passport clearance from the Ugandan embassy before obtaining a visa from the Hungarian embassy. The 27-year-old - who scored in ...
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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Replacing a lost U.S. passport

Ask the US Embassy - Replacing a lost visa
Jamaica Observer
My daughter had to leave the United States using an emergency passport at a later date. Her missing passport was reported to authorities in the United States, but the passport has not been found. My daughter would like to travel again soon. The visa in ...
Mongol Rally, Day 4: Will visa woes mean the end of the road?
Los Angeles Times
But I'm having a bout of anxiety, and here's why: The Uzbek Embassy was late in processing thevisa of my trusted friend and cameraman, Steven Priovolos, so he was forced to travel across Europe on his Greek travel documents because his passport is at ...
10 Considerations For Using Your Credit Card Abroad
San Francisco Chronicle
Not all types of cards are as widely accepted as others, so you should stick to some of the more universal cards like Visa or MasterCard. Generally credit cards offer a better exchange rate than the current rates at banks or currency exchange offices. ...
English and Credit Cards Altering Russians' Travel Plans
The Moscow Times
Afonina's discovery may seem nothing special in the West, but for Russia, it amounts to a looming revolution in the tourist industry. Since the Iron Curtain crumpled two decades ago, making foreign travel possible for regular Russians, ...
Ugandan national to be deported
Times of India
He did not possess a passport and his visa had expired in January, 2010. During questioning, Kasiita claimed that he was registered at the foreigners registration office of Bangalore police, but verification revealed he had provided false information. ...
Visa spat reveals instability of India-China relations
Open Democracy
In the case of Arunachal Pradesh, entirely claimed by China which refers to the state as 'Southern Tibet', China only started issuing stapled visas to non-officials earlier this year while officials can stilltravel to China without a visa...
Bug in Nadra halts issuance of new CNICs
DAWN.com
His mother needed CNIC for having computerised passport to travel abroad. But she could not apply for visa unless she gets passport on the basis of her national identity card. Mr Baloch said his mother was supposed to have CNIC in two days but after an ...
Gap year travellers 'need to check passports' before heading away
Flying Fish (press release)
He also said travellers should check with the embassies of the countries they will be going to as early as possible to find out if they need a visa for their year out. "Your travel plans may well unravel if you don't have the right documents," Mr ...
Uganda: Obua in Desperate Dash for Europa Clash
AllAfrica.com
"I handed in my passport but they could not add pages immediately. I have to go back in the morning (today)," said Obua from his hotel in London. "If stuff works out, I will then go to the Hungarian Embassy in London for the visa and board the earliest ...
Ambassadors to India: A new adventure
Patch.com
Finally my visa and passport were returned to me. I was thrilled to fill out the customer satisfaction survey for Travisa Outsourcing. I've come to believe the logistics of planning a long-term stay abroad are unending, and the only force that finally ...
Visa-free travel for Qatar, UK diplomatic passport holders
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) The Deputy Emir and Heir Apparent HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued an instrument of ratification approving a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in Doha on February 23 between the governments of Qatar and the ...
Two undocumented US residents tell their stories
The Guardian
We came to the US on a tourist visa. From the moment we came, we planned to stay. My parents tried to do the right thing; they started the process to get a green card within the first year but the whole immigration system is broken. ...


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Visa waiver boosts travel from Taiwan to Europe; Hearts' Obua passport

Hearts' Obua in dash for passport
BBC News
The Uganda international instead flew to London to resolve the issue at his country's embassy and hopes to travel on Wednesday. The 27-year-old was intially denied a visa because he had run out of free pages in his passport...

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Visa waiver boosts Taiwan visitor arrivals to Europe: MOFA
Focus Taiwan News Channel
The number of Taiwanese visitors to Europe is expected to further surge in summer, the high season for travel, said James KJ Lee, director-general of MOFA's Department of European Affairs. The visa waiver, which took effect Jan. ...

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MEA to add new visa officers in 31 missions
Times of India
Other major countries have been adding extra hands in their visa offices in India given the big jump in bilateral travel with most countries. The new officers will have new rules to implement. For instance, if you are an Indian who has just taken US ...
Korean-American student dreams big with passage of Dream Act
89.3 KPCC
Her parents, like so many others, used a limited tourist visa to travel to the US and never returned home. "I was told we were going to America," Kim said. "And I just did what I was told." She was 10 years old when the family moved to Fullerton. ...
Scandinavian travel unaffected: travel industry
Focus Taiwan News Channel
The number of Taiwanese visitors to Europe jumped 33 percent year-on-year in the period March to May 2011, in the wake of the European Union's visa exemption for Taiwan passport holders, Taiwan's foreign ministry said Tuesday. ...
Basic precautions, trusted vendors a traveler's best ally in document safety
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US sets tough example for EU sanctions policy
EUobserver.com
Under the rules of the EU's passport-free Schengen zone - which covers 22 EU countries plus Iceland, Norway and Switzerland - if any one member state red-flags a name all 25 must refuse that person a visa. EU governments regularly complain to Russia .
'No answers here. M'sians turn to France'
Free Malaysia Today
“I don't know what the minister is talking about because I didn't even have a tourist visa. So it is very strange that he is speaking of one,” he said. Citizens of the European Union do not need a visa for travel into Malaysia. What had likely happened...
Denied visit multiple times
Jamaica Gleaner
Normally, a general visitor categorises a person who is living and working outside of the UK and would like to go as a tourist. You should be aware that there are requirements that are to be met by a person who is seeking leave to enter the United ...
Demand for international flights up
Independent Online
The airline advises passengers to check with their travel agents or, better still, the British High Commission, that they have the right type of visa and not with BA's call centres since the regulations appear to be complex. ...
India frees 91 Pak prisoners
Punjab Newsline
Two prisoners released from the Central jail of Amritsar were arrested in inadvertent border crossing, since at the time of arrest they were lacking mandatory travel documents including Passport and valid visa. Whereas prisoner Maohmmad Raheel released ...
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Biometric will speed you through the shorter queue, faster. Do you need a visa, if so, how long does it take to get one? No longer really “optional”, now that we live in a time of erupting volcanos and political unrest, travel insurance is vital. ...
Wide awake in the sleeper car
Irish Times
Catherine Murray, relieved of her purse and passport on a local tram, has been told she can pick up an emergency travel document at the Irish embassy in Budapest, where they're headed on an overnight train. From there, the group plan to move south to...
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Ten years ago, you would have called 20 different places or asked for the tourist bureau to send you information just to find a charter boat. Today, I could arrange this trip in 15 minutes and get quotes from dozens of businesses. ...
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Schumer, King Advocate in Search for Missing Surfer
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They are assisting Gloria Bobis, his mother, in obtaining a new passport, as hers has expired, and avisa to Indonesia, he said. Bobis' wife and friend are currently at the Damai Bungalows located in the West Lampung province of Sumatra. ...
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