Senior Chinese media officials in Australia have been targeted and the visas of two leading Chinese scholars have been revoked in an unprecedented foreign interference investigation into a NSW political staffer, provoking a furious response from the Chinese Government. The Chinese Government has used state media to accuse Australian authorities of secretly raiding the homes […] Read more
Prices to become a U.S. citizen are about to drastically increase on October 2, 2020. That’s why the Brazos Interfaith Immigration Network is encouraging those who haven’t applied for citizenship yet to do so before the price rises. The organization will be putting together a free virtual citizenship course starting August 29. The course will be held every Saturday […] Read more
The United States remains the number one destination for people around the world, both for investments and as a place to live, work, and gain higher education. The USA is home to the top three universities globally according to the QS World University Rankings 2020 and it is seen as an attractive investment proposition, especially […] Read more
WHEN Baron Friedrich von Steuben, a Prussian officer helping the Continental Army, asked for a translator at Valley Forge to address some troops during America’s revolutionary war, the story goes that he was told there was no need. This particular group were immigrants and spoke German. Colonial militias offered state citizenship to soldiers. The Continental […] Read more
Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from Malaysia. Photo: AFP Singapore buys about half of its fresh water from the southern Malaysian state of Johor, with which it shares a maritime border, at three Malaysian sen (less than 1 US cent) per 1,000 gallons of water – a price fixed in a 1962 […] Read more
India’s Supreme Court has postponed hearing pleas challenging the constitutionality of a new citizenship law critics say violates the country’s secular constitution and has sparked massive protests. The court on Wednesday asked the federal government to respond to a batch of petitions challenging the amendment to a 1955 citizenship law and said it will hear the […] Read more
Troops have been deployed to India’s ethnically diverse northeastern states of Assam and Tripura, amid violent protests against the passing of a controversial and far-reaching law that offers a path to Indian citizenship for non-Muslim minorities from three neighboring countries. The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), which was passed by the country’s parliament on Wednesday, has […] Read more
Irish authorities are preparing to intercept up to 16 migrants that have been found in the back of a lorry on an overnight ferry travelling from France to Ireland, according to the vessel’s operators. The Stena Horizon ship, which left Cherbourg at 9 p.m. on Wednesday night, is due to dock at Rosslare later this […] Read more
A new Statistics Canada study that shows fewer recent immigrants are gaining Canadian citizenship is cause for concern, but improvements are on the horizon. Becoming a citizen is one of the defining life moments of Canada’s immigrants. It marks the end of their newcomer journey and the beginning of their journey as a Canadian with […] Read more
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court finding that applicants for Irish citizenship must have “unbroken” residence here in the year before they apply. The decision by the High Court came in the case of an Australian man who works in the university sector here, and had caused huge uncertainty in relation to citizenship […] Read more
