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Topic: visa

Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House

Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 06:30 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday. Read more »

US Embassy Manila cancels all scheduled immigrant, non-immigrant visa interviews

US Embassy Manila cancels all scheduled immigrant, non-immigrant visa interviews

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 08:45 PM

The US Embassy in the Philippines on Thursday announced it will be cancelling all scheduled immigrant and non-immigrant visa interviews until further notice. Read more »

COVID-19 puts life of Pinoy J-1 visa holders on hold

COVID-19 puts life of Pinoy J-1 visa holders on hold

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 15 05:07 PM

While the J-1 visa issued by the US Embassy is not an employment program and has no pathway to US residency, many Filipinos believe they were exploited for cheap labor.   Read more »

China threatens countermeasures over US visa rule for Chinese journalists

China threatens countermeasures over US visa rule for Chinese journalists

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 11 07:46 PM

BEIJING - China on Monday threatened to retaliate against a US rule that tightening visa restrictions on Chinese journalists, in an escalating row after Beijing expelled more than a dozen American reporters. Read more »

Q&A: Japan's coronavirus-related border controls

Q&A: Japan's coronavirus-related border controls

Kyodo News
Posted at Apr 28 09:36 PM

The following are questions and answers regarding the border controls Japan has implemented to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Read more »

US visa appointments cancelled anew until May 31: US embassy

US visa appointments cancelled anew until May 31: US embassy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 26 02:50 PM

The embassy said there will be no fee to change an appointment and visa application fees are valid for one year in the country where the fee was paid. Read more »

Pinoy J-1 visa holders bearing brunt of COVID-19

Pinoy J-1 visa holders bearing brunt of COVID-19

Don Tagala, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 24 03:53 PM

NEW YORK - Filipinos on temporary J-1 work-study exchange programs are having a tough time bearing the effects of COVID-19, as the pandemic has gravely impacted the US tourism, hotel and restaurant industries.   Read more »

US hospitals are inundated. Some foreign-born health workers are blocked from helping.

US hospitals are inundated. Some foreign-born health workers are blocked from helping.

Miriam Jordan and Annie Correal, The New York Times
Updated as of Apr 14 08:09 AM

LOS ANGELES — Visa and airline ticket in hand, a Filipina nurse named Maria checked in recently for her flight from London to the United States, where a job awaited her as an intensive care nurse at a North Carolina hospital on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis.But under the travel restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump to help prevent new exposure to the virus, she was not allowed to board. Read more »

Thailand extends foreigners' visas to prevent queues and curb coronavirus

Thailand extends foreigners' visas to prevent queues and curb coronavirus

Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 09:57 PM

Thailand approved a plan on Wednesday to allow all foreigners who entered legally to receive automatic visa extensions, to prevent long queues at immigration centers and stem the spread of the coronavirus, a senior immigration official told Reuters. Read more »

US embassy in Manila: All visa interviews until May 4 cancelled

US embassy in Manila: All visa interviews until May 4 cancelled

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 08 03:37 AM

MANILA -- All scheduled immigrant and non-immigrant visa interviews from April 7 until May 4, 2020 are canceled due to the enhanced community quarantine in Luzon, the US Embassy in the Philippines said. Read more »

Philippines eases visa regulations for departing foreigners

Philippines eases visa regulations for departing foreigners

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 07:27 PM

MANILA - Foreigners with approved visa applications will be allowed to leave the Philippines even without the visas stamped on their passports, the Bureau of Immigration said. Read more »

Foreigners in Philippines told to stay at home, assured of relaxed visa rules

Foreigners in Philippines told to stay at home, assured of relaxed visa rules

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 02 12:45 PM

MANILA - The Philippines' immigration bureau on Thursday advised foreign visitors who are still in the country to comply with the community quarantine directives as it reiterated the easing of visa rules in light of measures limiting movement of people to contain the new coronavirus outbreak. Read more »

Visa transaction volumes hurt as coronavirus crisis deepens

Visa transaction volumes hurt as coronavirus crisis deepens

Reuters
Posted at Mar 31 07:48 AM

Visa Inc said on Monday its transaction volumes had been hit as the coronavirus pandemic wreaks havoc on consumer spending, leading it to forecast mid-single-digit percentage revenue growth for the second quarter.   Read more »

Snowfall and cherry blossoms

Snowfall and cherry blossoms

Issei Kato, Reuters
Posted at Mar 29 02:03 PM

A woman wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of COVID-19, walks under blooming cherry blossoms in a snow fall during the first weekend since Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike urged Tokyo residents to stay indoors in a bid to keep the coronavirus disease from spreading, in Tokyo on Sunday. Read more »

Japan suspends visas in Philippines, 10 other countries amid COVID-19 spread

Japan suspends visas in Philippines, 10 other countries amid COVID-19 spread

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 27 05:57 PM

MANILA - Japan announced Friday it was suspending visas issued in the Philippines and 10 other countries in Southeast Asia, Middle East and Africa until the end of April due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Japanese foreign ministry said.  Read more »

Philippines stops visa issuance as COVID-19 cases rise

Philippines stops visa issuance as COVID-19 cases rise

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 19 09:35 PM

The Philippines will suspend the issuance of visas, a move that will prohibit the entry of foreigners to the country to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), its top diplomat said Thursday. Read more »

PH eyes suspension of visa issuance amid COVID-19 lockdown

PH eyes suspension of visa issuance amid COVID-19 lockdown

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 19 09:49 PM

The Philippines is considering the suspension of visa issuances as large parts of it are under lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the country's top diplomat. Read more »

US suspends routine visa services due to COVID-19: State Department

US suspends routine visa services due to COVID-19: State Department

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 01:10 PM

The United States is suspending routine visa services in most countries because of the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department announced late Wednesday. Read more »

India suspends tourist visas over coronavirus

India suspends tourist visas over coronavirus

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 12 04:17 AM

India on Wednesday suspended all tourist visas until April 15 and said it would quarantine travelers arriving from seven virus-hit countries in an attempt to contain the spread of the new coronavirus, the government said in a statement. Read more »

Japan to void 2.8 million visas for Chinese amid coronavirus fears

Japan to void 2.8 million visas for Chinese amid coronavirus fears

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 06 07:01 PM

Japan will render void 2.8 million visas already issued to Chinese nationals and 17,000 visas issued to South Korean nationals from Monday as part of efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, the Foreign Ministry said Friday.   Read more »

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