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Thousands of Afghan allies waiting on US visas – media

The US visa program has yet to review thousands of applications from Afghanistan allies, a New York Times report has revealed Fewer than 2,000 of the 43,000 applications submitted through the US Citizenship and Immigration Services’ humanitarian parole program have received approval, according to a report from the New York Times, leaving thousands of Afghanistan […]

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France makes ‘drastic’ decision to cull visas for Maghreb nationals over region’s refusal to ‘take back people that we don’t want’

The French government has said it is slashing the number of visas available for people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, complaining that those countries are not taking back the migrants that France does not want to keep. On Tuesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal told French Europe 1 radio that Paris was taking action against its […]

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India plans to reopen for international tourism within 10 days, reports say, will issue free visas to first 500,000 travelers

An official statement announcing the reopening of India’s borders for international tourists could be released in the coming days, the country’s media have reported. As a bonus, half a million visas will be issued free of charge. For the first time in one-and-a-half years, India could welcome foreign travelers by the end of this month, […]