Category: Asia Pacific

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

LIVE on radio Radyo Pilipino UK

Our paralegal, Luke Annis, will discuss NMC changes on online radio for Filipino community on Sunday, Oct 26.

Times have changed for Australia’s immigration policy

An anti-immigration poster has been published from the Australian government. It is an emotive poster which is supposed to counter people smuggling, according to an official website. The discourteous sentence of this poster is the following: “No way. You will not make Australia home.” and it is as well translated in 17 languages. People have criticized and showed discontentment…
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Taiwan – New Visa Application Centre Fee for UK Visa Application

From 12 March 2014 there will be a charge of £59 ($USD100) to use the Visa Application Centre in Taiwan. The new charge will be in addition to the visa fee and will be charged at the point of booking the appointment online. The fee will cover the cost of providing the application submission facilities…
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The Chinese Market & Hong Kong

The Office of National Statistics reveal that China now provides the biggest total number of immigrants to the UK, recent figures shows that last year were 40,000 people. We can’t forget that China belongs to the BRIC countries (BRIC is the acronym to the countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China which are all considered…
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Happy New Year China

iam (immigration and migration) team wish to all Chinese a Happy New Year 2014. This year for the Lunar New Year will be the Chinese Year of the Horse. The horse is part of a 12-year-cycle of animals that make up the Chinese zodiac. These interact with the five elements: wood, metal, fire, water, earth. 2014…
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