Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Jane Among, 36, a resident of Kireka, a Kampala suburb landed an invitation to a conference in the United States of America. She decided to process an ordinary passport which costs Shillings 250,000. Among, however says that she was told that the passport booklets were …
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San Salvador, Mexico | Xinhua | Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday said the United States should share the burden of tackling mass immigration from Central America. During his visit to El Salvador, Lopez Obrador stressed that the immigration crisis needed a joint solution. Lopez Obrador and his …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Civil Division of High Court in Kampala has ordered the Immigration office to give people of Somali origin citizenship as long as they fulfill requirements of the law. The judgment issued through email by Justice Musa Ssekaana arises from a case filed in …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security officers have today arrested Paul Mubiru, the passenger who sold grasshoppers, locally known as nsenene, aboard Uganda Airlines flight 446 on Friday. According to three passengers who traveled with Mubiru aboard Uganda Airlines flight 445 from Dubai, the trader was arrested by immigration officers …
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Amuru, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | External Security Organisation–ESO and the Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence –CMI have joined the probe of local singer, Ameria Nambala, who was found in possession of 48 passports whose owners cannot be traced. The artist was arrested from Sheraton Hotel in Kampala on Friday by plain-clothed …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The number of people seeking passports to travel abroad for Christmas and New Year’s festivities has more than doubled, the Internal Affairs Ministry has revealed. Jacob Siminyu, the Internal Affairs ministry spokesperson, says many people have been visiting the immigration department to process passports since …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Mutukula border authorities have expressed concern over the increasing number of people who sneak into the country illegally in order to avoid paying for the coronavirus (COVID-19) test. At the immigration, travelers, truck drivers, students and tourists pay US$50 (Shs185,000) for a COVID-19 test before …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The directorate of immigration has resumed the issuance of work permits and passports after a four months break occasioned by an outbreak of coronavirus disease. State Minister for Internal Affairs Mario Obiga Kania says that 30 percent of the operations that resumed today will …
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Washington, US | XINHUA | Seventeen U.S. states and the District of Columbia sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to reject the federal government’s recent rule stripping foreign students of their visas if the institution they are enrolled in only offers online teaching this fall due to …
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Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated the completion of 200 miles (around 320 km) of border wall along the border with Mexico during his visit to the southwestern state of Arizona on Tuesday. The president flew to Yuma, a city in southwest Arizona, on Air Force One …
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