Showing posts with label Visa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Visa. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Mbinu ya Kutafuta Makaratasi ya Kukaa Marekani
Siku hizi ni ruksa Kwa wasenge na mashoga kufunga ndoa. Ona huyo kijana wa Nigeria kamuoa dume wa kizungu anayejiona kama ni mwanamke. Tena hao gays wanasema wanaume wa Africa maana wanasema wamejaliwa vyombo mirefu na migumu.
Wednesday, May 04, 2016
Thursday, January 03, 2013
Habari Njema kwa wanaotaka kuleta familia zao Marekani - Heko Rais Obama!
Kutoka New York Times
Immigration Change to Ease Family Separations
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: January 2, 2013
Obama administration officials unveiled rules on Wednesday that will allow many American citizens — perhaps hundreds of thousands — to avoid long separations from immediate family members who are illegal immigrants as they apply to become legal residents.
The rules, announced by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, create a waiver that bypasses an arcane Catch-22 in immigration law. It had presented Americans with the prospect of being separated for up to a decade from immigrant spouses, children or parents who were applying for the legal documents known as green cards.
Until now, the risks for those immigrants of leaving the United States to return to their native countries to pick up their visas, even ones that were already approved, had been so great that countless families decided not to apply, adding to the numbers of immigrants living illegally in this country.
The immigration authorities will begin accepting applications for the waivers on March 3. Administration officials first announced the policy change a year ago, but they have been receiving public comments and making revisions before publishing the final rules.
It is generally straightforward for American citizens to obtain green cards for foreign-born spouses or minor children, and in some cases for parents. But if the immigrants entered the United States illegally, they must return to their native countries to receive their visas from American consulates there. However, under a 1996 statute, once illegal immigrants leave this country, they are barred automatically from returning for at least three and as many as 10 years.
Even immigrants who did not incur any bars to re-entry were often stranded overseas for many months while consulates completed their applications.
With the new rules, Americans’ family members can apply in the United States for a waiver from the bars to re-entry, before they leave to pick up their visas. Officials estimated the time immigrants would have to spend out of the country would be reduced to “a matter of weeks.”
“One of the critical benefits is that the individual will not be separated from the United States citizen family member during the application process,” said Alejandro Mayorkas, the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that issues green cards.
For immigrants, officials said, having an approved waiver in hand before leaving the country would also eliminate many doubts about whether they would ultimately receive their visas.
“This rule is leaps and bounds better than what we have now,” said Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “For families that were sitting on the fence, unwilling to subject their loved ones to the uncertainty, now they don’t have to wait.”
Ms. Lichter said many families would still face a hurdle in coming up with the $585 application fee for the waiver.
One American who was heartened by the new rule is Erika Torres, 30. She has been married for six years to a Mexican man who was brought illegally to the United States 24 years ago, when he was 8. Ms. Torres, speaking by telephone on Wednesday, said she and her husband, who have known each other since they were children, now own a home and a winemaking business in Cambria, Calif.
Like many Americans, Ms. Torres said she expected no difficulty gaining legal documents for her husband once they were married. But after learning about the convoluted visa process, she said, “We have waited because we were just terrified of the separation.”
Ms. Torres said her husband would probably have to collect his visa from the American Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, a city racked by drug trafficking violence. “He would be a prime target for kidnappers,” she said.
“We are a team,” Ms. Torres said, adding that she feared she would not be able to sustain their business without her husband’s help. She said they would apply for a waiver as soon as they became available.
The rules do not give any legal status to illegal immigrants or shortcut the underlying application. In order to receive green cards, immigrants must still show that it would cause “extreme hardship” to an American citizen if they were deported.
“It is a limited change, but a definitely a good step forward in the right direction,” said Randall Emery, president of American Families United, an organization of thousands of Americans with family members who are illegal immigrants.
Ms. Lichter called on Congress to change the law to eliminate the snag created by the automatic bars. “This is a great solution to a problem that should never have existed in the first place,” she said.
Immigration Change to Ease Family Separations
By JULIA PRESTON
Published: January 2, 2013
Obama administration officials unveiled rules on Wednesday that will allow many American citizens — perhaps hundreds of thousands — to avoid long separations from immediate family members who are illegal immigrants as they apply to become legal residents.
The rules, announced by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, create a waiver that bypasses an arcane Catch-22 in immigration law. It had presented Americans with the prospect of being separated for up to a decade from immigrant spouses, children or parents who were applying for the legal documents known as green cards.
Until now, the risks for those immigrants of leaving the United States to return to their native countries to pick up their visas, even ones that were already approved, had been so great that countless families decided not to apply, adding to the numbers of immigrants living illegally in this country.
The immigration authorities will begin accepting applications for the waivers on March 3. Administration officials first announced the policy change a year ago, but they have been receiving public comments and making revisions before publishing the final rules.
It is generally straightforward for American citizens to obtain green cards for foreign-born spouses or minor children, and in some cases for parents. But if the immigrants entered the United States illegally, they must return to their native countries to receive their visas from American consulates there. However, under a 1996 statute, once illegal immigrants leave this country, they are barred automatically from returning for at least three and as many as 10 years.
Even immigrants who did not incur any bars to re-entry were often stranded overseas for many months while consulates completed their applications.
With the new rules, Americans’ family members can apply in the United States for a waiver from the bars to re-entry, before they leave to pick up their visas. Officials estimated the time immigrants would have to spend out of the country would be reduced to “a matter of weeks.”
“One of the critical benefits is that the individual will not be separated from the United States citizen family member during the application process,” said Alejandro Mayorkas, the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that issues green cards.
For immigrants, officials said, having an approved waiver in hand before leaving the country would also eliminate many doubts about whether they would ultimately receive their visas.
“This rule is leaps and bounds better than what we have now,” said Laura Lichter, president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. “For families that were sitting on the fence, unwilling to subject their loved ones to the uncertainty, now they don’t have to wait.”
Ms. Lichter said many families would still face a hurdle in coming up with the $585 application fee for the waiver.
One American who was heartened by the new rule is Erika Torres, 30. She has been married for six years to a Mexican man who was brought illegally to the United States 24 years ago, when he was 8. Ms. Torres, speaking by telephone on Wednesday, said she and her husband, who have known each other since they were children, now own a home and a winemaking business in Cambria, Calif.
Like many Americans, Ms. Torres said she expected no difficulty gaining legal documents for her husband once they were married. But after learning about the convoluted visa process, she said, “We have waited because we were just terrified of the separation.”
Ms. Torres said her husband would probably have to collect his visa from the American Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, a city racked by drug trafficking violence. “He would be a prime target for kidnappers,” she said.
“We are a team,” Ms. Torres said, adding that she feared she would not be able to sustain their business without her husband’s help. She said they would apply for a waiver as soon as they became available.
The rules do not give any legal status to illegal immigrants or shortcut the underlying application. In order to receive green cards, immigrants must still show that it would cause “extreme hardship” to an American citizen if they were deported.
“It is a limited change, but a definitely a good step forward in the right direction,” said Randall Emery, president of American Families United, an organization of thousands of Americans with family members who are illegal immigrants.
Ms. Lichter called on Congress to change the law to eliminate the snag created by the automatic bars. “This is a great solution to a problem that should never have existed in the first place,” she said.
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Cancellation of Current Tanzanian Residence Permits
U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Message for U.S. Citizens
Cancellation of Current Tanzanian Residence Permits
August 17, 2012
The government of Tanzania announced on August 1, 2012 that it is cancelling all currently valid residence permits (Types A, B, and C), effective December 31, 2012. If you currently hold a residence permit
and plan to remain in Tanzania after that date, you will need to apply for a new permit before then.
Please note that Type C permits include students, missionaries, volunteers, researchers, and other foreign nationals. If you do not have a valid permit, you may be subject to a fine, six months' imprisonment, or both.
For further information on residence permits, please contact the Tanzanian Immigration Department's Ministry for Home Affairs
Dar es Salaam: +255 (0) 22 2850575/6
Zanzibar: +255 (0) 24 223 9148
The U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam encourages U.S. citizens to enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program ( https://step.state.gov/step/STEP) for the most up-to-date safety and security information. Keep all of your information in STEP up-to-date by maintaining your current phone numbers and email addresses where you can be reached in case of an emergency.
You can stay in touch and get updates by checking the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam <http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/> website. You can also get global updates at the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs <http://www.travel.state.gov/> website, where you can find the
current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well, or you can download our free Smart Traveler iPhone App for travel information at your fingertips.
Current information on safety and security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the United States or a regular toll line at-1-202-501-4444 for callers from other countries. These numbers
are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, Monday through, Friday (except U.S. federal holidays).
U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
686 Old Bagamoyo Road, Msasani
Tel: [255] (22) 229-4000
Fax: [255] (22) 229-4721
Email: drsacs@state.gov
Friday, November 21, 2008
Kipanya Asema....
UK Counsulate Official: Get out of my way! As of today, all your visa requests will be processed in Kenya!Kipanya (Rat Character): You're sucking up to Obama!? Why don't you just close down the Counsulate!
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Huhitaji Visa sasa kuingia Marekani kama unatoka....
Doh! Wazungu wa nchi kadhaa na waKorea (Korea Kusini) wameukata. Rais Bush ametangaza kuwa sasa watu wanaotoka nchi fulani na fulani hawahitaji visa kuingia Marekani. Ila itabidi wajiandikishe kwenye internet kabla ya kusafiri kuja Marekani.
Nilidhani kuwa kwa vile Bush alipenda sana Tanzania alivyokuwa huko angeondoa visa kwa waBongo. Ndoto hiyo!
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Bush announces visa waiver for 7 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) 10.18.08
President Bush has announced that the United States is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of seven countries.
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the U.S. visa waiver program in about a month. Each of those countries allows U.S. citizens to visit without obtaining a visa.
Some lawmakers are worried that visa waivers could make it easier for terrorists to slip into the United States. But Bush says all of the countries added to the list have agreed to take precautions, such as coming up with tamper-proof, biometric passports that are difficult to forge.
Before today's announcement, the visa waiver program included 27 countries, including most of Western Europe. Exclusion has been a sore point among some new NATO allies that have supported U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Nilidhani kuwa kwa vile Bush alipenda sana Tanzania alivyokuwa huko angeondoa visa kwa waBongo. Ndoto hiyo!
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Bush announces visa waiver for 7 countries
WASHINGTON (AP) 10.18.08
President Bush has announced that the United States is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of seven countries.
Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and South Korea will be added to the U.S. visa waiver program in about a month. Each of those countries allows U.S. citizens to visit without obtaining a visa.
Some lawmakers are worried that visa waivers could make it easier for terrorists to slip into the United States. But Bush says all of the countries added to the list have agreed to take precautions, such as coming up with tamper-proof, biometric passports that are difficult to forge.
Before today's announcement, the visa waiver program included 27 countries, including most of Western Europe. Exclusion has been a sore point among some new NATO allies that have supported U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Marekani warahisisha process ya kuomba Visa Dar
Hivi huyo rais Bush kapewa nini alivyokuwa Tanzania? Ngojeni mtaona wimbi la watu kutoka nchi zingine za Afrika wakifika Dar kuomba visa za USA sasa!
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Kutoka ippmedia.com
Ule msoto visa za Marekani sasa basi!
2008-03-11
Na Mwandishi Wetu, Jijini
Ubalozi wa Marekani nchini umetangaza hatua kadhaa zilizochukuliwa kwa lengo la kurahisisha upatikanaji wa viza za kuingia nchini humo na kupunguza kero iliyokuwa ikiwakabili watu wanaotaka kibali cha kuingia Marekani.
Mkuu wa Idara ya Uhamiaji kwenye Ubalozi wa Marekani, Bw. Robert Hannan amesema hatua hizo ni pamoja na kuwekwa kwa muda mfupi wa kungoja usaili ambapo alisema katika kipindi cha miezi 18 iliyopita, wasafiri watarajiwa wamekuwa wakipangiwa muda wa kusailiwa ndani ya siku mbili.
Kadhalaika alisema kupanga muda wa kusailiwa kupitia mtandao kumesaidia ambapo waombaji wa viza wamekuwa wakipanga muda wa kusailiwa moja kwa moja kupitia mtandao. Alisema kabla ya hapo, waombaji walilazimika kuchukua muda wa kusailiwa uliokuwa unafuata, bila kujali usumbufu waliokuwa wanaupata. `
`Hivi sasa, waombaji wanaweza kuchagua tarehe na saa inayowafaa. Taarifa zaidi zinapatikana kwenye tovuti ya Ubalozi wa Marekani: www.tanzania.usembassy.gov`` akasema.
Kuhusu viza za muda mrefu, Bw. Hannan alisema Serikali ya Tanzania, chini ya maagizo ya Mkurugenzi wa Uhamiaji, Bwana Kinemo Kihomano, imefikia makubaliano na Marekani kwa nchi zote mbili kuongeza muda wa viza kutumika, kutoka miezi 3 mpaka mwaka mmoja.
``Kwa hivi sasa, watu wanaofanya safari nyingi watahitaji kuomba viza mara chache zaidi,`` akasema. Kuhusu changamoto wanazokabiliana nazo, Bw. Hannan alisema maombi ya ``dharura`` ya kufanyiwa usaili kwa safari za haraka limekuwa tatizo kubwa kwao.
``Kwa kawaida, hakuna sababu nzuri kwa maombi kama hayo,`` alisema Hannan. ``Kama wasafiri watarajiwa wanajua kuwa wanaenda kuhudhuria mahafali mwezi wa Juni, au kushiriki mkutano mwezi wa Septemba, wanaweza kuomba viza sasa hivi.
Kupitia utaratibu wa viza ya muda mrefu ulioanza kutumika mwezi wa Novemba mwaka jana, waombaji sasa wanaweza kupata viza watakayoitumia kwa kipindi cha mwaka mzima.
`` Hannan aliongezea kuwa, viza zote za Marekani kwa shughuli za utalii, biashara, na masomo, ni viza za kutumiwa zaidi ya mara moja - zinaruhusu mtu kufanya safari nyingi katika kipindi hicho cha mwaka mmoja.
SOURCE: Alasiri
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Kutoka ippmedia.com
Ule msoto visa za Marekani sasa basi!
2008-03-11
Na Mwandishi Wetu, Jijini
Ubalozi wa Marekani nchini umetangaza hatua kadhaa zilizochukuliwa kwa lengo la kurahisisha upatikanaji wa viza za kuingia nchini humo na kupunguza kero iliyokuwa ikiwakabili watu wanaotaka kibali cha kuingia Marekani.
Mkuu wa Idara ya Uhamiaji kwenye Ubalozi wa Marekani, Bw. Robert Hannan amesema hatua hizo ni pamoja na kuwekwa kwa muda mfupi wa kungoja usaili ambapo alisema katika kipindi cha miezi 18 iliyopita, wasafiri watarajiwa wamekuwa wakipangiwa muda wa kusailiwa ndani ya siku mbili.
Kadhalaika alisema kupanga muda wa kusailiwa kupitia mtandao kumesaidia ambapo waombaji wa viza wamekuwa wakipanga muda wa kusailiwa moja kwa moja kupitia mtandao. Alisema kabla ya hapo, waombaji walilazimika kuchukua muda wa kusailiwa uliokuwa unafuata, bila kujali usumbufu waliokuwa wanaupata. `
`Hivi sasa, waombaji wanaweza kuchagua tarehe na saa inayowafaa. Taarifa zaidi zinapatikana kwenye tovuti ya Ubalozi wa Marekani: www.tanzania.usembassy.gov`` akasema.
Kuhusu viza za muda mrefu, Bw. Hannan alisema Serikali ya Tanzania, chini ya maagizo ya Mkurugenzi wa Uhamiaji, Bwana Kinemo Kihomano, imefikia makubaliano na Marekani kwa nchi zote mbili kuongeza muda wa viza kutumika, kutoka miezi 3 mpaka mwaka mmoja.
``Kwa hivi sasa, watu wanaofanya safari nyingi watahitaji kuomba viza mara chache zaidi,`` akasema. Kuhusu changamoto wanazokabiliana nazo, Bw. Hannan alisema maombi ya ``dharura`` ya kufanyiwa usaili kwa safari za haraka limekuwa tatizo kubwa kwao.
``Kwa kawaida, hakuna sababu nzuri kwa maombi kama hayo,`` alisema Hannan. ``Kama wasafiri watarajiwa wanajua kuwa wanaenda kuhudhuria mahafali mwezi wa Juni, au kushiriki mkutano mwezi wa Septemba, wanaweza kuomba viza sasa hivi.
Kupitia utaratibu wa viza ya muda mrefu ulioanza kutumika mwezi wa Novemba mwaka jana, waombaji sasa wanaweza kupata viza watakayoitumia kwa kipindi cha mwaka mzima.
`` Hannan aliongezea kuwa, viza zote za Marekani kwa shughuli za utalii, biashara, na masomo, ni viza za kutumiwa zaidi ya mara moja - zinaruhusu mtu kufanya safari nyingi katika kipindi hicho cha mwaka mmoja.
SOURCE: Alasiri
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