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September 15, 2011

China
Dalai Lama Visa Issues for Desmond Tutu’s Eightieth?

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (R) greets South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu in Vancouver, British Columbia, April 18, 2004. (Lyle Stafford/Courtesy Reuters) The Dalai Lama has applied for a So…

Dalai Lama Visa Issues for Desmond Tutu’s Eightieth?
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 26, 2012

Education
Innovation In Government: A Safer and Speedier Visa System

The Council on Foreign Relations has published today the first Policy Innovation Memorandum (PIM) coming out of the Renewing America initiative, "Faster, Safer, and Smarter: A Modern Visa System for …

An officer validates a visa on a student's passport (Charles Platiau/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

August 7, 2024

United States
The U.S. Immigration Debate

Comprehensive immigration reform has eluded Congress for decades. Presidents have increasingly turned to executive action to reshape asylum and border policy.

Immigrants wait at a U.S. Border Patrol processing center in Lukeville, Arizona.
Backgrounder by Diana Roy, Claire Klobucista, and Amelia Cheatham

January 21, 2016

Education
Visa Overstays: A Footnote on What Congress Can Do

Judging from the reaction to this week’s release of the first DHS report on the number of foreign travelers overstaying their visas, one would think this was fresh and damning evidence for critics wh…

Blog Post by Edward Alden Renewing America

August 2, 2012

Trade
Morning Brief: Understanding the Need for H1-B Visas

H1-B visas allow firms to sponsor qualified professionals to work in the United States on a temporary basis, but there is contentious debate over raising the cap on visas (WashPost). Detractors point…

A new U.S. citizen holds an American flag during a naturalization ceremony (Mike Segar/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Renewing America Staff Renewing America

June 27, 2017

Nigeria
U.S. and UK Revoke Visas for Nigerian Officers Connected to Human Rights Abuses

A special Nigeria Army Board of Inquiry focusing on alleged human rights abuses reported that the American embassy and the British High Commission in Abuja have revoked or denied entry visas to certa…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition