Showing posts with label Visa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Visa. Show all posts

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Hollywood for sale!

April 11, 2015 Email , Homeland 0 Comments
Homeland Security Releases Emails Showing Political Influence for Sony, Time Warner Projects

By Eriq Gardner, Apr. 10, 2015, The Hollywood Reporter

The newly released documents buttress a report issued late last month detailing how an immigration director was swayed with respect to hundreds of millions of dollars in film and TV investments under the EB-5 visa program.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has released hundreds of pages of emails plus other documents in support of its investigation of improper influence on the EB-5 immigration program. Many of the documents discuss hundreds of millions of dollars in financing for film and television productions from Sony Pictures and Time Warner with prominent politicians including former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendall and the office of former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa interjecting in an effort to get approvals.

ince inception in 1990, the EB-5 visa program allows foreign nationals to become conditional permanent residents upon an investment of at least $500,000 for a qualifying project that creates American jobs.

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Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Kidding, right?

November 18, 2014 Barack Obama , Breitbart 0 Comments
Daily Caller: Obama Won't Extend NBA Player's Visa Because He's Israeli

Christian Datoc, Nov. 14, 2014, Daily Caller

In a surprise move, the Obama administration declined to extend a valid, P1 work visa for Gal Mekel, an Israeli NBA free agent.

The Indiana Pacers met with Mekel on Nov. 5 to discuss imminently signing the third year guard, yet because of the State Department’s refusal, ”to move up the expiration date on Mekel’s visa even by one day, the Pacers, who had only 9 players on their active roster, backed out of the deal to sign another player before their waiver lapsed,” reports Breitbart.

Normally, work visas for international players automatically transfer from team to team, but when Mekel was waived by the Mavericks in October, his visa expired.

Read more: www.dailycaller.com


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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Opening post-election move

November 13, 2014 Barack Obama , Executive Order 0 Comments
Obama Starts Taking Executive Action on Immigration?

Joel Gehrke, Nov. 10, 2014, National Review

President Obama used his executive authority to increase the availability of visas for Chinese workers and students, a move that immigration hawks regard as a signal that his promised executive orders regarding immigration are coming soon.

“Obama announced a new plan Monday to extend Chinese student visas to five years and business and tourist visas to 10 years, saying the move will boost jobs in the United States,” USA Today noted.

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Sunday, November 2, 2014

USA policy unchanged

November 02, 2014 Canada , Ebola 0 Comments
Canada Won't Issue Visas To Resident Of Countries With Widespread Ebola

Helen Branswell, Oct. 31, 2014, The Canadian Press 

In a move that puts Canada at odds with the World Health Organization, the federal government said Friday it is suspending the issuance of visas for residents and nationals of countries with "widespread and persistent-intense transmission" of Ebola virus disease. As well, work on permanent residence applications for people from the affected countries is also being suspended.

The stress on countries with widespread transmission provides an out for the United States, which currently still has at least one active Ebola case within its borders. At present only three countries meet the definition of widespread and persistent Ebola transmission: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Read more: www.cp24.com

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

But not here?

October 28, 2014 Australia , Ebola 0 Comments
Australia Issues Blanket Visa Ban On Ebola-hit Countries

Matt Siegel, Oct. 28, 2014, Reuters.com
Australia came under fire on Tuesday from health experts and rights advocates after it issued a blanket ban on visas from West African nations affected by the Ebola outbreak, making it the first rich nation to shut its doors to the region.

Australia has not recorded a case of Ebola despite a number of scares, and conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott has so far resisted repeated requests to send medical personnel to help battle the outbreak on the ground.

The decision to refuse entry for anyone from Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, while touted by the government as a necessary safety precaution, was criticised by experts and advocates as politically motivated and shortsighted.

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

100 per day apply

October 16, 2014 Dailysignal.com , Ebola 0 Comments
US Embassies In Ebola-Stricken Countries Are Still Processing Visas For Non-US Citizens

By Rob Bluey, Oct. 16, 2014, Dailysignal.com

Despite the outbreak of Ebola, it is still possible to get a visa from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak, and a key congressman is demanding to know why.

“Once these individuals are issued a visa by the embassy, they are free to travel to the United States,” says @RepEdRoyce.

Rep. Ed Royce, R-Calif., chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee, sent a sternly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry about the Obama administration’s handling of the Ebola epidemic in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Royce said he was “deeply concerned” U.S. embassies in those countries were continuing to process visas for non-U.S. nationals despite the outbreak of the deadly disease.Subscribe to updates and alerts

An estimated 100 people per day are applying for U.S. visas at the three embassies, according to Royce. “Of course,” he added, “once these individuals are issued a visa by the embassy, they are free to travel to the United States.”

In the letter, Royce urged Kerry to contain the Ebola virus “at its source” in Africa before any additional cases reach the United States.

“I was surprised that the Department of State has not already exercised its authority to suspend consular services, which is standard procedure in countries experiencing a major security disruption,” Royce wrote to Kerry. “This would be a prudent measure to mitigate the risk of Ebola exposure and contain its spread—a bedrock principal (sic) of health crisis management.”

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