The Serbian Ministry for the Diaspora supports the initiative of the Serbian City Club in Great Britain to abolish British visas for Serbian citizens.
This would also contribute to better political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries, the ministry said in a statement.
The Croatian government has decided to abolish visas for the citizens of Albania as of next year, ATA news agency reported.
As of January 1, 2011, the citizens of Albania will no longer require visas when crossing Croatian borders or staying in the country up to 90 days.
Outgoing Kosovo Albanian PM Hashim Thaci has stated that 2010 was a “historic year for the establishment of Kosovo’s statehood”. It was also full of challenges and acute problems which were successfully resolved, said he.
Today marks one year since visa requirements were lifted for Serbians traveling to the so-called white Schengen zone states in Europe. However, most people do not use the advantages of the visa-free regime due to the fact that they cannot afford to travel.
Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić met on Thurday with Japanese Deputy FM Hishahi Tokunaga and announced that Japan will abolish visas for Serbians in 2011. DaÄić, who is on a five-day visit to Japan, said that during the meeting, Tokunaga underlined that Japan has a positive stance towards the development of political relations between the two countries, as well as towards Serbia’s EU aspirations, the Serbian government’s website reported.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute supports more freedom and less bureaucracy for temporary foreign workers who are not U.S. citizens. Opponents are not convinced. –
H-1B
visa policy as currently run by the United States Customs and Immigration
Services is under attack from all sides.
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October advocacy paper by a conservative-leaning think tank calls for
abolishing time restrictions, lowering or eliminating most of the fees, ridding
company sponsors an…
Serbia and Israel have signed a visa-free travel regime between the two countries, and it will come into effect tomorrow. The Israeli embassy in Belgrade announced this Monday that Serbian citizens will no longer need visas to travel to Israel and stay in that county for up to three months.
GRECO Council head Drago Kos it is unlikely that EU would reintroduce visas for Serbians due to the amendments to the Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency. Kos told Belgrade daily VeÄernje Novosti on Wednesday that the visa regime might get reintroduced “only should the Law amendments be followed by steps that would show that what happened now is a permanent, instead of a current situation, that there is an intent to restore the situation of before the adoption of the Law on the Anti-Corruption Agency”.
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and his Brazilian counterpart Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim have signed an agreement for abolishing visas between the two countries.
Visas for Serbian citizens who travel to the U.S. as tourists or on a business trip will, beginning May 20, be extended from three to ten years. This is according to U.S. Ambassador in Belgrade Mary Warlick, who spoke on Thursday.
Is there an actual technology skill shortage in the United States, or do companies simply want less expensive H-1B visa workers to complement their largely American-based workforce? A nonprofit immigration advocacy group looks at some of the numbers and attempts to demystify the issues, as it pushes for more visas and green cards. Opponents say if there were a real technology shortage, wages for technology would be rising. They are not.
– How many H-1B visa holders are in the U.S.
workforce? In fiscal year 2009, 0.06 percent of the national labor force was
made up of H-1B visa holders, according to analysis of U.S.
immigration data by the nonprofit public policy group the National Foundation
for American Policy (NFAP). In that sa…
Britain will support Serbia’s EU accession, State Minister for Europe Chris Bryant has stated in talks with Serbian Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić. During the late Thursday meeting in London, Bryant and DaÄić agreed that Serbia’s EU accession is important not only for Serbia but for Europe as well, due to the values the country will bring to the EU.
A mix of U.S. and Asian-based technology, financial and consulting companies top the list of enterprises that have applied for and received approval for H-1B visas in 2009.
There are at least 200 companies that applied for H-1B visas in 2009. The major technology companies that did not rank in the Top 25, but did rank in the Top 50 include Yahoo, Amazon, Apple, Texas Instruments, Nvidia and IBM.
Some of the leading research universities in the United States also rank in the Top 50. Some of the top H-1B visa obtainers this year included University of Maryland, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, University of Illinois, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, University of Pittsburgh, Columbia, and Baylor College of Medicine.
The following gallery is a countdown of the Top 25 companies from No. 25 to No. 1 and the specific number of H-1B visas these companies were granted by the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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India has tightened its rules for long-term tourist visas, officials said yesterday, in a move that is causing confusion for travellers and will affect thousands of foreigners in the country. Under previous rules, tourists on five or 10-year visas were required to leave the country every 180
Serbian citizens with biometric passports are able to travel to countries of the EU Schengen area without visas as of Saturday, December 19. After two decades, Serbian citizens will not need visas to enter most countries of the European Union.
British Ambassador to Belgrade Stephen Wordsworth said that the visa regime the citizens of Serbia could be abolished in 2011. “Britain is not a part of the Schengen Area. Our border services estimate immigration risk every year, and as a result we abolish visas for some countries and introduce them for others,†the ambassador said.
Serbia expects that those EU member-states which do not belong to the Schengen Area will also lift their visa requirements for the Serbian citizens. This is according to Deputy Prime Minister Božidar Äelić, who told B92 that his statement “primarily regards Serbia’s neighbors Romania and Bulgaria”.
The EU Council of Interior and Justice Ministers will make a decision on Monday regarding the abolishment of visas for Serbia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. Serbian officials expect that the decision will represent a signal of political acceptable of Serbian citizens into the European family.
European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia Jelko Kacin praised Macedonia and called on the country to help Kosovo get on the Schengen white list. The Slovenian politician commended Macedonia’s success of being the first country in the region to complete the plan for abolishing visas for the EU, “which positively influenced Montenegro and Serbia to make up for what they missedâ€.
The decision to abolish EU visas for Serbian citizens should be made November 30 or December 1, Interior Minister Ivica DaÄić said Tuesday. DaÄić, who is also first deputy PM in the Cvetković cabinet, said that the decision would come into force on December 19.
