Home Office logistics on ID Cards

30 11 2009 Launch of Identity cards in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 />Manchester. Although the New ID cards cost £30 they can only be issued to holders of a Passport which costs £77.50. Once obtained the holder can travel Passport Free anywhere across the...

International sexual terrorism - your ambassadors abroad

When people travel from their home land they become ambassadors to the nation they belong to. However it would seem that countries that have citizens worried about sex predators. Within a neighborhood or play...

Legal Indian immigrants harassed at British airports

The Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP) Forum said Indian immigrants with permanent residency rights in the UK are being harrassed by British immigration officers when they return back to the country from trips abroad.  " Indian immigrants with permanent residency...

Online 'passports' to make Chinese foods safer

ChinaTrace is creating an electronic "food passport" for Chinese foods dissecting each ingredient from the origin and source. This online listing also shows whether or not the products have gone through any...

Man held over theft of British passports

A man has been held in the hijacking and theft of 3,000 blank British passports and visas, and he's actually the delivery man who was supposed to be delivering them. " A man is being...

Kosovo issues its first passports

The Republic of Kosovo's first passports are being issued following its February 17 declaration of independence. This moment has become a historic moment from citizens of  Kosovo since they have their own...

Security breach as 3,000 passports stolen from van

Update 31 July 2008"A man has been arrested after blank passports worth £2.5m were stolen from a van.  He is the delivery man who accompanied the driver of the van, sources said.A spokesman for Greater...

40 pct of Hong Kong`s Indonesian maids "must give up passports"

"The women's passports are illegally held while they are made to repay high commission rates for finding jobs for foreign domestic helpers in the wealthy former British colony, the group told DPA.A protest was staged Sunday at the Indonesian consulate by the group which...

Between Two Worlds -- A Question of Dual Citizenship

How many countries recognize dual citizenship? The U. S. Office of Personnel Management Investigations Service's 2001 publication, "Citizenship Laws of the World"  identified 52 countries that recognize some...

RI Embassy to enlighten illegal workers in Japanese towns

"The Japanese government had put Indonesia in seventh place on the list of countries of origin of immigration rule violators. "We must know about all Indonesians in Japan as there are many things they should know, mainly about their rights based on the new citizenship law,"...

Japan to recognise Palestinian nationality

""Considering that the Palestinian Authority has established a quasi-state system and issues its own passports, the ministry decided to accept the Palestinian nationality," a justice ministry official told AFP. The decision follows a recommendation by a ruling party panel on...

Forty-plus NTT workers return from Malaysia only with tales of suffering

""Although we had official passports, Malaysian authorities considered us as illegal immigrants and then punished us with canes several times before putting us into prison," Jumadi said while showing some cane...

Malaysia promises to provide Indonesian migrant workers with IDs

""Unfortunately the IDs, as the Malaysian government has agreed to provide because Indonesian migrant workers are not allowed to carry their passports, have yet to be issued as promised," he said. The ban on...

RI to cancel agrrement on Indonesian passports with Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur (ANTARA News) - Indonesian Manpower Minister Erman Suparno said he would try his best to seek cancellation for an agreement with Malaysia which allowed Malaysian employers to hold Indonesian migrant...

Holy Cow! Cow Passports!

Please forgive me for classifying this one as a travel story but I couldn't resist it.  Border guards in India have decided to issue ID cards to cows as a way to combat rustling.  Each cow will be issued...

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