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Portugal's Prime Minister, António Costa, announced that the country will end its golden visa program. This program allowed large investors from outside the EU to fast-track their residence permits, in an effort to combat property speculation. The program, known as…
Vulnerable men from India and Pakistan are being tricked into arranged marriages and trafficked to Hong Kong where they work as bonded labourers and indentured servants for their in-laws, too afraid or ashamed to speak out. Shahid Sandhu’s sense of…
From Monday, Hongkongers can renew their SAR passports at the Immigration Department’s offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou, the department said. They can submit their applications and collect their new passports at the department office stationed at Hong Kong’s…
The Hong Kong administration has contacted the Interior Ministry to seek action against the increasing number of illegal Pakistani immigrants sneaking entry into Hong Kong with false hopes of ‘refugee status’. A well placed source in the Interior Ministry informed…
Teresa Mullan has lived in Australia for more than half a century. During that time, she has raised children here, worked for three governments, voted at 10 federal elections and travelled the world on an Australian passport. But when she…
A Mainland pregnant woman and three Hong Kong residents were sentenced to 10 months' to 13 months' imprisonment at Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts on May 6 and today (May 16) for a case of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to…
A Pakistani illegal worker holding an Immigration recognisance form was jailed at Shatin Magistrates' Courts yesterdayDuring a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force and the Labour Department codenamed "Champion" conducted on March 15, enforcement officers found one male…
The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide enforcement operations on May 25 and yesterday (May 26), including operations codenamed "Twilight" and a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Windsand", to combat illegal employment activities. A…
Washington, D.C. – The State Department today announced a life-changing new policy for Filipinos. Visas will no longer be required to travel to the United States. The policy to take the Philippines off the list of countries whose citizens are…