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India suspends visa services in Canada as rift widens over killing

India’s visa processing centre in Canada suspended its services on Thursday as a rift between the countries widened after Canada’s leader said India may have been involved in the killing of a Canadian citizen. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told ...

21 Sept 2023 at 11:04

Family

Mum fears being split from husband and 18-month-old as she cannot afford visa NHS surcharge even though she works there

An NHS worker who has lived in the UK for 18 years cannot afford to renew her visa after learning she must pay a £2,600 fee to access the health service she now helps provide and fears she could be asked to leave the country. Marie Madrid, 33, ...

13 May 2024 at 06:30

Ireland

Students seeking US visas to face ‘thorough vetting’ of social media

Students applying for J1 visas will undergo “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of their social media, the US Embassy has announced. Ireland’s national students’ union said the new measures represent a significant and disproportionate ...

23 Jun 2025 at 15:30

Ireland

Taoiseach criticises ‘excessive’ measures faced by students seeking US visas

The Irish premier has described a decision to subject students applying for J1 visas to a “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of their social media as “excessive”. Micheal Martin said he does not agree nor approve of the measures ...

23 Jun 2025 at 16:23

Visa applications for key routes to UK drop by 37% in a year

The number of migrants applying for key visa routes to the UK has dropped by more than third in a year, data shows. Applications covering a total of 772,200 people were submitted across the main visa categories in the year to ...

10 Apr 2025 at 15:49

Shift in gender balance for those granted visas and refugee status – analysis

Men are expected to make up more grants for refugee status in the UK after ministers suspended the refugee family reunion visa route, according to new analysis. The University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory has published ...

17 Oct 2025 at 00:01

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