Visas Blog Posts

Looking beyond the political debate on immigration and offshoring

Infosys, Wipro, TCS in a headline on offshoring visas is sure to attract attention in a highly charged immigration overhaul debate. Therefore, it is not surprising to see headlines like the recent one in Economic Times titled “TCS, I...

Black Easter

Nearly 1,000 missionary personnel under the China Inland Mission were trapped in China when the Communists took over in the 1940s. CIM ordered a total evacuation in January, 1951, but was it too late? Communists are not averse to killing.
by Laboring In The Lord on Mar 25, 2013

Love is a Big Adventure

Love, is my reason to be in Australia.  No sensible person would do this. Resign from a good job, rent out your new home, pack up my backpack and bid farewell to brilliant family and friends and move to a continent that I had never set fo...
by sofia na australia on Mar 12, 2013

Combination Key Lock Boxes – Little Yet Effective Protection Systems

Combination key lock boxes are nothing but locking mechanisms with numbers or symbols in them. This is a safe form of locking mechanism and one should be aware of the lock box to open it. If there is any sort of important item that must be secured, y...
by topsbusinessmarketing.com on Jan 7, 2013

The Year in Review

It's kind of hard to believe that a whole year has gone by since my last yearly review post.  That doesn't seem that long ago. And indeed, when I tried to look back and think about the events of the last year, instead of just the last month, a lot...
by the Songs on the Way on Dec 31, 2012

Dear Minister

Dear Minister, Would now be the time to have a permanent or even temporary visa for me to stay in this beautiful country? I have been travelling and working for the last 3 years and few months and today was the day that we drove around 1400 km to vi...
by sofia na australia on Dec 28, 2012

Out of the Shadows and Into the Briar Patch

Arizona’s controversial SB 1070 begins with the following language:“The legislature declares that the intent of this act is to make attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona.”I confess...
by politics1A on Nov 22, 2012

Life is Crazy

So I haven't written on this blog since Thursday. I know I published stuff since then, but I had them scheduled. My parents left for vacation on Thursday. The way internet is at my house we use my mother's smartphone as a wifi hub. So they leave tow...
by the Songs on the Way on Oct 30, 2012

Thankful Thursday: Big Announcement!

It is so fitting that I get to share this with you on Thursday, the day I set aside on this blog to give thanks to God! This week, I have something very exciting to be thankful for... I GOT MY VISA! That's right! Now we're scouting plane tickets.
by the Songs on the Way on Oct 25, 2012

Estados Unidos anuncia reducir retrasos en otorgamiento de visas a cubanos

Diplomático norteamericano en proyecto subversivo Norelys Morales Aguilera.- Después de anunciada la reforma a la Ley migratoria cubana, Estados Unidos ha comunicado que aumentará su personal consular en la Oficina de Intereses de La Habana y red...
by ISLAmía on Oct 19, 2012

Thankful Thursday

So much to be thankful for! First of all: I applied for my visa to India!!! I did the online portion on Sunday, sent the physical stuff on Tuesday. I should hear back within 3 weeks. I'd love prayers. When we get it back we should be buying my plane...
by the Songs on the Way on Oct 18, 2012

Wedding Wednesday

*Don't forget to enter my giveaway for your chance to win a $20 etsy shop credit* So I'm applying for my Indian Visa this week! I got my ID renewed yesterday and got new passport photos taken. I had gotten extras taken for my visa when I applied fo...
by the Songs on the Way on Oct 3, 2012

Post Secondary Education Scholarships and Language Study Bursary 2012-2013

Post Secondary Education Scholarships and Language Study Bursary 2012-2013 Canada-Japan Leadership Fund 2012–2013 Program provide scholarships / bursary for Post Secondary Education Scholarships and Language Study Bursary: 100,000 yen each Post Sec...
by collegesonlineweb on Aug 30, 2012

Expat Quotes

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the latest glossy offering from the Easyexpat stable of top of the range emigrey websites. It’s called Expat Quotes and aims to take some of the stress out of settling in a … Continue reading U...
by Perking the Pansies on Aug 16, 2012

Should CIO's worry over a visa fraud trial? Musing on Immigration, visas and Offshoring

Last week I was musing about Indian Outsourcing firms hiring "thousands" in U.S. I briefly touched on the visa angle in the post. Continuing the thread, there was an interesting blog post by, Joel Schectman on Wall Street Journal’s CIO Journal titl...

Pakistani singers denied visas for performing in India at the Cocktail music launch

The makers of the Saif Ali Khan-Deepika Padukone-Diana Penty starrer have now shifted the venue of the film’s music launch from Mumbai to London So far, the response to the trailer and songs of Saif Ali Khan’s home production, Cocktail has been v...
by FUSIONPAK, it's all about you on Jun 28, 2012

Temas cubanos destacan en programa de congreso latinoamericano

Por Miguel Lozano San Francisco, EEUU, 23 may (PL) Pese a una recortada representación de sus académicos, Cuba atrae hoy la atención de unos cuatro mil asistentes al 30 Congreso de la Asociación de Estudios Latinoamericanos (LASA), con más de &#...
by El Blog de La Polilla Cubana on May 23, 2012

Preparation Friday

Okay, so normally I do this on Thursdays. But yesterday I didn't have anything new to report and now I do... JUST before I published "Hearing from God (part three)" my mom came rushing through the door and barked at me to mute the televisi...
by the Songs on the Way on May 4, 2012

Long lay-overs at airports

The wait between connection flights are terrible,boring and frustrating. In my opinion you can only walk the Duty-free area so many times. Many people want to know if it is possible to leave the airport between connection flights. With long lay-overs...
by Nelmitravel on Apr 30, 2012

Lay-overs at Airports

The wait between connection flights are terrible,boring and frustrating. In my opinion you can only walk the Duty-free area so many times. Many people want to know if it is possible to leave the airport between connection flights. With long lay-overs...
by Nelmitravel on Apr 30, 2012
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