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Thai woman held at Lucknow airport with three forged passports

Thai national Thongphun Chayapha was detained at Lucknow airport on August 21, 2025, after re-entering India July 31, 2025, with…

Hundreds of Indians Stranded in Spain Over Months-Long Passport Delays

By August 18, 2025, passport renewals at the Indian Consulate in Spain have exceeded six months, disrupting travel, employment, healthcare,…

Jimmy Kimmel Obtains Italian Citizenship Amid Celebrity Exodus Talk

Jimmy Kimmel’s 2025 Italian citizenship highlights timing: Law No. 74/2025 (effective May 24, 2025) limits jure sanguinis to those with…

2,089 People Granted Kyrgyz Citizenship and Issued Passports in H1 2025

Kyrgyzstan’s March 2025 citizenship amendments led to 2,089 naturalizations in H1 2025. Kyzmat identified 2,159 undocumented people, including 120 with…

VFS Global launches passport renewal services for South Africans in Dubai

VFS Global launched South African passport renewal services at Wafi Mall, Dubai, in July 2025, serving roughly 100,000 expatriates. Applicants…

UK police secretly scanning passport and immigration photo databases

FOI records show rapid growth in police facial recognition searches of passport and immigration databases—417 passport checks in 2023 and…

Rep. Jim Costa Pushes to Update Outdated U.S. Immigration Registry

Rep. Jim Costa proposes moving the registry cutoff date (unchanged since 1986) so long-term undocumented residents, including farm workers using…

Even Texas Rejects It: 90,000 DACA Recipients Face Loss of Work Permits

A Fifth Circuit decision on January 17, 2025, effective March 11, 2025, separates DACA work authorization from deportation protection in…