In 2016, 3 Russians received immigrant visas to the United States. Nonimmigrant visas—tourist, student, and work—were issued 529 times more—38. Every year, some nonimmigrant visa recipients decide not to return after traveling to the United States. Seller Alexander Smirnov told Meduza about how he received...
ForumDaily offers a translation of an article by Elaine Barros for the Voice of America The first room in the former warehouse, which is now used as an isolation facility, is the waiting area. Here visitors register and wait for permission to meet with the detainees. The security check process is similar...
Former governor of the Odessa region and ex-president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili has applied for political asylum in Ukraine. Before that, he was stripped of his Ukrainian citizenship while he was abroad, but he forcefully broke through the cordon with a crowd of supporters, TASS reports. ...
The Canadian non-profit organization Rainbow Railroad helped 35 LGBT people from Chechnya leave Russia, 31 of them received political asylum in Canada. “Together with the Canadian government, we are working on a program that has made it possible to bring persecuted members of the LGBT community from Chechnya into the country,” said the executive…
Researchers at the University of Syracuse published a report on the specifics of granting political asylum in the United States. The study authors argue that the asylum process is like playing roulette: the outcome is influenced by where the case is heard and who is considering it. In particular, the study has a story ...
Green card applicants have very little time left to submit documents to participate in the lottery. However, the lottery is only one way to obtain a residence permit in the United States. ForumDaily has collected all the information about what a green card is, what are the ways...
If you came to the United States on a tourist visa, on a work visa, or you are in the country illegally and are afraid to return to your homeland, you have the opportunity to ask for political asylum in America. In order to apply for political asylum, you need to consider several ...
Former Prime Minister of Ukraine Pavel Lazarenko lives in California in Marin County in a house worth $ 1,8 million, writes the New York Times. At the moment, Lazarenko is awaiting the decision of the American government to grant him political asylum. According to the newspaper, the mansion belongs to Lazarenko's wife Oksana Tsykova, who ...
The unstable political situation and widespread violation of human rights in the countries of the former CIS are forcing people to seek political asylum in the United States. What does it mean to obtain this status, who can apply for it and how to correctly organize the process, ForumDaily figured out. A journalist is a dangerous profession ...
More and more Russians are asking for political asylum in the United States. According to Radio Liberty, in 2015 there were 1454 such applications, which is half as many as last year and twice as many as in 2012. And this is an absolute record in twenty seconds ...