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On 23 March 2013, a new Visitor visa (subclass 600) replaced the previous Tourist visa (subclass 676). [38] In the 4th quarter of 2013 the automatic grant rate for electronically lodged applications outside Australia stood at 28.3%. Previously the rate ranged from 20.4% to 63.2%. [29]
Passport rankings by the number of countries and territories their holders could visit without a visa or by obtaining visa on arrival as of 5 October 2021 were as follows: Swiss — 186 countries and territories (ranked 6th) Norwegian — 185 (7th); Icelandic — 180 (12th), and Liechtenstein — 178 (14th), according to the Henley Passport Index.
As the U.S. is a transitional member of the ABTC scheme, however, the U.S. APEC Business Travel Card cannot be used in lieu of a visa to enter an APEC member country. [601] The program was initially set to expire on September 30, 2018, but the November 2017 signing of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards Act of 2017 (S ...
Currently the Form I-766 Employment Authorization Document is issued in the form of a standard credit card-size plastic card enhanced with multiple security features. The card contains some basic information about the immigrant: name, birth date, sex, immigrant category, country of birth, photo, immigrant registration number (also called "A ...
Beginning in the 2000s many countries introduced e-visas and electronic travel authorisations (ETAs) as an alternative to traditional visas.An ETA is a kind of pre-arrival registration, which may or may not be officially classified as a visa depending on the issuing jurisdiction, required for foreign travellers who are exempted from obtaining a full visa.
F-2-2: A single-entry visa valid for 90 days or less issued to an underage foreign child of Korean national. [14] F-2-3: Single-entry resident visa valid for one year or less issued to the spouse of a resident visa holder (F-5). [14] F-2-4: Recognized refugee; F-2-7: Awarded on a points-based system. [15]
Successful applicants and their family can apply for a green card. The EB-5 visa program, which is also called as the Golden Visa program, requires applicants to invest between US$900,000 and US$1.8 million, depending on the location of the project, and requires at least 10 jobs to be either created or preserved. [41] [42]
The ability to pursue a green card through a National Interest Waiver is enabled by Section 203 (b)(2)(B)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 and 8 CFR § 204.5. [2] The guidelines as to how to qualify for such a Waiver are developed through USCIS guidance, currently based on a 2016 precedent decision of the USCIS Administrative ...