The speaker of Russia’s State Duma (parliament) has ordered the Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption to determine which lawmakers have alternative citizenships or other residence permits, after a claim by an opposition MP. A key part of Vladimir Putin’s constitutional changes, approved in a national vote earlier this month, called […]
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New Delhi (Spuntik): In midst of a territorial disputes with India, Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli recently claimed that the “real Ayodhya city”, where Hindu Lord Ram was born, lies in Nepal and not in India. The remark sparked a controversy and a lot of Indian netizens ridiculed the […]
South Dakota has agreed to share driver’s license and state ID records with the U.S. Census Bureau as part of efforts to carry out an executive order for citizenship data that President Trump announced in July 2019 with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross (left) and U.S. Attorney General William Barr in […]
President Trump on Friday told Telemundo that he will be signing a huge executive order on immigration that will include DACA in the coming weeks. “We are going to have a road to citizenship,” said Trump citing the recent SCOTUS ruling on DACA. WATCH: BREAKING: President Trump tells Telemundo’s @jdbalart […]
Janis Shinwari takes his oath Monday as a naturalized U.S. citizen in a ceremony in Fairfax, Va. He worked eight years as an Afghan interpreter with the U.S. military in his homeland, and was credited with saving the lives of five U.S. troops. Greg Myre/NPR hide caption toggle caption Greg […]
UK 05:47 GMT 08.06.2020(updated 05:49 GMT 08.06.2020) Get short URL The projected legislation comes amid concerns that the unparalleled recession triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic could make state-backed foreign takeovers commonplace as local businesses are currently cash-strapped and in need of financial support. Boris Johnson is set to table tough […]
If Beijing imposes its new national security law in Hong Kong, Britain will extend a path to citizenship to almost three million eligible residents of the city, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has pledged. There are some 350,000 people living in Hong Kong who currently hold British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) passports, […]
A sign encourages newly sworn-in U.S. citizens to register to vote outside a naturalization ceremony in 2019 in Los Angeles. After failing to get the now-blocked citizenship question on the 2020 census, the Trump administration is continuing to gather government records to produce citizenship data for redistricting. Mario Tama/Getty Images […]
US 19:00 GMT 12.05.2020Get short URL The first three months of the year have seen record numbers of US citizenship renunciations. One expert argues that the current surge in Americans abandoning their US citizenships can be explained by two factors: tax returns and the COVID-19 novel coronavirus pandemic. A total […]