LateNights v2.0 2012-02-09T02:13:012012-02-09T02:13:01http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/24-01-2012/putin-promises-tough-new-russian-immigration-rules.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/24-01-2012/putin-promises-tough-new-russian-immigration-rules.aspx2012-01-24T12:02:00Former Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned that ethnic tensions could 'tear Russia apart' and if he is re-elected president he will bring Russian immigration under control.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/13-01-2012/shanghai-delays-controversial-expat-tax.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/13-01-2012/shanghai-delays-controversial-expat-tax.aspx2012-01-13T14:29:00Despite legislation requiring all foreign workers and their employing firms to pay a proportion of their salaries to the Chinese government coming into effect in October 2011, governmental authorities in Shanghai are yet to implement the law.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/11-01-2012/france-cracks-down-on-immigration-record-numbers-deported.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/11-01-2012/france-cracks-down-on-immigration-record-numbers-deported.aspx2012-01-11T15:49:00France's interior minister Claude Gueant has revealed that the country deported a record 33,000 illegal immigrants in 2011 and that he wants to see this number, already a 17.5% rise from 2010, reach 35,000 in 2012.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-11-2011/saudi-arabia-visa-processing-for-canadians-deliberately-slowed.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-11-2011/saudi-arabia-visa-processing-for-canadians-deliberately-slowed.aspx2011-11-30T16:19:00Unhappy with the speed at which Canadian visa applications made by their citizens are being processed, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is now deliberately prolonging the processing of Canadian visa applications to the country by way of response. http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/09-11-2011/sri-lanka-launches-eta-visa-trial.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/09-11-2011/sri-lanka-launches-eta-visa-trial.aspx2011-11-09T18:26:00Short-stay visitors to Sri Lanka, whether they are travelling for business or tourism, will from January 1 2012 be required to obtain an Electronic Travel Authrorization (ETA) visa to enter the country.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/25-10-2011/russian-visa-blacklist-for-us-officials-announced.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/25-10-2011/russian-visa-blacklist-for-us-officials-announced.aspx2011-10-25T14:18:00The Russian Federation has indicated it will introduce a US visa blacklist for officials it considers guilty of human rights crimes, amid a diplomatic row over the death of a Russian national.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-09-2011/migrant-domestic-workers-gain-residency-rights-in-hong-kong.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-09-2011/migrant-domestic-workers-gain-residency-rights-in-hong-kong.aspx2011-09-30T12:42:00A Hong Kong court has ruled that migrant workers can now apply for permanent residency. http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/15-08-2011/australian-cricketer-denied-indian-visa-for-tournament.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/15-08-2011/australian-cricketer-denied-indian-visa-for-tournament.aspx2011-08-15T12:07:00A Pakistan-born Australian cricketer has been denied an Indian visa for September's Champions League Twenty20 tournament.http://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-06-2011/strict-russian-visa-rules-blamed-for-drop-in-tourism.aspxhttp://www.visabureau.com/worldwide/news/30-06-2011/strict-russian-visa-rules-blamed-for-drop-in-tourism.aspx2011-06-30T13:50:00Tour operators have blamed the strict Russian visa rules for the drop in the number of visitors to the country from European nations, which fell by up to 24 per cent in the first quarter of 2011.