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US eases religious worker visa rules, scraps one-year waiting period for Ghanaians and others.

USCIS has updated its Policy Manual, removing the one-year wait for R-1 religious workers after five-year stay limits, benefiting faith-based institutions.
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The June 30 deadline set by South African anti-immigration groups demanding that foreign nationals leave has triggered a deep chill across the continent’s creative corridor. The state has deployed police forces to prevent vigilante violence, but the spreading panic and voluntary repatriations are still fracturing the cultural exchange that once turned Johannesburg into a second... Read More Read » How South Africa’s June 30 Border Friction Halts the African Live Music Circuit on YNaija
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· Jul 3, 2026
Ghana exempted as Cape Verde ends visa-on-arrival policy for 96 countries, adopts new tough rules
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Al-Monitor
· Jul 10, 2026
US extends work permits for Haitians, other immigrants with temporary protected status
By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday extended work permits for hundreds of thousands of immigrants with temporary protected status from Haiti and six other countries, hours before they were due to expire.The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, said work permits for Haitians with temporary protected status will now expire on July 24. Permits for recipients from Ethiopia, Syria, Somalia, Yemen, South Sudan and Myanmar will end in a week's time.
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· Jun 28, 2026
South Africa: Legal foreigners fearful as anti-immigrant deadline looms
With increasing attacks on African immigrants, even those living legally in the country are scared ahead of an unofficial deadline for illegal foreigners to leave the country.
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· Jun 22, 2026
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Related coverage for "US eases religious worker visa rules, scraps one-year waiting period for Ghanaians and others.": YNaija — How South Africa’s June 30 Border Friction Halts the African Live Music Circuit. Yen.com.gh — Ghana exempted as Cape Verde ends visa-on-arrival policy for 96 countries, adopts new tough rules. Al-Monitor — US extends work permits for Haitians, other immigrants with temporary protected status. Hot Air — Time for Merit Immigration: Keep Out the Losers, Let in the Winners. Africanews — South Africa: Legal foreigners fearful as anti-immigrant deadline looms. The Economic Times — US student visas may come with a ticking stay clock


