Today's Fresh Blogs...

• MTV boots Allen

  Published: August 17, 2007, 3:35 am

  Tags: Immigration, Visas, Lily Allen, Mtv, Mtv Video Music Awards

  According to the 3AM Girls - with all the health warnings that go with that - MTV have dropped Lily Allen from this year's awards shows, worried that she won't get a visa:"MTV were desperate to get Lily and they're furious with her visa situation. They've decided to pull the plug because they didn't want to leave it to the last minute to find out

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• Lily Allen plays visa roulette

  Published: August 19, 2007, 8:31 am

  Tags: Visas, Lily Allen, George W Bush

  We're not sure Lily Allen is entirely bothered about playing America again - certainly, calling George Bush a fucking cunt during a televised festival gig isn't entirely the best way to warm up Homeland Security to your next application. The current US regime doesn't really do fair comment/free speech very well, Lily.

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• Girlschool cancel US and German dates

  Published: September 2, 2007, 5:16 pm

  Tags: Visas, Girlschool, Germany

  pull their US dates due to visas not coming through:"We are absolutely devastated that we had to cancel these shows due to the incompetence of the powers that be. The people that we had trusted to do their jobs and the bureaucracy of the American embassy really sucks."We have spent four days at the embassy this week where we were told that our

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• Nash for no cash

  Published: September 27, 2007, 4:44 pm

  Tags: Kate Nash, Visas, New York

  of Allen's problems with US visas. Instead of coming home and posting an incoherent rant on MySpace, though, Nash went ahead and played New York - but wasn't able to accept any money for the performance. She was, however, rewarded with cookies from Music Snobbery

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• Romney Favors Visas for Seasonal Workers

  Published: October 13, 2007, 7:40 pm

  Tags: Romney, Favors, Visas, For, Seasonal, Workers

  TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said Saturday he favored more seasonal visas to foreign workers in industries such as agriculture and tourism.

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• Japan recoils from Revolver

  Published: November 17, 2007, 9:07 am

  Tags: Visas, Velvet Revolver, Japan

  authorities won't give us visas, when they granted them for us in 2005 for what was a successful tour and a great experience. We love Japan and look forward to our return there."We'd imagine there's a very, very good reason why - having had them play there once - Japan suddenly realise they don't want them back

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• Nadine foiled

  Published: November 22, 2007, 3:28 am

  Tags: Visas, Jesse Metcalfe, India, Desperate Housewives, Nadine Coyle, Girls Aloud

  You'd have to have a heart of stone, etc: Nadine Coyle was about go on again with the tedious on-off publicrelationship she has with a man whose first names do seem to be Desperate Housewives Hunk Jesse, only to discover that you need to have a visa to go to India. Who knew, eh?

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• CGS Forced to Change Line-up After Chinese Visa SNAFU

  Published: December 5, 2007, 4:11 pm

  Tags: Microsoft, Gamer Life, Game Consoles, Computer, Games, Game Platforms, Cgs, Championship Gaming Series, Visas Denied, World Finals, Wuhan Dragon

  Wuhan Dragon, was denied visas. CGS commissioner Andy Reif states the organization lobbied the US embassy in Beijing several times, without success. “We are profoundly disappointed by the news that visas have been denied to the Wuhan Dragon players,” he said. “Between the competitions leading up to the establishment of the

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• Russian Euro 2008 soccer fans can apply for Eurovisa

  Published: December 6, 2007, 2:39 pm

  Tags: Sports, Eu Visas, Euro 2008, Russia, Soccer

  Russian soccer fans planning to support their team at Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland will be able to apply for a special 'Eurovisa,' an Austrian tourist board official said on Thursday.

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• Winehouse: Get well sooner

  Published: February 4, 2008, 5:12 pm

  Tags: Visas, Grammys, Universal, Amy Winehouse, Rehab, Grammys 2008

  We're delighted that Universal were keen to ensure that Amy Winehouse is given the time to get better*. It's nice to see a caring attitude from an employer.* - Although, obviously, not if it would mean missing the appointment for a US Visa. After all, getting over addiction is hardly as important as the Grammys, is it? Being drug free won't help

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• America "changes mind"; Amy decides not to go after all

  Published: February 9, 2008, 7:01 am

  Tags: Visas, Grammys, Amy Winehouse, Grammys 2008

  It's surely quite unusual for the US to reverse a high-profile visa decision, but it's done so in the case of Amy Winehouse - perhaps the Home Office offered a two-for-one deal with the Abu Hamza? Maybe the US authorities discovered a fact about Winehouse that had somehow been forgotten at the original visa application? Or perhaps, simply, there's

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• Visas for War Zone Translators Halted

  Published: February 29, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Visas, For, War, Zone, Translators, Halted, Iraq, United States, George W Bush, U S Armed Forces, U S Department Of State, Edward M Kennedy, Kirk W Johnson, Afghanistan, Kuwait, National Visa Center, Syria, U S State Department Bureau Of Population Refugees And Migration

  The State Department has stopped processing the applications of 551 Iraqi and Afghan translators seeking special visas to come to the United States, because the current legal quota of 500 visas for the program this year is about to be reached, according to department officials.

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• Gates, in Valedictory to Congress, Calls for Better Schooling, More Visas

  Published: March 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Gates, Valedictory, Congress, Calls, For, Better, Schooling, More, Visas, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation, United States, Diet Coke, Capitol Hill, Dana Rohrabacher, Steve Rothman, Bill Amp Melinda Gates Foundation, Harvard University, India, U S House Committee On S

  Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates paid a visit to Capitol Hill yesterday with a familiar wish list: more money for math and science education, more funds for research and more visas for skilled foreign workers.

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• Biometric Visas for UK Travel

  Published: February 24, 2008, 1:12 pm

  Tags: Europe, Visas

  Biometrics is the technology which captures biological data. It records individual characteristics like fingerprints, voice patterns and measurements of the eyes retinas and irises. In a world where identity theft and other mishaps are common place, authenticity of users is increasingly important, which is where this new biometric technology comes

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• D.C. Firm Charts New Territory On Visas

  Published: May 5, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: D C, Firm, Charts, New, Territory, Visas, United States, Jeff Fine, Washington Dc, Rahul Chhabra, India, Chicago, Houston, San Francisco, Indian Ministry Of External Affairs, Travelocity Com Lp, Europe, Jan Dvorak, Czechoslovakia, Baltimore, Bethesda, Great Falls, Karl Pier

  When Jan Dvorak left Czechoslovakia three decades ago, he found asylum in the United States and a job at a District-based travel agency. There, he saw Americans struggling with the myriad requirements from different countries.

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