How privatising visa processing has benefited VFS Global, from ‘charged optional services’ to allegations of corruption.

To relieve pressure on consulates, visa procedures have been partially outsourced to a handful of multinational companies, including the leading firm VFS Global.

An international investigation, in which Le Monde took part, shows that this market has become a highly lucrative gray area, to the detriment of applicants.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260528-how-privatising-visa-processing-has-benefited-vfs-global-from-charged-optional-services-to-allegations-of-corruption?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Visa #VFSGlobal #Consulates

Canada and France opened new consulates in Nuuk as gestures of solidarity with Greenland and its Inuit population, amid intensified U.S. threats to take over the island, a move that has sparked backlash across Europe.

https://english.news.cn/20260207/a7f22f70796a453f84b51811f46006bb/c.html

Francia y Canadá abrieron nuevos consulados en Nuuk (capital de Groenlandia) como un gesto de solidaridad por las recientes amenazas de Estados Unidos.

#XinhuaNews #Greenland #News #Groenlandia #Nuuk #France #Canada #Consulates #Inuits

Greenland: Canada and France open consulates in Nuuk.

As the US needles EU and NATO allies with threats of taking Greenland from Denmark, Canada and France are opening new consulates on the Arctic island.

Ottawa and Paris both say they want to boost Arctic security.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260206-greenland-canada-and-france-open-consulates-in-nuuk?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Greenland #France #Canada #Consulates #Arctic #Denmark #EU #NATO

FFING Monstrous Scam from the “King of the Conmen“!

“The State Dept on Thurs told #consulates around the 🌎 to reject visa app’s for #students planning to attend Harvard Uni, less than 1 hr before a judge blocked the #Trump admin from enforcing that policy.”

“Now it’s a flat denial to #harvard & only Harvard…”

“The employee also noted that the instructions sent by cable seem to require State staff to accept Harvard admits’ interviews & money, & then deny them anyway.”
https://apple.news/AfdfeivOnQe6t8hYJ0nrIow

"Sorry if it sounds old-school, but a surgical sex-change is an irreversible intervention, not a “profound certitude” about one’s own identity."—Barcelona Rompe Tacones

I'll Carry False Documents >

https://barcelonarompetacones.pika.page/posts/ill-carry-false-documents

#Catalonia #cisnormativity #legal_sex #social_sex #legal_document #trans* #consulates #hospitals #transmed #dignity #procedure #document_obtention #annoyance #rant #Thailand #EU vs #Spain #Catalunya #ITQBLG #transsexual #surgery #sex_change #institutionalised_cissexism #cissexism

The State Department is preparing to shut down a number of #consulates that are mainly in western #Europe in the coming months and looking to reduce its workforce globally, multiple U.S. officials told reporters today.

#Putin has essentially instructed #Trump to pull all US presense from any item on his acquisition list.

China orders foreign consulates in Hong Kong to hand over staff personal details | Hong Kong | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/20/china-hong-kong-consulates-staff-personal-details

#China
#Consulates
#HongKong
#StaffPersonalDetails
#MinistryOfForeignAffairs
#Commissioner