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5️⃣ Roll back the digital hostile environment.

The UK Home Office is deploying flawed and biased tech with little transparency for migrants and refugees.

ORG has called for a ban on the use of AI in asylum decisions, plus facial age estimation tech and the roll-out of the error-prone eVisa scheme.

Find out more ➡️ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaign/immigration-policy-project/

#andyburnham #labour #digitalpolicy #digitalrights #starmer #ukpolitics #ukpol #immigration #ai #evisa #homeoffice

Cartorum Jun 13

Corse - Evisa à #Évisa (#CorseDuSud) #CartePostaleAncienne 👉 https://cartorum.fr/carte-postale/500518/evisa-corse-evisa

Joanathx May 28

New blog post: Saudi Arabia Visa Guide for 2026.

Covers both the tourist eVisa (fast online process) and the family visit visa for expat workers sponsoring relatives through ksa-visa.sa. Step-by-step with screenshots.

Handy if you're a Filipino expat in KSA or just planning a trip:

https://joanathx.com/saudi-arabia-visa-guide/

#SaudiVisa #eVisa #ExpatLife #TravelBlog #KSA

Saudi Arabia Visa Guide 2026: eVisa + Family Visit Visa - Joanathx

Complete Saudi Arabia visa guide 2026. Tourist eVisa for eligible countries + Family Visit Visa for expat workers. Requirements, step-by-step application, fees, and tips.

Joanathx

KillBait News May 21

Ghana Immigration Service Trains Officers Ahead of Nationwide E-Visa Rollout

📰 Original title: GIS steps up readiness for e

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/ghana-immigration-service-trains-officers-ahead-of-nationwide-e-visa-rollout.html?utm_source=mastodon_world&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_world

#technology #evisa #ghana #immigration

Ghana Immigration Service Trains Officers Ahead of Nationwide E-Visa Rollout

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is preparing for the nationwide launch of Ghana's electronic visa (e-visa) system, scheduled for May 25, 2026. To ensure smooth implementation, GIS recently conducted a two-day training program in Accra, bringing together 40 officers from various immigration control points across the country. The training focused on equipping officers with the necessary skills to manage the fully digital platform, covering system workflows, document verification, monitoring procedures, and online payment processes. The e-visa system aims to simplify visa applications for foreign nationals, improve passenger processing, enhance security, and facilitate better data collection for national planning and international cooperation. Acting Deputy Comptroller-General Faisal Disu emphasized the importance of discipline, professionalism, data protection, and responsible handling of traveler information. The initiative is expected to promote transparency, accountability, and integrity within GIS operations. By providing a user-friendly and efficient interface for visitors, the system also seeks to boost tourism, business, and investment in Ghana. GIS management has reiterated its commitment to continuous capacity building, system upgrades, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of the e-visa system.

KillBait

KillBait May 21

Ghana Immigration Service Trains Officers Ahead of Nationwide E-Visa Rollout

📰 Original title: GIS steps up readiness for e

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
👥 Users: It's not clickbait ✅

View full AI summary: https://en.killbait.com/ghana-immigration-service-trains-officers-ahead-of-nationwide-e-visa-rollout.html?utm_source=mastodon_social&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=killbait.mastodon_social

#technology #evisa #ghana #immigration

Ghana Immigration Service Trains Officers Ahead of Nationwide E-Visa Rollout

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) is preparing for the nationwide launch of Ghana's electronic visa (e-visa) system, scheduled for May 25, 2026. To ensure smooth implementation, GIS recently conducted a two-day training program in Accra, bringing together 40 officers from various immigration control points across the country. The training focused on equipping officers with the necessary skills to manage the fully digital platform, covering system workflows, document verification, monitoring procedures, and online payment processes. The e-visa system aims to simplify visa applications for foreign nationals, improve passenger processing, enhance security, and facilitate better data collection for national planning and international cooperation. Acting Deputy Comptroller-General Faisal Disu emphasized the importance of discipline, professionalism, data protection, and responsible handling of traveler information. The initiative is expected to promote transparency, accountability, and integrity within GIS operations. By providing a user-friendly and efficient interface for visitors, the system also seeks to boost tourism, business, and investment in Ghana. GIS management has reiterated its commitment to continuous capacity building, system upgrades, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure proper implementation of the e-visa system.

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Open Rights Group May 18

Calls for the ICO to investigate the eVisa scheme have gone unheard.

ORG flagged that the Home Office failed to assess the risks of a digital-only scheme, exposing migrants to data errors and technical failures that impact their immigration status.

Rights fall apart without an effective regulator.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-data-breach-electronic-visa-application-b2881703.html

#ResetTheICO #dataprotection #privacy #ico #digitalrights #evisa #gdpr #ukpolitics #ukpol

Canadian citizen’s personal details shared with Russian woman in major eVisa data breach

Migrant rights groups call on the data watchdog to investigate ‘unresolved’ problems with eVisa rollout

The Independent

Open Rights Group Apr 29

ORG calls on the UK Information Commissioner's Office "to begin a formal investigation into data protection breaches and accessibility issues with the [eVisa] scheme."

“Migrants are being failed by the Home Office, which didn’t properly assess the risks of a digital-only roll-out."

🗣️ ORG's @sarahalsherif.

UK data watchdog accused of dragging feet on eVisa investigation

Despite longstanding data protection issues with the Home Office’s electronic visa system being flagged five months ago, the UK’s data regulator is yet to take any action

ComputerWeekly.com

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Open Rights Group Apr 29

19 civil society groups wrote to the ICO last year, warning of widespread data errors, inaccessible design and systemic technical failures with eVisas.

This has left migrants facing real difficulties in their day-to-day lives.

But ICO are dragging their feet while people suffer.

Civil society urges the ICO to investigate the Home Office’s failing eVisa system

19 civil society organisations have called on the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to formally investigate data protection breaches and accessibility issues arising as a result of the Home Office’s eVisa scheme.

Open Rights Group

Saxafi Media Apr 22

A #UKMP, @GillFurnissMP raised concerns over #Somalia’s #eVisa system after #Somalilanders warned of privacy risks. The @FCDOGovUK’s cautious response signals limited urgency in #London. #Somaliland

https://saxafimedia.com/uk-somalia-e-visa-mp-somaliland-travelers/

UK Raises Somalia E-Visa Concerns After MP Highlights Risks To Somaliland Travelers | Saxafi Media

A UK lawmaker has urged scrutiny of Somalia’s e-visa system after concerns from Somalilanders over privacy and safety, prompting a cautious response from the Foreign Office

SaxafiMedia

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Kim Spence-Jones 🇬🇧😷Apr 18

@pmb00cs @ChrisMayLA6
As an I T professional with fifty years experience, I came here to say exactly that. It’s bizarre that faced with concrete evidence that the system has exactly “lost, stolen or tampered with” this woman’s digital status, they still say “there are no wider issues around the system”.
I fear we are at the beginning or another Post Office Horizon scandal.
#eVisa #UKPolitics #HomeOffice