BUSINESS NEWS

UK opens visa centre in Bulawayo

Residents in the southern parts of Zimbabwe can now apply for UK visas closer to home following the official opening of a new application centre in Bulawayo.The facility, housed at the Bulawayo Rainbo...

AMERICAS

US warns Zimbabweans against misusing visas for 'birth tourism'

The United States Embassy in Harare has issued a stern warning to Zimbabweans against misusing its visa system, particularly for engaging in "birth tourism" - the practice of travelling to the U.S. to...

POLITICS

Chivayo ties behind Jah Prayzah's US visa woes?

Zimbabwean-born UFC star Themba Gorimbo has spoken out on musician Jah Prayzah's recent US visa setback, subtly suggesting that the artist's close ties to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo ma...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe's online visa system now fully operational

Zimbabwe's Online Border Management System (OBMS) is now fully operational, ushering in a new era of digitised immigration services that allow travellers to apply for visas and complete border formali...

BUSINESS NEWS

US resumes student visas but orders enhanced social media vetting

The US State Department says it will resume scheduling appointments for international student visas, but will ask all applicants to make their social media accounts public for enhanced screening.Offic...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabweans escaping economic hardship trapped in the UK care visa crackdown

Zimbabwean professionals seeking a way out of their country's prolonged economic crisis are facing fresh hurdles as the UK government moves to permanently scrap care worker visas, a route many had use...

POLITICS

UK closure of care work visa to hit Zimbabweans hard

The United Kingdom's decision to permanently shut down its care worker visa route has sent shockwaves across Zimbabwe, where the scheme had offered thousands a much-needed escape from economic hardshi...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe introduces online visa applications

Zimbabwe has launched a new online visa application system, allowing travellers from countries requiring a visa to apply electronically, in a major move to modernise the country's immigration processe...

AFRICA NEWS

Julius Malema denied UK visa

Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema has accused British authorities of attempting to silence dissent after he was denied a visa to the United Kingdom, just hours before he was schedul...

POLITICS

Zim relaxes visa terms for Chinese tourists

All Chinese nationals visiting the country will now be required to obtain visas at ports of entry with effect from next month after Government reviewed the country's visa regime to boost the tourism i...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe rolls out online visa payment system

Government has rolled out the online visa payment facility as part of efforts to facilitate travel in line with the objective of improving the ease of doing business through harnessing information com...

FINANCIAL SERVICES

StanChart limits Visa Card use

STANDARD Chartered Bank Zimbabwe (StanChart) has introduced annual limits for its Visa Card and prohibited its use in offshore investments, The Financial Gazette reported.StanChart joins other local b...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim reviews visa requirements for US citizens

Zimbabwe's Immigration Department (Immigration) has reviewed visa fees for United States (US) citizens.Under the new requirements, American tourists seeking to visit Zimbabwe will now have to pay $160...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe cabinet ministers denied UK visas

Britain's immigration authority has denied a ministerial delegation from Zimbabwe visas to attend a key investment conference in London convened to discuss investment opportunities in the southern Afr...

Zim revises visa regime in bid to boost tourism

The government of Zimbabwe has announced a revised visa regime which will see 29 countries being moved from Category C to Category B (visa on arrival) as the country moves in to improve travel facilit...

BUSINESS NEWS

Zim revises visa regime

Zimbabwe is planning to revise its visa policy to help attract more tourists, trade and investment into the country. Immigration Department principal Clemence Masango said government is working on mea...

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Ecobank launches mVisa across African Countries

Ecobank has partnered with Visa to launch Ecobank Scan+Pay with mVisa solutions to their consumers. The strategic tie-up signals interoperability on a cross-border level - and potentially huge gains -...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Expert tells Zim to relax visa regime,

Zimbabwe has to relax its visa regime to attract Nigerian tourists and market the country as a destination for meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (Mice), a tourism expert has said.Uloma...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zimbabwe, Zambia integrate Uni-Visa systems

ZIMBABWE and Zambia are working on integrating the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area (Kaza) Uni-Visa into their internal systems to increase efficiency.This comes at a time when an estim...

BUSINESS NEWS

Confed of Zim Retailers, Visa in partnership talks

THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) is in partnership discussions with a global technology brand, Visa to promote payment solutions to the country's urban and rural consumers.CZR president M...

FINANCIAL SERVICES

ZB engages Visa, card ready in Q3

ZB Financial Holdings is working towards the introduction of Visa cards in the third quarter of the year.Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, banks and gov...

AFRICA BUSINESS

Comesa 'business visa' nears implementation

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) is close to implementing a business visa for the region.Speaking at workshop to finalise policies and challenges hindering cross border movem...

POLITICS

Zimbabwe - Zambia in univisa talks

Talks for the implementation of a univisa pilot project between Zimbabwe and Zambia have been set in motion with officials from the two countries expressing optimism that the development will boost t...

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Zim launches e-visa for China, India

ZIMBABWE has launched an e-visa platform for China and India in line with the increased tourist arrivals and investment from those countries.In an interview yesterday, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority chief...

EUROPE

UK scraps £3,000 visa bond plan for 'high risk' Africans

Britain is scrapping a plan to force visitors from six "high risk" countries to pay a cash bond of £3,000 (about R48,000), the interior ministry said on Sunday.The government had been preparing to pi...