#gurkha immigration

[unnecessary-feelings]

[ID 1: A screenshot of the conversation recap function from Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice reading:

Rayfa: “Datz Are’bal, senior member of insurgent leadership, and former paratrooper of a…”

Rayfa: “Foreign land. Wanted for crimes against the kingdom. Considered armed and dangerous.“

In the background, there is a photo of Datz’s wanted poster. End ID.]

[ID 2: Another screenshot of the conversation recap function from Ace attorney: Spirit of Justice, this one reads:

Rayfa: …but of late, there has been an endless influx of illegal immigrants from neighboring lands.

Rayfa: The fools come seeking the same great power as my mother.

Phoenix: Illegal immigrants?

Rayfa: Yes. It is becoming quite a problem.

Rayfa: Some have lost their way in life, and look to Khura’inism for their salvation.

Rayfa: Among them are also those of dubious nature, who have been driven from their own lands…

The first and last lines are partially cut off. In the background, Rayfa stands in the high priest’s house. End ID.]

i was thinking about this post in the shower and realized something, i think datz is most likely from nepal!

first of all, according to janet hsu, khura’in is located in the eastern himalayas and borders china, india, nepal and bhutan, which would probably explain why he ended up in khura’in of all places

second of all, the knife he wields in some of his sprites

[ID: Two images of Datz Are’bal with his knife, in one he is peeling an apple with it, and in the other he stands with it out in front of him. End ID.]

is called a kukri, which is also the signature weapon of the nepali armed forces!

[ID: A photo taken of a computer screen, on the screen it shows a Wikipedia text box, it contains an image of 3 Kukri knives of various sizes, as well as a sheath, and below it, text reading:

The multipurpose Kukri knife (top) is the signature weapon of the Nepali armed forces, and is used by the Gurkhas, Nepal Army, Police and even security guards.

End ID.]

this reblog was brought to you by a late night wikipedia rabbit hole

I had a "Logic session" yesterday while trying to fall asleep.

Canonically, Khura'in has never been invaded or anexed despite being a tiny country. That's because its rulers have always been spirit mediums and this is a valuable skill to other countries, thus it is in their best interest to be on their good side.

Therefore, Khura'in has no army.

Datz Are'bal is, canonically, a former paratrooper.

*Miles Edgeworth voice* By finding the connection between two pieces of information and connecting them, new information is born. That is the end result of using LOGIC.

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• 442nd Infantry Division

The 442nd Infantry Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Army and best known for its history as a fighting unit composed almost entirely of second-generation American soldiers of Japanese ancestry (Nisei) who fought in World War II. Beginning in 1944, the regiment fought primarily in the European Theatre, in particular Italy, southern France, and Germany.

Created as the 442nd Regimental Combat Team when it was activated February 1st, 1943, the unit quickly grew to its fighting complement of 4,000 men by April 1943, and an eventual total of about 14,000 men served overall. The unit earned more than 18,000 awards in less than two years, including 9,486 Purple Hearts and 4,000 Bronze Star Medals. In 2010, the Congressional Gold Medal was awarded to the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and associated units who served during World War II. Most Japanese Americans who fought in World War II were Nisei, born in the United States to immigrant parents. Shortly after the Imperial Japanese Navy's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941, Japanese-American men were initially categorized as 4C (enemy alien) and therefore not subject to the draft. Not long after the attack on Pearl Harbor On February 19th, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066.

It was targeted largely for the internment of people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast. In March 1942, Lieutenant General John L. DeWitt, issued the first of 108 military proclamations that resulted in the forced relocation from their residences to guarded relocation camps of more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry from the West Coast, the great majority of the ethnic community. Two thirds were born in the United States. The US government required that all internees answer a loyalty questionnaire, which was used to register the Nisei for the draft. Question 27 of the questionnaire asked eligible males, "Are you willing to serve in the armed forces of the United States on combat duty, wherever ordered?" and question 28 asked, "Will you swear unqualified allegiance to the United States of America and faithfully defend the United States from any or all attack by foreign or domestic forces, and forswear any form of allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor, or any other foreign government, power or organization?"

Nearly a quarter of the Nisei males answered with a no or a qualified answer to both questions in protest, resenting the implication they ever had allegiance to Japan; some left them blank. Qualified answers included those who said, yes, but criticized the internment of the Japanese or racism. Many who responded that way were imprisoned for evading the draft. more than 75% indicated that they were willing to enlist and swear allegiance to the U.S. The U.S. Army called for 1,500 volunteers from Hawaii and 3,000 from the mainland. An overwhelming 10,000 men from Hawaii volunteered. The announcement was met with less enthusiasm on the mainland, where most draft-age men of Japanese ancestry and their families were held in internment camps. Roosevelt announced the formation of the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team, saying, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." Ultimately, the draft was instated to obtain more Japanese Americans from the mainland and these made up a large part of the 14,000 men who eventually served in the 442nd Regiment.

The 442nd Combat Team, less its 1st Battalion, which had remained in the U.S. to train Nisei replacements after many of its members were levied as replacements for the 100th, sailed from Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 1st, 1944 and landed at Anzio on May 28th. The 442nd would join the 100th Battalion in Civitavecchia north of Rome on June 11th, 1944, attached to the 34th Infantry Division. The 1st Battalion, 442nd Infantry at Camp Shelby was then redesignated the 171st Infantry Battalion (Separate) on September 5th, 1944. The newly-formed Nisei unit went into battle together on June 26th, 1944 at the village of Belvedere in Suvereto, Tuscany. The battle of Belvedere showed that the 442nd could hold their own and showed them the kind of fighting the 100th Battalion had gone through in the prior months. After only a few days of rest, the united 442nd again entered into combat on July 1st, taking Cecina and moving towards the Arno River. On July 2nd, as the 442nd approached the Arno, 5th Battalion engaged in a hard-fought battle to take Hill 140.

The 442nd, alongside the 100th Battalion continued to fight in Italy reaching the German Gothic Line. On the Italian Front, the 442nd had contact with the only segregated African-American active combat unit of the U.S. Army in Europe, the 92nd Infantry Division, as well as troops of the British and French colonial empires (West and East Africans, Moroccans, Algerians, Indians, and Gurkhas), and the non-segregated Brazilian Expeditionary Force. The 442nd also served in France for a time. The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team is the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of American warfare.

The record of the Japanese Americans serving in the 442nd and in the Military Intelligence Service (U.S. Pacific Theater forces in World War II) helped change the minds of anti-Japanese American critics in the continental U.S. and resulted in easing of restrictions and the eventual release of the 120,000-strong community well before the end of World War II. In Hawaii, the veterans were welcomed home as heroes by a grateful community that had supported them through those trying times. However, the unit's exemplary service and many decorations did not change the attitudes of the general population in the continental U.S. to people of Japanese ancestry after World War II. Veterans were welcomed home by signs that read "No Japs Allowed" and "No Japs Wanted", denied service in shops and restaurants, and had their homes and property vandalized. Anti-Japanese sentiment remained strong into the 1960s, but faded along with other once-common prejudices, even while remaining strong in certain circles. Conversely, the story of the 442nd provided a leading example of what was to become the controversial model minority stereotype. In post-war American popular slang, the phrase "going for broke" was adopted from the 442nd's unit motto "Go for Broke", which according to the 1951 film Go for Broke! was derived from the Hawaiian pidgin phrase used by craps shooters risking all their money on one roll of the dice. The 442nd RCT was inactivated in Honolulu in 1946, but reactivated in 1947 in the U.S. Army Reserve.

[wildcat2030]

At the cutting edge of modern science, DNA sequencing promises to transform many aspects of human life. It’s already playing a significant role in law enforcement, as well as medical and historical research. But there’s a growing inequality in its impacts and in the chances of your genetic data being recorded – whether that’s by choice, for research or medical benefit, or by compulsion by the state. Britain’s home secretary, Sajid Javid, apologised to parliament on October 25 for his department’s compulsion of immigration applicants, including 51 relatives of British Army Gurkhas, into DNA testing to prove their identity. The revelations, first reported in June, were the latest indictment of the impacts of the government’s “hostile environment” immigration policies. In his statement, Javid said that 83 applications had been refused, including seven which had been refused purely on “suitability grounds”, because applicants had not submitted to mandatory genetic testing. But the UK is not alone in employing this innovative technology to enforce its borders – Canada, France and Norway are also adopting or considering adoption of these techniques. Meanwhile, border forces under the Trump administration recently used compulsory DNA tests to reunite migrant families they had forcibly separated.. While in each individual case familial DNA testing would give some additional “proof” of relationship to investigators, across Western countries a system seems to be in creation where compulsion to DNA test becomes a prerequisite of citizenship for certain migrants. Yet it’s a piece of evidence that would not be required of non-migrants in any similar civil or criminal proceeding. The inequalities in access to and use of DNA by the state do not end there, however.

[jaggedwolf]

Seeing the difference in the commentaries on Crazy Rich Asians between Asian-American writers and Singaporean writers, and the comparisons to Black Panther has crystallized some thoughts for me.

Obviously the Black Panther comparison is meant in terms of the impact on popular culture and on representation, not genre or plot, but the films do share a crucial similarity. 

They’re these huge American-produced endeavors with all-POC casts that are...not set in America. Isn’t that a little bit funny? A little convenient? 

It’s easy to overlook it for Black Panther, of course, because Wakanda is fictional, an impressive hypothetical. Wakanda is whatever Black Panther says it is, because it doesn’t exist. It can be the magical backdrop it needs to be with little baggage.

Crazy Rich Asians has the magical backdrop of Singapore. Except it actually exists. For those familiar with certain strains of racial discourse in the USA, the use of Singapore as a convenient setting of “Asianness” smacks of a familiar romanticization-exoticisation of the homeland. In order for those dual attitudes to function, one needs to ignore inconvenient facts like the 26% non-Chinese population and Singapore’s own complicated immigration histories.

Who cares! It’s unfair to ask more of a fun Asian romp than we do of fun White romps! We didn’t ask Ant-Man and the Wasp to express white diversity! (An actual tweet I saw)

Nope. An American film setting itself in Singapore gets to be subject to this criticism, because no matter the Hollywood racial politics at play here, there’s also the global ones at work. The big Hollywood machine determining how a country is seen.

It’s a great opportunity for the cast and the director, a win in the American context. That doesn’t mean people can’t critique it in a Singaporean context - a context where there’s still the assumption Singapore is unprepared for non-Chinese minister, where Malay soldiers are often blocked from sensitive positions because they’re seen as terrorism risks, where job ads frequently say “Chinese-speaker required” when the job doesn’t require it, where implicitly immigration into the country is controlled to ensure our relative racial populations stay the same. 

People aren’t being petty about what kind of Asians are in this film - they’re pointing out all the ways it falls into the same old tropes about what does it mean to be Singaporean. About whose stories get to be Singaporean stories.

It’s a film based on a book by a Singaporean-American author who hasn’t lived there since he was 11, who doesn’t know the difference between a Sikh and a Gurkha, and I doubt he cares. It is it’s own kind of symbolism that this is the book with an all-Asian cast that got turned into a Hollywood film. 

I hope the film does fantastic, given that all Hollywood cares about is money. I hope it’s everything people want it to be. 

But the film doesn’t care about my Singapore, and I get to point that out too.

[bpande]

Tour Guiding Map on Mustang

Mustang is divided between Upper and Lower Mustang. In Upper Mustang, Tibetan culture, traditions and religion are highly prevalent in the region. The people in Upper Mustang are mainly from the Loba Tribe that still support the fact of the earth being flat. The Loba tribal is highly religious and they give high regards to religious prayers and festivals every day. On the other hand, in Lower Mustang, the people are of Nepali tribes and reside at the far southern fringe (Sehgal, 2017).

Figure 1 - Loba tribe carrying foods in Upper Mustang (Source: Sehgal, 2017).

Mustang was a Buddhist kingdom in the past, which until the 1950s remained isolated from the rest of the world. Being an old and tiny kingdom of Nepal, Mustang had hardly any tourism activity till the 1990s. The local Nepalese used to surcharge for visitors who were going trekking to Mustang. Mustang is part of Lo's old kingdom. Jomsom is the capital and administrative headquarters of the Mustang district. Further, north of Kagbeni, the traditional Tibetan-style district is generally regarded as the Upper Mustang (Canadian Himalayan Expeditions, 2021). The first time when adventurers from the West became engaged in Upper Mustang, owing to prohibitions in the area by the locals and the Chinese for protecting the ancient culture and way of living, they were able to only get a glimpse into the kingdom. The destination marketing at Mustang began very late as the trekking groups in Mustang were allowed for the first time in 1992. Later the destination image transformed into one of the most popular attractions for trekkers as they were its target segment. The restrictions are even present today as the Nepalese government issues only a ten days special permit from Kathmandu, which is mandatory for all the tourists interested in travelling with a guide in groups having two or more people (Sehgal, 2017).

The history of Mustang dates back to the fifteenth century when it was a major trade route between Tibet and the Indian subcontinent, following the salt trade route. However, in 2008, when the Kingdom of Nepal became a republic state, the suzerainty of Mustang ended. However, even today, Mustang has made few compromises with the modern lifestyle as life here continues in a similar fashion as it was centuries before. Tibetan Buddhism temples, ancient rituals and practices still play an important role in the everyday life of the people of Upper Mustang (Sehgal, 2017). Mustang was the land of Milarepa who is regarded as the key figure in Buddhism and was a popular mystic Guru (TripAdvisor, 2021).

Figure 2 - A Buddhist temple in Upper Mustang (Source: Sehgal, 2017)

A magnificent square-walled region, Lo Manthang, situated upon the 'Plain of Prayers' is the old capital, where the present king resides. The average elevation of Mustang is 13,200 feet and is situated north of the Dhaulagiri and Annapurna mountain giants. Hence, it lies to the north of the Himalayan range and also shares a portion with the Tibetan highlands geographically. In Mustang, the region is surrounded by colourful stratified rock and also resembles a barren desert (Canadian Himalayan Expeditions, 2021). Thousands of cliff dwellings are one of the Mustang’s most interesting visitor attractions, with the majority of them being inaccessible. Archaeologists have highlighted that these cliff dwellings would date back to 8-10,000 BC (Gurkha Adventures, 2021).

The transport and accessibility to Mustang is available by road and air. In reaching Mustang through the air, a flight needs to be taken from Kathmandu to Pokhara. The road transport service is also available on a 6 to 8 hours long journey through Prithvi Highway. Afterwards, to reach Jomsom, a Jeep facility is available or a 20-30 minutes flight journey. If any visitor is interested in going Mustang by walking, it is likely to take three days. In order to explore the Kingdom of Lo, the starting point is Jomsom (TripAdvisor, 2021). Further, as Upper Mustang is part of the ACAP, the trekking can also be done using Annapurna Circuit trek. It is likely to take nine days when trekking through the Classical Circuit route from Besi Sahar to Kagbeni without involving in the side treks. The Nepalese government has recognised Upper Mustang as a restricted zone for trekking and trekking costs for 10 days in 500 dollars. However, if the visitor is interested in extending their trekking period, then it will be charged 50 dollars additional per day. It is mandatory to trek in a group with at least two visitors excluding the guide whose presence is also mandatory in trekking. The permit for trekking and all the relevant arrangements for trekking should only be made by an approved trekking company (TripAdvisor, 2021).

Another visitor attraction at Upper Mustang is the Tiji festival, which is the most important festival in the region. According to ancient mythology. The festival celebrates the victory of good, Dorje Jono, over evil demons. Dorje Jono is regarded as a god in Vajrayana Buddhism and is also known with the name Vajrakumar, Vajrakila and Dorje Phurba. Vajrayana Buddhism is one of the oldest Buddhist practices which is prevailing mainly in India and Nepal (Marianne, 2018). The Tibetan language is spoken by the people in Mustang (Mustang Trekking, 2021).

Figure 3 - Tiji festival (Source: Marianne, 2018).

The food and accommodation facilities are available at tea houses, guesthouses, hotels or lodges in the villages that come in trekking pathsṣ. These accommodation facilities have all the relevant facilities for the visitors along with western-style toilets. All types of foods are available in Mustang ranging from local Tibetan foods to Western foods such as tea, coffee, breakfast items such as corn flakes, oatmeals, granola, egg items along with pizza, noodles, pasta, sandwich, momo also called dumplings, spaghetti, vegetables and soups (Mustang Trek Nepal, 2021).

In terms of destination management at Upper Mustang, the Department of Immigration at Nepal is responsible for handling all the permits for the visitors and issuing necessary permissions. In order to gain visitor information, it is required to visit the website of Nepal Immigration. Upper Mustang which comes under Province No. 4, the locations where permits are available for the visitors are Lomanthang Rural Municipality, Lo-Ghekar Damodarkunda Rural Municipality and Baragung Muktichetra Rural Municipality in Upper Mustang (TAAN, 2021). There are also signage and information boards in the region for tourist benefits.

Figure 4 – Signage in Upper Mustang (Source: Ramblin' Boy, 2018).

Figure 5 – Information for tourists (Source: Ramblin' Boy, 2018).

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Settler Colonialism and the recruitment of Buffalo soldiers - An excerpt from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' history of the US. via /r/communism

Settler Colonialism and the recruitment of Buffalo soldiers - An excerpt from Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' history of the US.

I recently read Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's indigenous People's history, and this is a really interesting excerpt about Buffalo Soldiers:

Buffalo Soldiers

Many of the intensive genocidal campaigns against Indigenous civilians took place during the administration of President Grant, 1869–77. In 1866, two years before Grant’s election, Congress had created two all–African American cavalry regiments that came to be called the buffalo soldiers. Some four million formerly enslaved Africans were free citizens in 1865, thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation, which took effect in January 1863. The legislation was intended to have a demoralizing effect on the CSA, but it gave belated official recognition to what was already fact: many African Americans, especially young men, had freed themselves by fleeing servitude and joining Union forces.27 Up to 1862, Africans had been barred from serving in their own capacity in the army. Now the Union Army incorporated them but at lower pay and in segregated units under white officers. The War Department created the federal Bureau of Colored Troops, and one hundred thousand armed Africans served in the unit. Their courage and commitment made them the best and most effective fighters, although they had the highest mortality rate. At the end of the Civil War, 186,000 Black soldiers had fought and 38,000 had died (in combat and from disease), a higher death toll than that of any individual state. The state with the highest casualty count was New York, with troops comprising mostly poor white immigrant soldiers, largely Irish. After the war many Black soldiers, like their poor white counterparts, remained in the army and were assigned to segregated regiments sent west to crush Indigenous resistance.

This reality strikes many as tragic, as if oppressed former slaves and Indigenous peoples being subjected to genocidal warfare should magically be unified against their common enemy, “the white man.” In fact, this is precisely how colonialism in general and colonial warfare in particular work. It is not unique to the United States, but rather a part of the tradition of European colonialism since the Roman legions. The British organized whole armies of ethnic troops in South and Southwestern Asia, the most famous being the Gurkhas from Nepal, who fought as recently as Margaret Thatcher’s war against Argentina in 1983.28 The buffalo soldiers were such a specially organized colonial military unit. As Stanford L. Davis, a descendant of a buffalo soldier, writes:

Slaves and the black soldiers, who couldn’t read or write, had no idea of the historical deprivations and the frequent genocidal intent of the U.S. government toward Native Americans. Free blacks, whether they could read and write, generally had no access to first-hand or second-hand unbiased information on the relationship. Most whites who had access often didn’t really care about the situation. It was business as usual in the name of “Manifest Destiny.” Most Americans viewed the Indians as incorrigible and non-reformable savages. Those closest to the warring factions or who were threatened by it, naturally wanted government protection at any cost.29

Many Black men opted for army service for survival reasons, as it gave them food and shelter, pay and a pension, and even some glory. The United States had its own motives for assigning Black troops to the West. Southerners and the eastern population did not want thousands of armed Black soldiers in their communities. There was also fear that if they demobilized, the labor market would be flooded. For US authorities, it was a good way of getting rid of the Black soldiers and the Indians.

The Civil War also set the template for the rapid “Americanization” of immigrants. Jewish immigrants fought on both sides in the war, and as individuals they earned a level of freedom from US bigotry they had never experienced before.

Indian scouts and soldiers were essential to the army as well, both as individuals and as nations making war on other Indigenous nations. Many decades later, Native Americans have continued to volunteer in US wars in percentages far beyond their populations. Wichita Nation citizen Stan Holder appeared in a 1974 documentary film on the Vietnam War, Hearts and Minds, in which he explained his volunteering for service. While growing up he had heard the older people’s stories about Wichita warriors, and, looking around, the only warriors he could identify were marines, so he enlisted in what he considered a warrior society. It is no accident that the US Marine Corps evokes that image in angry young men. As with Black men who volunteered in the Indian wars and enlisted and served in other wars, Native men seized the security and potential glory of the colonialist army.

The explicit purpose of the buffalo soldiers and the army of the West as a whole was to invade Indigenous lands and ethnically cleanse them for Anglo settlement and commerce. As Native historian Jace Weaver has written: “The Indian Wars were not fought by the blindingly white American cavalry of John Ford westerns but by African Americans and Irish and German immigrants.”30 The haunting Bob Marley song “Buffalo Soldier” captures the colonial experience in the United States: “Said he was a buffalo soldier / Win the war for America.”31

The army of the West was a colonial army with all the problems of colonial armies and foreign occupation, principally being hated by the people living under occupation. It’s no surprise that the US military uses the term “Indian Country” to refer to what it considers enemy territory. Much as in the Vietnam War, the 1980s covert wars in Central America, and the wars of the early twenty-first century in Muslim countries, counterinsurgent army volunteers in the late-nineteenth-century US West had to rely heavily on intelligence from those native to the land, informers and scouts. Many of these were double agents, reporting back to their own people, having joined the US Army for that purpose. Failing to find guerrilla fighters, the army resorted to scorched-earth campaigns, starvation, attacks on and removals of civilian populations—the weapons of counterinsurgency warfare. During the Soviet counterinsurgency in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees called the effect “migratory genocide”—an apt term to apply retrospectively to the nineteenth-century US counterinsurgency against Indigenous peoples.

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Nepalese Ethnoscapes in Pilok

Ethnoscapes are “the landscapes of group identity��: They are in particular no longer bound to certain territorial locations. 

There are two journeys by trekking to Thailand from Nepal and a Boat from Nepal-India-Myanmar-Thailand. Trekking is free but took time but commonly used especially from Nepal to Pilok.  Pliok is a sub-district of Kanchanaburi province, located at the border of Thailand and Myanmar. My project will start by tracing the origin of the Nepalese community in Pilok.

The hand-drawn map refers to my own family biography immigrants from Nepal to Pilok.

A collective maps of My family ethnoscapes across one century.

1935:    Grandpa family emigrant by walking from Nepal to Myanmar took about 3 to 4 months

1947 - 1988:  The beginning of the journey grandpa family unsuccess escaping from world war 2  and grandpa joined the Gurkha Army that consisted only Nepalese army  in Myanmar for 40 years in Army 

1988:  The journey of my dad and friends traveling from northern Myanmar to Pilok by using a train, car, boat and then trekking up to Pilok took about 4 days.

The picture in 1955 where the mine target destination and  the main work of Nepalese people in Pilok and now inactive of mines and disappeared of Nepalese villages

The illustrated map shows the difference between 1955 and 2018 where now Pilok is a tourist place. 

1955 The difference in 4 sizes of red dots is referring to the numbers of Nepalese people in each village of a rectangle when the mines were active.  But now about 10 adults Nepalese still live in the second and fourth rectangle. Pilok is a tourist place. 

These are the present Nepalese people in Pilok at Epu and Phapae 2

Pictures that shows the contrast of communities, mines, and landscapes in the past and the present.

In 1986 all the mines in Pilok shut down and new gens move to the city and the community disappear. A gif that shows disappearing Nepalese village a year by year of Pilok from 1984 

[spicynbachili1]

UK apologises for forcing DNA tests on migrants | News

The British authorities has apologised to a gaggle of migrants searching for to stay and work in the UK after a assessment discovered that their functions have been rejected after they refused to provide DNA samples in help of their functions.

Talking on the Home of Commons on Thursday, Residence Secretary Sajid Javid stated: “on the finish of June we turned conscious of some immigration circumstances the place the availability of DNA proof had been made a requirement – and it was not merely a request.

“This revealed steerage was improper and has now been up to date … As we speak I need to take this chance to apologise to those that have been affected by this course of.”

In accordance with the Guardian newspaper, a assessment by the Residence Workplace discovered that not less than 449 calls for for DNA have been issued to migrants, together with 51 to Gurkha troopers – Nepalese recruits who served within the British army – and a few to Afghan nationals who labored as translators for the UK.

The paper stated not less than seven individuals, together with 4 from one household, have been denied the correct to remain within the UK as a result of they refused to supply DNA samples to show that they had household ties.

“Nobody ought to have confronted a requirement to supply DNA proof and nobody ought to have been penalised for not offering it,” Javid stated.

“Obligatory testing mustn’t have been a part of this scheme and this requirement has now been eliminated.”

‘Disrespect the legislation’

Campaigners described Thursday’s revelation as one other signal that regardless of the Windrush scandal, the federal government “persistently inspired insurance policies and follow which disrespect the legislation”.

The Windrush scandal refers to immigrants from Caribbean nations comparable to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados who have been invited to the UK between 1948 and 1971 and later wrongly detained, denied authorized rights and threatened with deportation.

Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty Worldwide’s UK refugee and migrant rights programme director, stated the Residence Workplace had “as soon as once more been uncovered as being a legislation unto itself”.

“The house secretary must withstand the truth that issues in his division are systemic, power and deep-rooted. Over a number of a long time, successive governments have persistently inspired insurance policies and follow which disrespect the legislation and hurt the individuals straight affected.

“This dysfunctional division can’t proceed to be rewarded by being given extra powers whereas very important safeguards, comparable to enchantment rights and authorized support, are stripped away.”

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Today - Day 2 of 365 Day #90minDirectedbyWomen film viewing practice - I was moved by Asmita Shrish’s short Auntie Ganga, which is currently streaming for free on Viddsee.

“A 67 years old Ganga, lives with her husband who is an ex-Gurkha soldier in Aldershot, trying to blend in to what is unfamiliar to her at this old age and making it familiar. This is the film that delves into human condition when you are immigrant at old age and what becomes of your relation once you get old. Auntie Ganga discovers day-to-day lives of old women through auntie Ganga about their struggle to blend in with the society in spite of cultural and language barriers.”

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Gurkha Family Member Case Study: Pun and Anor (Nepal) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Gurkha Family Member Case Study: Pun and Anor (Nepal) v SSHD #CaseStudy #Gurkha #GurkhaFamilyMember #IndefiniteLeavetoRemain #UKImmigration

The Brigade of Gurkhas has been part of the British army for over 200 years and these Nepalese soldiers have fought hard alongside other British Army regiments. However, they have not always enjoyed the same rights as other members of the British Army, including the right to stay in the UK; the country that they put their lives on the line for. Within the last 20 years the Home Office has opened…

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Sajid Javid apologises to immigration applicants forced to give DNA samples

Sajid Javid apologises to immigration applicants forced to give DNA samples

The home secretary has apologised to immigrants – including to Afghan nationals who worked for the British armed forces and Gurkha soldiers – who …

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Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests

Home secretary apologises for immigrant DNA tests

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Home Secretary Sajid Javid has apologised to people who were wrongly forced to take DNA tests to prove they were entitled to settle in the UK.

A Home Office review found there were at least 449 cases where letters had been sent with the demand.

Mr Javid told the House of Commons that some relatives of Gurkhas and Afghan nationals employed by the UK government…

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This relates to Fast Tracking UK Visa and explains all the available priority and premium services from outside and inside the UK to expedite the UK Visa Processing Time and covers the following topics:

Priority, Premium and Super-Premium Visa Service from Inside the UK

UK Priority and Super-Priority Visa Service from Outside the UK

Service Delays: When Not to Use Priority or Premium Service

Priority Visa Processing Service 10 Days

Premium or Same Day Processing Service

Super Premium Service 24 Hours

Who Can’t Use Premium or Super-Premium Service

Priority Non-Settlement Visa Processing Time 5 Days

Priority Settlement Processing Time 30 Days

Super-Priority Visa Service 24 Hours

Please note: these services are not available for all types of visa applications and an applicant is required to pay the standard application fee and the applicable immigration health surcharge. Moreover, these are meant for processing a straightforward application and not for influencing the decision.

Priority and Premium Visa Service from Inside the UK

From inside the UK, there are three services for expediting/fast-tracking the UK Visa Processing viz. Priority Service, Premium Service Centres and Super Premium Service.

Priority Visa Processing Service 10 Days

The price of Priority service from inside the UK is £459 and the service standard is to process a straightforward application within 10 working days. It is available for applicants applying to remain on a temporary basis including as, Tier 1 General and Entrepreneurs, Spouses, Workers, Organisations seeking to Sponsor a Worker, and Students.

Premium or Same Day Processing Service

Premium or same day visa processing facility is available at Premium Service Centres for a fee of £590. This service can be used for extension applications (‘limited leave to remain’) and permanent settlement applications (ILR).

Super Premium Service 24 Hours

For applicants, who can afford, there is a Super Premium Service, which is a mobile service and costs £10,500 per visit, plus the premium service fee. It is an extension of Premium Service and is a mobile service i.e. a courier collects application forms and documents and for biometrics information staff of the premium-service centre visits the applicant. An applicant chooses the location and time of the visit (b/w midday and 3:00 PM, Mon-Fri). The application is usually decided within 24 hours.

Who Can’t Use Premium or Super-Premium Service

According to UKVI, following types of applicants are ineligible for the use of premium or super-premium service:

You can’t use the premium service if you’re applying under Tier 1 (Investor). You can’t use the premium or super premium service if you’re:

a business person, innovator, sole representative or investor

a Turkish business person

a self-employed lawyer

applying under Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur)

applying under Tier 1 (Entrepreneur)

applying for Stage 1 endorsement under Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent)

a seaman

a Gurkha

a retired person of independent means

an elderly dependant

still in the armed forces and exempt from immigration rules and requirements

a member of a diplomatic mission or one of their dependants

someone whose case is complex because of personal circumstances

someone whose case isn’t covered by the Immigration Rules

sponsored by a member of staff at a premium service centre

applying for a Home Office travel document

applying for naturalisation or registration as a UK national

applying as a victim of domestic violence

applying for an European Economic Area (EEA) residence card or permanent residence card

applying for an EEA registration certificate as an unmarried partner

applying for an EEA registration certificate and you’re not a qualified person applying for proof of a right of abode

You also can’t use the premium or super premium service if you’re applying for discretionary leave to remain or humanitarian protection unless:

you’re applying under the transitional arrangements to extend your discretionary leave after 3 years

you’re applying to settle in the UK after 6 years discretionary leave

via Visa Premium Service Centres

UK Priority Visa Service from Outside the UK

The UK Priority Service from outside the UK is available for settlement as well as non-settlement visa applications such as visit, work and study from most of the UK Visa Applications Centres (UKVACs). Moreover, at a few UKVACs, Super Priority Visa Service is also available.

Priority Non-Settlement Visa Processing Time 5 Days

The cost of non-settlement priority service is £184 with a service standard of processing applications within 5 working days. Therefore, instead of 15-30 days (or 3-6 weeks) waiting time for the Standard Visa Service, an applicant is quite likely to get a decision within a week’s time by using the priority service. If an applicant can afford and he/she intends to get the decision as soon as possible then priority service is recommended. Contrarily, if an applicant thinks that by using a priority service he/she will get the visa then the applicant is mistaken as priority service is not meant for influencing the decision. Information available at UK Family, Business, Tourist and Long Term Visit Visa Processing Times indicates that apart from a few exceptions at an average approx. 40-60% of the visitor visa applications are decided within 5 working days.   

UKVI’s Service Standard- Customers applying for a visa from outside the UK 90% of non-settlement applications within 3 weeks, 98% within 6 weeks and 100% within 12 weeks of the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days)

Priority Settlement Processing Time 30 Days

The settlement visas from outside the UK takes 12-24 weeks (60-120 working days), therefore, at times it is quite wise to use the Settlement Priority Service, which cost £551 per application but the service standard time is 30 days or 6 weeks. Information available at UK Settlement Visa Processing Time indicates that 25-50% settlement applications are decided within 30 days, which indicates the ever-increasing use of the priority settlement visa service.

UKVI’s Service Standard- Customers applying for Settlement from outside the UK. 95% of settlement applications within 12 weeks of the application date and 100% within 24 weeks of the application date (where 1 week is 5 working days)

Super-Priority Visa Service 24 Hours

The Super-priority visa service is the same day service and costs £919. The service is not available in most of the countries and it is also not available for settlement visa application processing. For instance, in India, it is available at UKVAC New Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai for visitor visas, Tier 2 and Tier 5 visa applications.

Delays in Priority Visa Processing Time

Although, using a priority or premium service only expedites/fast-track the UK Visa Processing Time for straightforward and well-documented cases and do not have any influence on the outcome. Therefore, these services are only used when an Applicant’s focus is to get the decision as quickly as possible and not otherwise i.e. use of these services will increase the balance of probability of granting a visa. Accordingly, if the case is not straightforward/well-documented then delays in the processing time are inevitable and as such these services are not recommended in circumstances where an applicant:

has either been refused a visa (for UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the USA, or the Schengen countries) or leave to enter the UK and/or;

has either overstayed or been deported, removed, or otherwise required to leave the UK, and/or;

leave to remain in the UK was curtailed by the Home Office, and/or;

refused leave to remain in the UK by the Home Office, and/or;

was interviewed, detained, or prosecuted by the police for any offence in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and/or;

has an unspent criminal conviction in any country, and/or;

has committed a criminal offence in any country.

Consequently, if the applicant is not straightforward/well-documented then, in spite of paying the service charges for a priority or premium service, the UK Visa Processing Time is expected to experience delays beyond the stated service standards.

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