Eric is talking about
immigration.
埃里克正在谈论移民的事。
Their government opened up the policy on
immigration.
他们的政府开放了移民的政策。
Eric is accused of illegal
immigration.
埃里克被指控非法移民。
Immigration has been a contentious issue in many countries, sparking debates about border control and national identity.
移民问题在许多国家都是一个有争议的话题，引发了关于边境控制和国家认同的辩论。
The government announced new policies to streamline the
immigration process for highly skilled workers.
政府宣布了新政策，以简化对高技能工人的移民流程。
Many families immigrated to the United States in search of better economic opportunities and a higher standard of living.
许多家庭为了寻找更好的经济机会和更高的生活水平而移民到美国。
The influx of immigrants has contributed to the cultural diversity of urban areas.
大量移民的涌入促进了城市地区的文化多样性。
She's working as an
immigration lawyer, helping refugees navigate the complex legal system to gain asylum.
她作为一名移民律师，帮助难民在复杂的法律体系中导航，以获得庇护。
The study explores the socioeconomic impact of
immigration on host countries.
该研究探讨了移民对东道国的社会经济影响。
After years of hard work, he finally received his citizenship through the naturalization process.
经过多年的努力，他终于通过归化程序获得了公民身份。
The
immigration officer asked to see our passports and visas before allowing us to enter the country.
移民官员要求我们出示护照和签证，然后才允许我们进入该国。
The government's strict
immigration laws have led to a significant decrease in the number of illegal entries.
政府严格的移民法导致非法入境的人数显著减少。
Many international students aspire to stay in the country after graduation through various
immigration pathways.
许多国际学生都希望通过各种移民途径在毕业后留在该国。
From Saturday, passengers traveling to Singapore will be able to use IATA travel pass to share their pre-departure COVID-19 test results upon check-in with their airlines, as well as on-arrival results at the immigration checkpoints at Singapore Changi Airport.
从周六开始，旅客前往新加坡时可以使用IATA旅行通行证，在登机时以及抵达樟宜机场的移民检查站时，与航空公司分享他们的出发前COVID-19检测结果。
"Currently, about 200 million people of China's 1.4 billion population hold passports, a relatively small figure, and more than 1 billion people have not traveled abroad yet, according to the exit-entry department of the National Immigration Administration.
目前，中国14亿人口中只有大约2亿人持有护照，这是一个相对较小的数字，这意味着还有超过10亿人尚未出国旅行。这一数据来自国家移民管理局的出入境部门。
On June 24, the Chinese government approved the emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, enabling the production of vaccines made by Sinovac and Sinopharm's Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, for use among key groups like medical professionals, epidemic prevention personnel and immigration inspection workers.
6月24日，中国当局批准了COVID-19疫苗的紧急使用，允许生产由Sinovac和Sinopharm武汉生物制品研究所制造的疫苗，供医疗专业人员、防疫人员和边检工作人员等关键群体使用。
"Canada's concentration of technology partners－both international and domestic, its outstanding network of universities and researchers and its welcoming immigration policies, particularly for skilled high-technology workers, make it our preferred North American platform for future growth," Li said.
"Recently we've seen students coming here facing more visa challenges, more immigration questions, so even if we embrace the openness, there are barriers that already have an impact on what we're doing," Matesic added.
Their overseas investment is increasingly diversified, such as immigration, purchasing overseas property, and studying abroad.
According to Hong Kong immigration statistics, since January 2023, more than 48 million trips have been made from Hong Kong to Shenzhen.
The country saw 5.18 million inbound and outbound trips during the three-day holiday, 4.7 times more than the figure for the same period last year and returning to the 2019 level, the National Immigration Administration said on Tuesday.
- China saw a surge in its inbound and outbound trips during the eight-day holiday that ended Friday, according to the official data released by the National Immigration Administration on Saturday.
It provides top-notch facilities and one-stop administrative services, including immigration services, to businesses within the district, said Koin Toda, chief representative in China at Tsumura & Co, which engages in the manufacturing and sales of pharmaceutical products.
Immigration departments across China inspected 168 million border entries and exits in the first half of this year, up nearly 170 percent year-on-year, the National Immigration Administration said on Wednesday.
The National Immigration Administration said on Wednesday that the numbers of people and vehicles entering and leaving the mainland increased significantly since the implementation of the optimized COVID-19 response measures.
As of Tuesday, immigration authorities across the country had handled 39.72 million entry and exit trips, up 112.4 percent year-on-year, and the number of inbound and outbound vehicles, boats, planes and trains totaled nearly 2.5 million, up 59.3 percent year-on-year.
Immigration authorities will continue to improve the measures to meet the increased entry-exit needs and promote exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel, Lin said.
Responding to the adjustments, the National Immigration Administration released a notice on Dec 27 saying it will resume services of approving passport applications, and tourism and business permits for the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions on Jan 8.
In addition, the local maritime, Customs and immigration inspection departments have been cooperating to reduce the waiting times for ships as well as Customs clearance times, which improves port capacity.
According to the Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection, entry-exit Customs clearance remained normal at Shanghai Pudong International Airport on Monday, with 3,300 people and 240 international passenger and cargo flights scheduled for Customs clearance.
The APEC Business Travel Card allows holders to use a dedicated immigration lane and enjoy streamlined immigration clearance.
The National Immigration Administration issued 16 new measures to simplify work formalities and procedures to reduce the cost of shipping enterprises on Friday.
Fast border inspection and customs clearance have also been implemented for inbound and outbound vehicles, and immigration authorities would improve the traffic efficiency of vehicles and drivers by means of information filing, data exchange and reservation for inspection, Jin said.
- China's National Immigration Administration has rolled out 16 new measures for shipping and freight companies as part of efforts to further optimize the business environment at ports.
Demographic transitionIn the absence of substantial immigration, slower population growth and a rapidly aging population are the inevitable result of a declining birthrate.
In contrast, populations are expected to rise in France (+4 percent), Britain (+9 percent), the US(+15 percent) and Canada (+21 percent), but projected gains are driven exclusively or mainly by immigration rather than natural increases.
The principal difference is that the US is expected to add 41 million people as a result of immigration by 2050 while China is forecast to lose 13 million as a result of migration.
Once again, the principal difference is between countries expected to receive significant immigration, which will slow the population aging process, and those that are relatively closed, where aging will be faster.
The crucial difference is again openness to immigration: countries expected to absorb a larger number of immigrants will age more slowly.
Eight of the 14 channels are located in the entry hall at Terminal 2 of the airport, where more international flights land, providing a designated area for immigration inspection to ensure epidemic control and the swift clearance of participating exhibitors and visitors.
China recorded 5.18 million inbound and outbound trips during the three-day New Year holiday, from Dec 30, 2023, to Jan 1, 2024, a 4.7-fold increase compared with the figure for the same period a year earlier and returning to the 2019 level, the National Immigration Administration said Tuesday.
Policy enables passenger transfers via HZMB, speeds up border crossingA new policy simplifying immigration for international travelers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will create more business opportunities and promote the coordinated development of airports in the southern region, according to officials from the GBA.
The "Fly from Hong Kong via Zhuhai" policy, which took effect on Tuesday, allows travelers arriving at Zhuhai Jinwan Airport on the Chinese mainland to travel via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge to Hong Kong International Airport to fly to overseas destinations without going through immigration in Hong Kong.
The same service applies in reverse, with people flying into Hong Kong from overseas being able to transfer to mainland cities via the HZMB and Zhuhai Airport without the need to undergo Hong Kong immigration procedures.
Mainland passengers traveling overseas will be able to board the bus at the Zhuhai Port of the HZMB after completing immigration and go directly to the Skypier Terminal of HKIA, where they will then head to the boarding gates of their flights.
In the first 10 months of this year, the number of foreign visitors to the country reached 26.51 million after it optimized its COVID-19 policies, the National Immigration Administration said.
According to the Tianjin General Station of Immigration Inspection, with the full recovery of the city's cruise tourism, 30 international cruise ships will dock at and depart from Tianjin port by the end of December this year.
Those who arrived at or departed from Beijing Daxing International Airport reached 128,000 in May, a record high this year, according to China Immigration Inspection.
During their 15-day stay in the country, passengers are permitted to disembark and spend time in these areas, according to information released by the National Immigration Administration.
According to figures from the National Immigration Administration, the average daily number of entries and exits from China's border ports is expected to exceed 1.2 million during the holiday, double the same period in the previous year and roughly 57 percent that in 2019.
Another report from the National Immigration Administration showed rising inbound and outbound traffic.
During the Spring Festival holiday from Jan 21 to 27, China saw an average of 410,000 exits and entries per day, up 120.5 percent over the Spring Festival holiday last year, the National Immigration Administration said on Jan 28.
A National Immigration Administration official said on Monday that 2.87 million cross-border trips were made during the weeklong Spring Festival holiday, up 120.5 percent year-on-year.
Internationally, about 43,000 passengers went through the immigration checkpoints in Shanghai airports over the four days from the removal of certain COVID-19 restrictions on international passenger flights on Jan 8 to Jan 11.
Screens will separate staff members from passengers, and it will take longer to check in and clear customs and immigration.
屏幕将工作人员与乘客隔开，并且办理登机手续、通过海关和移民检查将会花费更长的时间。
"More than 80 percent of foreigners come to Hainan through visa-free policy, which has benefited more than 770,000 foreign tourists so far," said Liu Zhichun, an official from the Haikou General Station of Immigration Inspection in the provincial capital.
There's more scrutiny of international students as the administration of US President Donald Trump adopts stricter controls on immigration and a harder line on China.
The US-China trade tensions, and the debate in the US about immigration policies, will likely push some Chinese students to move to Canada and Australia from the US, according to Law of Juwai.
Mainland residents registered about 7.22 million exit and entry trips during the seven-day break, up 15.97 percent year-on-year, according to the National Immigration Administration.
According to Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection, more than 68 percent of Chinese tourists who departed from Shanghai headed for these countries and regions.
Data released by the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Immigration Administration, China Tourism Academy and various online travel platforms show how Chinese enjoyed the holiday with their rising willingness to travel and stronger spending abilities.
From HNWIs' perspective, the top six cities for overseas property purchases are Los Angeles, New York, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle and London, according to another report entitled Immigration and the Chinese HNWIs 2018, which was jointly released by the Hurun Research Institute and Visas Consulting Group.
They're beefing up hires of women on the line and the supervisors and line-workers Xinhua reporters met on site read like a US Immigration Swearing-In Ceremony for new citizens: African-America, German, Puerto Rican, Canadian, Armenian, Mexican, Arabic, Haitian, and lots of plain vanilla, multi-generational Americans too.
Richard Kurland, a Vancouver immigration lawyer and member of the Law Society of BC told China Daily that the Crown has represented the US and the extradition standard has been reduced in the case.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada regarded the Zhima Credit report to be "more comprehensive than the traditional bank statements and deposit certificates typically received in support of visitor visa applications", the government agency said in a news release last week.
"The government of Canada has set a goal of doubling the number of Chinese tourists coming to Canada by 2021," said Ahmed Hussen, Canadian minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
Its overseas businesses include immigration, house purchases, education, tax planning, internship recommendation, legal service referral, insurance, short-term study, family trusts.
Good Hope Investment Services Ltd, a sub brand under Creditease Wealth Management, works closely with Chinese high net-worth migrants to develop personalized wealth management, investment, tax planning, insurance, immigration and lifestyle solutions.
Our concept is to endow immigration with more financial investment attributes.
"On accepting the case, the consultant team handed in the application within a month, and 10 months later, our whole family were granted the initial approval issued by the USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Services).
China's border authorities handled over 424 million entries and exits by individuals in 2023, a significant increase of 266.5 percent year-on-year, the National Immigration Administration announced on Tuesday.
Zhang Ning, a spokeswoman for the immigration administration, said that China has continued to optimize immigration policies and improve immigration services, facilitating exchanges between people from China and other countries.
These measures further broaden the channels for foreigners to come to China, providing efficient and convenient immigration management services for those working, studying or living in China, said Zhang.
Visa:xa0Multiple-entry application process made simplerThe National Immigration Administration announced on Thursday five optimized visa measures to facilitate the entry of foreign nationals into China for business, education and tourism purposes, including one that said foreigners who need to visit China urgently can apply for a port visa on arrival.
The draft states that in border areas, intensified efforts should be made to carry out regular patrols, manage traffic and personnel so as to rein in the risk of infectious diseases spreading through illegal immigration channels.
According to the National Immigration Administration, the first batch of 50 foreigners received the card on Friday after qualifying for permanent residence in China.
We often handle procedures related to immigration documents, and I remember when I joined the university in 2013, the documentation process was complicated, requiring a large stack of materials," he said.
According to the National Immigration Administration, these individuals come from over 20 countries, including the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, who have made outstanding contributions to China's economic, educational, technological, cultural and healthcare development.
- The National Immigration Administration on Friday put into use a new version of the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card of the People's Republic of China.
- The State Council has decided to appoint Kwok Joon-fung as director of Immigration Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), replacing Au Ka-wang.
The border inspection departments have investigated and captured about 14,000 illegal inbound and outbound people and prevented 21,000 individuals involved in gambling and fraud crimes from leaving the country during the past two months, according to the National Immigration Administration.
Li noted that immigration authorities have focused on combating cross-border illegal crimes such as smuggling migrants, firearms and drug trafficking, as well as involvement in gambling and fraud abroad, and they have thoroughly investigated and cracked down on the behind-the-scenes culprits, transportation networks and criminal networks.
He demanded sensitive military information from Zeng, and offered him substantial rewards and facilitating the immigration of Zeng and his family to the US.
As their interaction deepened, Seth revealed to Zeng his identity as a CIA Rome station personnel, promising substantial rewards and facilitating immigration for Zeng and Zeng's family to the US.
The National Immigration Administration issued a circular on Thursday announcing the adjustments to immigration policies.
Immigration authorities will also adjust the validity period of the visa for mainland students studying in Macao from a maximum of one year to the match the length of their study in Macao.
As immigration policies have become more flexible, more tailored package products will emerge.
The policy of applying for travel permits at any immigration center provides great convenience for tourists, who are not restricted to their place of departure, Lin said.
According to the National Immigration Administration, immigration authorities nationwide conducted about 6.27 million inspections of people exiting or entering the mainland during the five-day May Day holiday this year, and about 3.15 million of them were for those leaving.
China will fully restore the fast-track entry and exit at ports on May 15, said the National Immigration Administration on Thursday.
NIA issued a circular on Thursday announcing certain adjustments to immigration policies.
Immigration authorities will also adjust the validity period of stay visa for mainland students studying in Macao from a maximum of one year to the same period of their study in Macao.
A total of 8,487 immigration officers were awarded commemorative medals for guarding border areas by the National Immigration Administration and its subordinate general stations on Sunday.
The medal was approved by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council to further enhance immigration officers' sense of honor, belonging and mission.
It embodies the tasks of immigration administration agencies in performing their duties in accordance with the law, safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, promoting and serving economic and social development and safeguarding exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel.
Immigration authorities nationwide seized about 8.9 metric tons of narcotics and 712 tons of precursor chemicals last year, the National Immigration Administration released on Tuesday.
According to NIA, immigration authorities nationwide handled 32,300 criminal cases of the obstruction of border management and detained 117,800 suspects, including 158 backbones for people smugglers, in 2022.
In the past year, the immigration authorities nationwide conducted about 9.6 million inspections of entry or existing flights, trains, boats and vehicles and 115.7 million inspections of people, it said.
The Immigration authorities have also promoted the standardization and facilitation of immigration management and government services, issuing about 1.1 million passports, more than 1.7 million permits for travel to and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and approved 4.323 million endorsements, according to Lin.
Since the optimization of immigration measurements on Jan 8, immigration authorities have resumed customs clearance at land and water ports in an orderly manner, and resumed accepting and approving entry and exit documents for Chinese and foreign nationals, he said.
The National Immigration Administration announced on Tuesday that it will resume issuing passports to Chinese citizens wanting to arrive in or depart from the Chinese mainland.
For foreigners in China, the immigration administration announced that it will resume, starting on Jan 8, the handling of applications for extension, change and reissuance of visas and stay permits.
China's National Immigration Administration issued a statement saying it will optimize immigration management policies from Jan 8, 2023, to adapt to the new situation and requirements in the new stage of epidemic prevention and control.
Immigration authorities will resume acceptance and examination of Chinese citizens' application for ordinary passports for traveling or visiting friends abroad in an orderly manner.
The facilitation measures, including the operation of "green passages" for key cargo flights at air ports, "fast channels" at land ports and immigration inspection stations for vehicles carrying key supplies, online self-application of "immigration inspection boarding code" used at water ports, will continue to implement, it said.