Border control delays scientific collaboration

I was supposed to welcome a scientist originally from India and currently working in Switzerland. He had travelled to the UK in the past and obtained his visa in a couple of days. However, as of 01.09.2010, the visa applications are sent to Paris and the sticker Visa is issued from there (earlier they used [...]

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Am I a counterfeiter?

Asma is a Pakistani PhD student working in Irshad Hussain group in Pakistan. She was supposed to join my lab for a 6 months period starting in December. She had obtained competitive funding from the Higher Education Commission in Pakistan for this visit. Her visa has now been refused by the UK Border Agency (Home [...]

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