January 27, 2026

Frozen Doors Understanding America’s New Visa Reality-Part 7

Frozen Doors: Understanding America’s New Visa Reality-Part 7

The era of lucky visas is over. Only strategy remains.

By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze

Visa policy didn’t slam the door; it changed the lock. Across the EU, UK, Canada, and the United States, migration is now managed like capital: screened for risk, priced for value, audited for compliance. Outrage doesn’t move those dials; evidence does. Smart Nigerians—and serious institutions—stop performing grievances and start engineering fit: clean identities, verifiable skills, disciplined compliance, and pipelines that speak the system’s language. This is a manual, not a sermon. It maps how individuals, diasporas, and the Nigerian state convert credibility into access, replacing luck

Keir Starmer China Visit Signals UK Policy Reset

Keir Starmer China Visit Signals UK Policy Reset

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to China on Tuesday for the first visit by a UK leader in eight years, seeking to repair strained relations with Beijing while reducing Britain’s reliance on an increasingly unpredictable United States.

The three day trip marks a significant shift in London’s foreign policy approach and comes as tensions grow between Britain and Washington over US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy posture, including recent comments about taking control of Greenland.

Starmer will meet senior Chinese officials in Beijing before traveling to Shanghai, followed by a brief stop in Japan. He is accompanied by …