IMMIGRATION REVOKES PERMITS FOR TWO CHINESE NATIONALS

THE Immigration Department has revoked employment permits for two Chinese nationals, Yang Xiaochun and Xin Zhang for contravening the Immigration and Deportation Act. This brings the total number of permit revocations for various nationalities to 87 since the beginning of this year. Immigration public relations officer, Namati Nshinka, said Mr Xiaochun of Trio Star Aluminium Company Limited had his employment permit revoked for applying for another one while in the country. He said Mr Zhang, a shareholder in Obrax Investment Limited, applied for an employment permit instead of an Investors Permit as provided by the Act. “The Department of Immigration has revoked two Employment Permits belonging to Yang Xiaochun, 38 and Xin Zhang 36, of Trio Star Aluminium Company Limited and Obrax Investment Limited, respectively, for contravening provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act No.18 of 2010,” Mr Nshinka said in a statement. Mr Nshinka said employment permits accounted for the vast majority of immigration permits revoked this year. He explained that the main reasons for revoking the permits were applying for employment permits while in the country, failure by holders to comply with conditions of the permits. The Chinese nationals were working at companies and doing jobs other than those stipulated in the permits. Mr Nshinka said some foreigners were having their employment permits revoked for obtaining them by false representation or concealment of material information. He said the total number of permit revocations for various nationalities had reached eighty-seven between January 1st and June 5th, 2020. Mr Nshinka said most of the contravention leading to revocations came to the attention of the department through random inspections of business premises while a good number were as a result of tip-offs from members of the public. He said the department would continue carrying out random business inspections across the country to ensure that all holders of various permits were complying with all the provisions of the Immigration and Deportation Act. Mr Nshinka also urged the public to continue reporting anyone suspected of contravening any provision of the Immigration Act.