Category: Asia Pacific

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Singapore To Lift Covid-19 Travel Curbs – Replacing Vaccinated Travel Lanes (VTL)

Singapore will lift restrictions for all vaccinated travellers from the beginning of April. The city-state is a gateway for many travellers arriving in the Asia-Pacific, and it had already started quarantine-free travel schemes with some countries in recent months. From 1 April, fully vaccinated adults and unvaccinated children will be allowed to enter the country…
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Hong Kong Eases Travel Rules – Flight Bans and Quarantine

Hong Kong will lift the ban on flights from nine countries and reduce hotel quarantine alongside a “roadmap” towards eased restrictions that suggest a departure from the zero-Covid policy. The ban on flights from Australia, Canada, France, India, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, the UK, and the US will end on 1 April. Flight bans are…
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UK Visa Priority Services Suspended

Amid the ongoing Ukraine crisis, UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) has taken the decision without prior notice to suspend priority and super-priority visa processing services for all applications being made from outside the UK.  Not only have the priority services been suspended, but the UKVI update says that “applications for study, work and family visas…
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New Zealand Reopening to International Tourists Sooner Than Planned

Countries are in the process of adapting and changing their Covid travel measures as more people become vaccinated across the globe. New Zealand announced it would begin reopening to international travellers from visa waiver countries from 1 May 2022, without any quarantine measures. Citizens from the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, South Korea, the United States…
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Quarantine-Free Travel to Bali and Visa On Arrival

Bali reopened its borders for international travellers in February however arrivals will need to quarantine.  From 07 March, Indonesia will allow quarantine-free entry for foreigners travelling to Bali. The plan was previously set on 14 March. This means that overseas travellers from several countries entering Indonesia through airports and ports in Bali are no longer…
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