Author: Charlie

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

UK’s Covid Travel Restrictions Are Back

Closely following behind the US, Italy, and several other nations, the United Kingdom will also impose new restrictions for passengers arriving from China as “precautionary measures” due to a lack of health information from the country. Since China abandoned its “zero Covid” policy, the virus has spread extremely fast throughout the country.  The UK government…
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Canada Extends Work Permit to Family Members of Temporary Foreign Workers

In a move that may benefit thousands of foreign professionals, Canada will expand its work permit eligibility to the family members of Open Work Permit (OWP) holders in 2023. This comes amid the labour shortages in the country. The Open Work Permit allows foreign nationals to work in Canada for any employer and any job. …
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Overstaying The 90-Day Limit In Italy

Travellers visiting Italy from a non-EU country have 90 days to explore the country unless they have a visa. The 90-day rule has long applied to non-EU nationals which now includes British nationals since the UK exited the EU. Non-EU nationals can stay for 90 days out of every 180 in the EU without needing…
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Green Travel: High-Speed Train From Paris To Madrid

Over the last decade and before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, air travel in Europe expanded at a much faster pace than rail travel.  Airline travel took off due to the rise of low-cost carriers and the popularity of leisure trips. This has essentially widened the gap between air and rail transport. As the…
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Christmas Travel To Switzerland: What To Expect

This holiday season is the first one since 2020 with no travel restrictions or any other health-related rules. There had been talks at the beginning of the fall that Covid may re-emerge when the weather becomes colder but so far, the number of reported infections has been stable. So no new Covid measures are planned…
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