Author: Charlie

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

USA Lifts Travel Restrictions on International Students

Coronavirus travel bans that have barred some students from travelling directly from their home countries to the US has been going on for over a year.  Travellers who have been to China, Iran, Brazil, South Africa, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Europe’s Schengen Area in the past 14 days have been prohibited from entering the…
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UK in Talks With EU for Overseas Travel This Summer

After several months of being cooped up in our homes and being restricted from travelling abroad, a sense of wanderlust has been building as people naturally want to explore new places.  Summer has been hyped up as international travel is expected to be allowed again. Several European countries have announced that they are getting ready…
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Asian Travel: Hong Kong-Singapore Travel Bubble to Open

A quarantine-free air travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore is finally slated to get off the ground with a start date of 26 May, following setbacks that led to the plan initially being shelved last November. Largely shut off from the rest of the world during the pandemic, the two sides have been in…
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Schengen Travel Ban: EU Looking to Welcome Vaccinated American Tourists

After more than a year of EU border restrictions due to the pandemic, a piece of positive news has finally come from the European Commission regarding lifting restrictions to jumpstart travel this summer. In an interview, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen indicated that American tourists who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 would…
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Brexit: Debunking Myths About the Rights of British Nationals in France

Leaving the EU has left a lot of confusion on what needs to be done to retain the rights of British nationals in the EU after it was finalised on 1 January 2021. The post-Brexit situation for British nationals living in or visiting France is complicated, and not helped by a series of persistent rumours, misconceptions,…
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