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Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Portugal added to UK’s safe travel list

Austria, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago are removed The UK has the highest number of travellers to Portugal, with more than 2.5  million tourists visiting every year and adding to the Portuguse tourism economy, last year according to the Office for National Statistics.  Portugal’s Algarve is the most popular destination which usually has more than…
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UK Visa Statistics: Skilled Worker Visas Being Granted Plummets During Covid-19 Lockdown

The coronavirus pandemic has caused an unprecedented fall in the amount of skilled migration, overseas assignees, intra-company transfers, foreign student numbers and family visa applications. The fall in UK visa statistics numbers reverses the trend of steady increases in the levels of immigration from non-EU countries earlier in the year The latest data are the…
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US and UK ‘in talks over quarantine-free air bridge between London and New York’

Currently, people based in the UK are restricted to travel to the US. Certain categories of travellers are permitted to travel to the US. If you don’t currently have one of those exemptions or do not fit into the limited types of travellers allowed, if you wanted to travel from the UK to the US,…
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Norway Urges to Avoid Travel to Germany and Liechtenstein, Imposes Quarantine

The Norwegian authorities are now advising citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Germany, Liechtenstein and Sweden’s part of Västerbotte, because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in those countries. Travellers arriving from those countries will also be subject to 10 days quarantine, from August 29. “These countries and regions are being changed from ‘yellow’ to…
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Switzerland’s Geneva Giving Spending Money to Tourists

Swiss city launches a new free money gift card scheme The Swiss city of Geneva is trying to get tourism back by paying tourists 100CHF (£84 GBP/$110 USD). Travellers will be presented with a pre-loaded gift card that can be used at a range of hotels, restaurants, cafes, bars and even some tourist activities to…
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