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Visas, Immigration & Nationality

United States Visas: Couples Re-Unite, US K Visas to Resume Urgently

US Resumes Processing K Visas, as a Priority The United States government has announced that the processing of K visa applications will be resumed with high priority, according to the United States Department of State announcement. K visas are US visas created for international citizens who are married or plan to marry a citizen of…
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England puts Portugal back on the coronavirus quarantine list

Portugal has been placed back on the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine when entering England. This is less than a month after Portugal was placed on the safe list. In line with the UK’s new regional policy, the UK transport minister Grant Shapps confirmed that anybody arriving in England from Portugal, excluding…
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Travel to the US After the Travel Ban: Returning Resident Visas and COVID-19 Travel

With travel restrictions worldwide passing the six month mark and the USA being one of the first countries to instigate a travel ban with its presidential proclamations has meant that US residents were not able to return to the US for six months. Lawful Permanent Residents (LPRs) and Conditional Permanent Residents (CPRs) who are stuck…
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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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