Category: Canada

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

EU Warning: ETIAS Not Yet Operational

Countries required to use Etias have been warned of fraud opportunities around the upcoming Etias European visa waiver. ETIAS will allow visitors from visa-waiver countries to freely travel through 30 European countries for up to 90 days for tourism, transit, or business.  The travel waiver doesn’t come into effect until November 2023, however, some scammers…
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China Relaxes Some Travel Restrictions For International Travellers

China has been among the most restrictive countries in the world when it came to travel amidst the pandemic. The Chinese government has been implementing aggressive contact tracing, regular testing, forced quarantine and strict lockdown measures to prevent COVID transmission. After almost three years, the country is now easing some of those restrictions. China relaxed…
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Spain Approves Startups And Digital Nomad Law

The Spanish Parliament finally approved the eagerly awaited startups law or Ley de Startups on 03 November 2022. The new startups law will bring tax benefits and other perks to entrepreneurs, remote workers and digital nomads who want to live and work in Spain.  Spain’s Economic Affairs Minister Nadia Calviño says the new startups law…
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South Korea To Allow Visa-Free Entry To 8 Countries

The South Korea online visa waiver, or K-ETA, will be made available to citizens of 8 countries for the first time from 1 November 2022. This will mark the first time that visitors from these 8 nations have qualified for visa exemption to South Korea since travel restrictions were introduced during the pandemic. The Korea…
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Spain Dropped Covid Restrictions For UK Visitors

Spain dropped all COVID-19-related entry rules becoming one of the last European countries to do so.  The Spanish Health Ministry announced that people entering from outside the European Union would no longer be subject to the controls, effective 21 October 2022. Spain will no longer require travellers from outside the European Union to show proof…
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