Category: Americas

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

USA: Biden Rules Out Testing on Domestic Flights and New CDC Guideline for the Vaccinated

The United States has ruled out the idea to implement COVID-19 testing for domestic flights. The Biden administration announced 12 February that the Center For Disease Control (CDC) does not recommend the testing and science doesn’t support the measure.   The announcement comes as welcome news to the millions of Americans that are expected to travel…
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Dual Testing and Hotel Quarantine for UK International Arrivals

All travellers arriving in the United Kingdom are to face dual mandatory coronavirus tests at their expense. The British government is introducing a comprehensive new coronavirus testing regime for overseas arrivals aside from the mandatory hotel quarantine for those coming from the “red list” of high-risk countries. This move is an attempt to crack down…
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US H-1B Visa Update: Lottery System and Visa Registration for 2022

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies such as Google, Apple and Facebook depend on this immigration route to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.  The United…
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Canada Requires Mandatory COVID-19 Test at Land Border with USA

The Canadian Government is moving to extend its testing requirement for international arrivals to now cover land borders crossing starting 15 February.  Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, told Canadians that the test must have been done within 72 hours, and it must be a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test. Travellers who come to the border…
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US Considering COVID-19 testing for domestic air travel

In an effort to narrow down the spread of coronavirus across the states, the Biden administration is considering a rule that would require a negative test result for domestic air travel. As coronavirus continues to wreak havoc across the states, recording more than 100,000 infections daily, the Biden administration is looking into potential avenues to…
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