Category: USA

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

New York City adds quarantine checkpoints and local travel restrictions

New York City adds quarantine checkpoints and local travel restrictions

New York, the state once considered the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in America, has made substantial progress in suppressing its outbreak. To recover and open up its economy, a 14-day quarantine travel advisory announced, in June, by the Governors of New Jersey, New York and Connecticut for people travelling to New York, New Jersey…
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America Facing Shortage of International Doctors Due to Strict Visa Rules

America Facing Shortage of International Doctors Due to Strict Visa Rules

If you are a doctor and qualified from abroad, the US government requires you to apply for an H-1B visa, which can run hundreds of pages. Once granted, H-1Bs will stop you from switching employers, working in other states, or practicing outside your approved specialty.  These restrictions have stopped experienced doctors with low caseloads from…
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US companies say new US visa rules benefits Canada

The Trump immigration clampdown risks many highly skilled workers from the US to move north of the border to Canada.  Company executives and immigration advisers on both sides of the border expect that the new US immigration rules will be bad for the US. Instead of protecting US jobs, Donald Trump’s restrictions on visas for…
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Greece to Consider Opening Travel and Tourism to USA

Greece Considers Opening to Travel & Tourism from United States

It is expected that at the end of July, that Greece will consider allowing travellers from the United States to enter Greece, according to the government’s spokesman, Stelios Petsas. Greece to Open Borders to US Travellers When talking about the lifting of Greece’s ban on direct flights from the United Kingdom on July 15 and…
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US Travel Ban: US Embassies Outline Who Can Travel from List of Banned Countries

U.S. Embassies and Consulates in the Schengen Area Expand the National Interest Exemption Beginning on July 15 The US Department of State announced the phased opening of embassies and consulates to begin the processing of visa applications. The question then arises: who is permitted to travel to the USA? Following the Trump presidential proclamation of…
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