Category: Asia Pacific

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Australia Travel Ban: Fiancee Visa Holders Now Eligible for Travel Exemption

People planning to tie the knot with partners in Australia will be granted travel exemptions, paving the aisle for delayed weddings to go ahead. Prospective Marriage Visa (PMV) holders were not considered immediate family by the Australian Department of Home Affairs. They are not auto-exempt from the inbound travel ban, as is the case for…
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New Zealand to Open Borders Again

New Zealand is one of the countries with the strictest border measures as it combats the spread of COVID-19.  On 12 August, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced plans to open them in line with a ramped-up vaccination drive. The government will use the second half of 2021 to vaccinate as many people as…
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Australia Lockdown: What You Need to Leave Australia

Since March last year, Australia has banned its citizens from leaving the country as part of its COVID strategy.  That restriction has not previously applied to Australians who usually live in other countries. But they will now need to apply for an exemption for outbound travel The Australian government has introduced a tougher travel law…
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EU To Keep the US on the Safe List

After reports that the EU was planning to reimpose restrictions for US travellers, the EU decided against the idea on 9 August 2021. Non-essential travel from the US to the EU can continue for now despite a surge in US coronavirus cases exceeding the threshold of cases and lack of reciprocity, according to the latest…
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France, Iceland, and More Added to US Do Not Travel List

On 9 August, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added several more countries to its Level 4: Covid Very High list. The agency is urging Americans not to visit these countries. The countries that moved up to Level 4 include: Aruba Eswatini France French Polynesia Iceland Israel Thailand The CDC has been issuing…
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