Category: Asia Pacific

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

UK’s Turing Scheme Now Open for Applications

The UK government has announced that applications for funding through the Turing Scheme are now open.  The £110 million Erasmus+ replacement will fund 35,000 global exchanges from September 2021, including university study, school exchanges, and industry work placements. The British government emphasised that the new scheme would “improve social mobility, targeting students from disadvantaged backgrounds…
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France Travel Update: Restrictions Eased for UK and Six Others

The French government announced on 11 March it was lifting the requirement that meant only those people with “essential reasons” to travel to the UK were permitted to make the trip.  Restrictions were also eased for travel to or from six other countries including Australia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea. Since December…
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Post Study Work Options: How to Get a Work Visa in Singapore After Studies

After tackling the Post Study Work options in the EU/Schengen area, we move ahead to the Asian nations who are also highly favoured by international students. And so, we bring you to Asia’s travel hub, Singapore. Singapore is a city-state located in Southeast Asia, about 85 miles north of the Equator. It consists of the…
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Australia: International Travel Ban Extended to June

Australia officially announced the extension of its international travel ban into June. It has been reported that Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt announced the country’s “human biosecurity emergency period” was extended by an additional three months from 17 March 2020 to 17 June 2021 due to the possible spread of COVID-19 from other countries. The…
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Canadian Working Holiday Visa – Everything You Need to Know: IEC

In the past decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and became one of the fastest-growing economic sectors globally. However, things came to a grinding halt last year due to the global pandemic.   2020 to 2023 was undeniably a rocky road with travel closed throughout 2020 and most of 2021. But 2022 brought the hope of…
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