Category: Brexit

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

EU Pushed Back ETIAS Plan To 2024

The EU has officially pushed back plans to roll out its launch of the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS). This means that travellers from more than 60 countries who can travel to the Schengen Area without a visa won’t have to fill out extra forms or pay a fee quite yet. The European…
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UK-Irish Border: New UK Travel Authorisation

The United Kingdom is introducing an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) scheme for visa-exempt individuals visiting the country which will be enforced later this year. The UK and Ireland have an existing migration agreement known as Common Travel Area (CTA) which includes the right of Irish and UK citizens to travel freely between the two countries…
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EU Entry/Exit System: UK To Work With France On Border Control

The United Kingdom and France confirmed their commitment to work together on the implementation of the new EU biometric entry system. The new Entry/Exit System (EES) is a new automated system that is expected to launch later this year. The system is expected to keep track of third-country travellers, including British nationals, who enter the…
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British Warning Passport: 3 Times Longer To Process

As overseas travel began to resume in 2021, an unprecedented demand for new passports resulted in a massive backlog. To give the passport office a brief respite,  the government extended the deadline by which applicants should expect their new passport from three weeks to 10 weeks which is three times longer than the original processing…
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The UK Wrongly Issued Post-Brexit Benefits To EU Citizens

It is being claimed that as many as 141,000 EU citizens living in the UK after Brexit may have received considerable amount of money they were not entitled to due to an error made by British civil servants. The error affects people who applied for EU settled status, but were not granted it, and covers…
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