Category: EEA

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Post-Brexit: EU Passport Required When Travelling to the UK

EU nationals as well as Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway will no longer be able to use their country’s national identity cards as a means of entry into the UK from the end of September. Previously, travellers who had citizenship in EU countries could use their national ID cards to enter the UK. However, from…
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Post-Brexit: Visa Uncertainties Hits British Students

Now that the United Kingdom has left the European Union, travellers from the UK need to obtain a visa in order to stay in an EU European country for periods longer than 90 days, a process that is long and tiring for many. Following Brexit, from January 2021 new immigration rules came into effect after…
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EU Now Accepts COVID Passports from Third-Countries

Several countries have now opened for international travel for non-essential purposes however, with the threat of the different variants of coronavirus, countries are still cautiously welcoming travellers. The European Union (EU) has advocated for the use of the EU Digital COVID Certificate to restore freedom of travel throughout member states and allow safe cross border…
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Brexit: UK Travellers to Pay More for Mobile Costs

British travellers in the EU were disappointed as another leading mobile phone company reintroduced roaming charges. Mobile phone operator Vodafone has announced it would reintroduce European roaming fees for new and upgrading British customers in January 2022, following the lead set by rival EE. Although the UK already decided to leave the EU, roaming charges…
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ETIAS On Track by End of 2022

The European Commission has announced that the rules that make the future European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS) interoperable with the other EU information systems, have come into effect on 3 August 2021. Announcing the milestone, the Commission asserted that this is an important step towards the launch of the ETIAS by the end…
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