Category: UK

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

England puts Portugal back on the coronavirus quarantine list

Portugal has been placed back on the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine when entering England. This is less than a month after Portugal was placed on the safe list. In line with the UK’s new regional policy, the UK transport minister Grant Shapps confirmed that anybody arriving in England from Portugal, excluding…
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What’s Next: British passport after Brexit transition period ends this December

British holidaymakers wishing to travel on European holidays from January 2021 are set to face new entry conditions in a number of destinations. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has outlined new updates, including some major passport changes, for nations including Germany, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Regardless of whether or not a deal is…
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Portugal added to UK’s safe travel list

Austria, Croatia and Trinidad and Tobago are removed The UK has the highest number of travellers to Portugal, with more than 2.5  million tourists visiting every year and adding to the Portuguse tourism economy, last year according to the Office for National Statistics.  Portugal’s Algarve is the most popular destination which usually has more than…
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UK Travel Ban: Increasing calls for regional approach on quarantine rules

Concerns that the UK could add Portugal again to the ever-expanding list of countries requiring a quarantine upon arrival in the UK have restarted calls to adjust how the 14-day quarantine rule is handled. While some EU countries have implemented travel advice based on ‘traffic light’ system which splits regions into red, amber and green…
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UK Visa Statistics: Skilled Worker Visas Being Granted Plummets During Covid-19 Lockdown

The coronavirus pandemic has caused an unprecedented fall in the amount of skilled migration, overseas assignees, intra-company transfers, foreign student numbers and family visa applications. The fall in UK visa statistics numbers reverses the trend of steady increases in the levels of immigration from non-EU countries earlier in the year The latest data are the…
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