Category: Finland

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

US Student Visa: Visa Interview Waiver

Select visa applicants for students, professors, research scholars, short-term scholars, or specialists, may have visa interview requirements waived by consular officers. The US Department of State (DOS) has announced that consular officers can choose to waive the interview requirement for F, M, and academic J-visas. In a statement, the DOS said consular officers were authorised…
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EU Blue Card Reformed, Conditions Made Easier

The EU’s Blue Card giving eligible foreign professionals the right to live and work in the EU is being made more attractive under the new modifications.  The European Parliament has announced on 15 September, that the MEPs have adopted the reform on the EU Blue Card to make it easier to employ highly-skilled non-EU nationals…
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Can Americans Still Travel to Europe?

On 30 August, the Council of the European Union removed the United States from the EU’s list of epidemiologically safe third countries and recommended to the Member States to bring back the entry restrictions on non-essential travel due to a growing number of Coronavirus cases. Although the EU officially recommended imposing restrictions, it is up…
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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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US Travellers to be Banned from Europe Travel

The European Union on 27 August moved to reinstate COVID travel restrictions such as quarantine and testing requirements for unvaccinated citizens of the United States as the United States is set to be removed from the “safe travel” list. It has been reported that EU countries had started a procedure to remove the United States…
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