Category: Immigration updates

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Spain’s Golden Visa: One of the Top Investor Choices in Europe for 2022

As the pandemic begins to subside, interest in foreign residency through property investment is rising again. Golden Visa programmes are investment schemes where purchasing a second home in a different country entitles buyers to a second passport or pathway to citizenship. According to research by Tranio, the Spanish Golden Visa program remains among the top…
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UK Visa Delays

If you have recently applied for a UK visa, you will probably be aware that it may take longer to receive a decision on your application due to widespread delays currently impacting Home Office processing times. The UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) office is currently facing a high volume of applications for visas, resulting in…
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UK Citizens Asked To Avoid Non-Essential Travel to Sri Lanka

The United Kingdom has joined a growing list of countries that has asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka, as the nation continues to reel under an unprecedented economic crisis that has caused an acute shortage of essentials and sparked incidents of violent clashes. Sri Lanka is going through the worst economic…
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London’s Heathrow Caps Number Passengers to Ease Disruptions

London’s Heathrow Airport announced it has capped the number of departing passengers each day in an effort to limit the disruptions that have plagued air travel during the busy summer travel season. The airport will be limiting passenger traffic to just 100,000 departures per day from 12 July to 11 September 2022. Britain’s busiest airport,…
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ETIAS: EU Will Start Charging Visitors To Enter in 2023

The EU has announced the launch of its long-awaited visa waiver scheme, ETIAS, on May 2023. ETIAS had previously been slated for a late 2022 debut. From May 2023, travellers from non-EU countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the US and the UK will need a valid ETIAS to enter 30 countries in the Schengen…
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