Category: Coronavirus

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Three European Countries Removed All COVID-19 Entry Rules

The European Union’s recommendations to remove bans on non-essential international travel for fully vaccinated visitors are now in effect. Many of the countries followed suit when the council recommended gradually lifting restrictions for travellers. However, these three countries have lifted all Covid restrictions altogether. After evaluating the current COVID-19 situation and concluding that travel restrictions…
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France To End Health Pass Requirement

France is to scrap its domestic vaccine passport from 14 March, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on 03 March. After months of requiring its vaccine or health pass at venues across the country, France is set to end the vaccine pass requirement to enter indoor establishments.  France is also ending masking requirements in most venues…
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Germany Travel Update: Germany Significantly Relaxes Travel Restrictions

Germany’s high-risk Covid travel list will be wiped clean on 03 March, making it easier to enter the country. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) said late on Tuesday that sweeping changes would be coming into force from 03 March 2022. “With the widespread occurrence of the Omicron variant, the probability of this variant to have…
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New Zealand Moves Forward With Border Reopening

New Zealand is removing the self-isolation requirement for vaccinated arrivals on 3 March 2022 and is preparing to speed up the next phase of its reopening plan. New Zealand is ending a requirement that incoming travellers isolate themselves as it continues to remove coronavirus border protections in the face of a growing domestic outbreak. “That…
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Spain Eases Entry Requirement For Non-EU Travellers

Travellers from third countries planning to visit Spain will no longer need to have an EU-approved vaccination to enter Spain as long as they are fully vaccinated with WHO authorised vaccines.  They will also allow travellers who in the last 180 days have been infected from COVID-19, and have recovered from it. The move has…
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