Category: Coronavirus

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Japan Opens Borders To Individual Foreign Travellers

Japan is finally reopening its borders to individual tourists.  The Japan Tourism Agency has revised the travel guidelines as the country prepares to welcome them. Today, 07 September  2022, Japan opened its borders to foreign travellers on unguided tours, or what travel agencies are calling self-guided tours, which can be booked by registered travel agencies.…
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Taiwan To Resume Visa Free Entry To Some Countries

Authorities in Taiwan have announced that the country will resume visa-free entry for travellers from some countries, but will maintain a three-day quarantine requirement. From 12 September, arrivals from more than 60 countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Canada and Australia are eligible for visa-free entry. Although the duration of their permitted stay…
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Subscription Flights: Unlimited Air Tickets

An airline in New Zealand, Sounds Air, has launched a subscription service that offers purchasers a three-month ‘all-you-can-fly’ ticket.   This subscription service is being launched as a measure to combat empty seats on flights. While the COVID-19 pandemic seems as though it’s been dragging on for years now, we are still seeing the aftermath of…
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New Zealand Work Holiday Visa: New Visa Rules

New Zealand will make provisional changes to its immigration rules seeking to attract thousands of workers over the next year with a working holiday scheme designed to fill labour shortage. The government of New Zealand announced changes to the Working Holiday visas on 21 August 2022. The new rule aims to double the numbers under…
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Eurostar To Cut Trains From London To Disneyland Paris

Hopping on the Eurostar on the way to Disneyland Paris will be a treasured memory for many British holidaymakers as the international rail service will no longer run direct trains to this popular tourist destination. The Channel Tunnel high-speed passenger train operator will abandon the route from 05 June 2023.  Journeys from London to Marne-la-Vallée…
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