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Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Norway Imposes Travel Restrictions and Quarantine on Austria, Greece, Ireland, UK, and the Capital Region of Denmark

Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again, in the space of less than a week, updated its travel advice for its citizens to four EU countries and select regions of Denmark and Sweden. The travel advice means that Austria, Greece, Ireland, and the United Kingdom are placed on Norway’s “red list”. Although not a…
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What’s New: Croatia to Offer Digital Nomad Visas

What’s New: Croatia to Offer Digital Nomad Visas

Digital nomads wishing to live in Croatia will soon be able to do so, as the country is in the process of introducing a Digital Nomad Visa, which will allow internationals who are engaged in jobs independent of location and time, to work in Croatia. On 26 August, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic posted on…
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STA Travel Ceases Trading Due to Covid-19 Pandemic

STA Travel, the UK-based student and youth travel company, last week ceased trading due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global travel industry. Established in 1971, STA Travel operated from 50 locations and 500 jobs are at risk around the UK.  In Australia, the travel company, which once had 70 stores reduced…
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US and UK ‘in talks over quarantine-free air bridge between London and New York’

Currently, people based in the UK are restricted to travel to the US. Certain categories of travellers are permitted to travel to the US. If you don’t currently have one of those exemptions or do not fit into the limited types of travellers allowed, if you wanted to travel from the UK to the US,…
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Norway Urges to Avoid Travel to Germany and Liechtenstein, Imposes Quarantine

The Norwegian authorities are now advising citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Germany, Liechtenstein and Sweden’s part of Västerbotte, because of an increase in COVID-19 cases in those countries. Travellers arriving from those countries will also be subject to 10 days quarantine, from August 29. “These countries and regions are being changed from ‘yellow’ to…
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