Category: Schengen Visa News

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Schengen Lockdown: Belgium, Switzerland and Denmark Easing COVID Restrictions

More than a year into the pandemic, countries have continued to impose restrictions to mitigate the spread of the virus. Finally, some nations have announced restrictions will be relaxed.  The decision comes as COVID-19 cases continue to decrease. Hopefully, this would be a start of slowly going back to how things are pre-pandemic and more…
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Malta Offers to Pay International Tourists This Summer

Want to earn some money while enjoying your summer vacation? Malta will be just the destination for you. In order to jumpstart its tourism economy, Malta announced a scheme to encourage independent travellers to stay in its hotels starting in June. Tourism and Consumer Protection Minister Clayton Bartolo announced on 30 March that the Maltese…
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Brexit: British Nationals Refused Entry in Spain

A group of British nationals who arrived in Spain without the needed documentation were sent back to the United Kingdom as they failed to present proof of residency. Based on Spain’s local media reports, the travellers claimed that they had not been informed regarding the requirement of residency proof applied at airports. British nationals not…
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Brexit: How Long Can You Stay in the UK Without Losing Your EU Residency?

The economic and social disruption caused by the global pandemic has been devastating. A lot of British nationals resident in the EU opted to return to the UK to bide their time until things are sort of back to normal. British nationals ‘waiting out’ COVID-19 health situation in the UK could lose their rights to…
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Portugal Tightens Border Restrictions With Other EU Member States

On 29 March, the Portuguese government extended and tightened border restrictions along with other European Union member states as the continent battles a third wave of COVID-19 infection. Portugal’s Interior Ministry said that people coming from EU countries where the incidence rate is over 500 cases per 100,000 population may only enter for essential business…
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