Category: Germany

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

EU Travel Update: Booster Jab for EU Travel in 2022

Travellers hoping to head to the European Union (EU) or travel within the bloc may need to get a COVID booster shot nine months after full vaccination, the European Commission proposed in an effort to prioritise vaccination status instead of a traveller’s country of departure as the continent grapples with a surge in COVID-19. On…
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EU, Canada & the US Pause Air Travel to African Countries

All 27 EU member states agreed on 26 November to temporarily suspend travel from seven southern African nations over the outbreak of a new coronavirus variant, according to the Slovenian EU presidency. A committee of health experts “agreed on the need to activate the emergency brake and impose temporary restrictions on all travel into the…
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Unvaccinated Americans Can Go to Germany

Travellers from the United States who have not been vaccinated as well as those who haven’t recently recovered from the Coronavirus can travel to Germany under facilitated rules from 14 November. As the United States has been removed from the high-risk list of Germany, Americans will be able to skip quarantine and multiple testing for…
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EU Border Control to Launch Entry-Exit System (EES)

There are changes coming up for travel in and out of the European Union that third-country nationals such as Americans, British and Canadians need to be aware of. A new EU system requiring fingerprints and facial imaging is set to be introduced next year. This would mean a slight change to travel in and out…
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New US Travel Rules: How Unvaccinated Travellers Can Go to the USA

As of this week, the United States lifted the travel restrictions that barred non-US citizens from Brazil, China, India, Iran, Ireland, the Schengen Area, South Africa, and the United Kingdom from entering the country. With the reopening of US border restrictions, the United States is also imposing new rules requiring nearly all foreign adult visitors…
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