Category: Greece

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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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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EU Safe List: EU Removes 2 Countries from Safe List

The Council of the European Union announced the decision to take Singapore and Ukraine out of the safe third countries on 9 November. The removal of the countries means that the Council recommends for EU members to reintroduce a temporary entry ban for non-essential travel for visitors from Singapore and Ukraine. According to the recommendation,…
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