Category: Schengen Visas

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Post-Brexit: Eurostar Decreased Peak Capacity Due To Border Checks

Border checks for British travellers introduced after Brexit have caused Eurostar’s peak capacity to drop by 30 percent. The rail operator is also facing financial pressures in the aftermath of the pandemic and it is also dealing with a shortage of engineers. MP Huw Merriman, chair of the UK’s transport select committee, recently wrote to…
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Finland Blocks Russians From Entering The Country

The Finnish government has decided to restrict the entry of citizens of Russia into the country for tourism purposes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland announced that entry restrictions for Russians on the country’s eastern border will start applying from 30 September, and emphasised that they will remain in place until further notice. “With…
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Post-Brexit: Portugal To Release Residency Cards By End Of Year

Portugal’s Minister of Internal Administration has said that he hopes that the approximately 36,000 British citizens living in Portugal will have the new post-Brexit residence card by the end of the year. “By the end of the year, that is, until the 31st of December, we really hope to have responded to these 36,000 British…
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Poland Bans Russians From Entering

Poland has banned Russians from entering the country via land and will extend this ban to those travelling by air and sea, though diplomats, transport drivers, residence permit holders, and dissidents are exempt, the interior ministry decided on 20 September. The ban was made possible through the amendment to the regulations concerning traffic restrictions at…
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Spain Extends Covid Travel Restrictions for Non-EU Visitors

Spanish officials have revealed the Coronavirus entry restrictions for all travellers over the age of 12 from non-European Union countries will be extended until 15 November 2022. Spain has dropped all COVID-19 entry requirements for incoming travellers to the country from the EU or Schengen area. However, third country visitors such visitors British holidaymakers and…
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