Category: Travel

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

British Airways Cuts Thousands of Flights For  Winter

British Airways (BA) has announced its plans to cancel more than 10,000 flights to and from Heathrow in the coming months. The announcement follows the decision by Heathrow airport to continue its passenger cap, introduced in July because of staff shortages. London’s Heathrow airport, which is BA’s main hub, previously announced that it will be…
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EU May Ban Russian Nationals In The EU And Schengen Area

As calls grow louder in the European Union (EU) for a ban on Schengen visas for Russians, the EU countries are split over whether to ban Russian tourists from visiting the bloc. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, first called for the travel ban in an August 8 interview with the Washington Post newspaper, arguing that Russians…
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Heathrow Airport Passenger Cap Extended

The UK’s busiest airport has extended its cap on passengers into late October. Due to chronic staff shortages plus a higher volume of passengers, London’s Heathrow Airport has extended its limits on daily passengers through late October. A maximum of 100,000 passengers can depart Heathrow every day through 29 October. The cap was originally scheduled…
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Japan Electronic Visa for Canada and U.S. Citizens

Japan has launched a new electronic visa scheme for American and Canadian citizens.  Travellers interested to visit Japan for tourism purposes have to be accompanied by a local guide for the duration of their stay so only tourists who are visiting as part of organised tours are permitted to enter. The visa exemption scheme for…
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Poland Granted Almost 1M Residence Permits in 2021

Poland issued almost one million first residence permits to immigrants from outside the European Union last year.  According to data from Eurostat, the European Office of Statistics, Poland issued 967,345 permits in 2021, recording the highest annual figure ever. This represented one-third of all permits issued in the EU and more than twice as many…
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