Category: Schengen Visa News

Visas, Immigration & Nationality

Moving To Italy: Jobs On Demand For 2023

Are you planning to work and live in Italy? Italy has announced that it has decided to raise the work permit quota for foreign unskilled workers and startup visa applicants from third countries. Each year, the Italian government offers a glimmer of hope when it announces how many work permits it will grant to non-EU…
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EU Approved To Move Schengen Visa Application Online

The European Union has adopted a new strategy to digitalise the visa application process and eliminate the difficulties of submitting a physical Schengen visa application. Last April 2022, the EU Commission proposed the digitalisation of the Schengen visa process, replacing the visa sticker, and introducing the ability to submit visa applications online. This would make…
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Passport Warning: Passport Blank Pages

As holiday destinations overseas open for visitors, all travellers are being urged to check the blank pages in their passports before jetting off for their getaway this year. Passport validity is not the only detail holidaymakers need to be conscious of. Travellers need to ensure that when planning a trip abroad, they must check that…
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Spain To Scrap Public Transport Mask Rule

Spain is the UK’s leading holiday destination and millions of British holidaymakers travel there every year.  Spain announced its plan to end the public transport facemask rule. On 26 January, Spanish Health Minister Carolina Darias confirmed that face masks would no longer be compulsory on public transport, a measure that has been in place in…
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Brexit Passport Checks Leads To Fewer Passengers On Eurostar

Hundreds of seats are deliberately going unsold on Eurostar trains as the cross-Channel train operator struggles with post-Brexit passport checks. The company’s Chief executive Gwendoline Cazenave said with post-Brexit border checks and current levels of border staff, there were “bottlenecks” in stations. “We have a main issue in Eurostar terminals because of the new boarding…
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