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What To Do When You Lost Your US Passport Abroad

A passport is the most important document you carry while travelling abroad. Losing a passport in a foreign country is the ultimate nightmare for travellers and a tricky situation to navigate but it doesn’t mean you will be stuck in that country forever. The US Department of State’s website states what American travellers should do…
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CDC to Drop COVID-Related Travel Advisories for Individual Countries

The United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it would no longer maintain a country-by-country list of coronavirus-related travel advisories. CDC officials said it would only post notices for nations if it is experiencing a concerning COVID-19 variant or other situation that would change the agency’s travel recommendations, starting on October 3.…
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US To Open Diversity Visa Lottery 2024

The US State Department will begin accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Diversity Visa (DV) lottery starting Wednesday, 05 October 2022 at noon EDT. Foreign nationals who wish to enter the lottery have until 08 November 2022 at noon EST to file online. The DV lottery program will make up to 55,000…
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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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