Visas & International Travel

27/01/2025

The change applies to applications received from 27 January 2025 for all visitors, including tourists and people visiting family, and partners and guardians on longer-term visitor visas.

The change applies to all visitor visas, including tourists and people visiting family in New Zealand, as well as partners and guardians on longer-term visas.

21/01/2025

Children born to mothers who are lawfully but temporarily present in the United States, such as those on non-immigrant visas, may also be denied citizenship.

This order, which is set to take effect after February 19, 2025, seeks to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in the U.S. to certain groups of parents.

19/01/2025

As of January 1st, 2025, the Israeli government has introduced new travel regulations, requiring visitors to obtain an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL) or a valid visa before entering the country.

The Israeli Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL) is typically approved within 24–72 hours.

15/01/2025

Discovering the Unspoiled Beauty of Greenland: A Journey to the World’s Largest Island

Visitors to Greenland can experience the Inuit culture firsthand by visiting traditional settlements, such as Ilulissat, Sisimiut, and Tasiilaq.

09/01/2025

The World’s Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2025

Henley & Partners: US citizens currently constitute the single largest cohort of applicants for alternative residence and citizenship.

04/01/2025

The decision makes Ghana the fifth country on the continent to allow the entry of all holders of African passports.

The decision makes Ghana the fifth country on the continent to allow the entry of all holders of African passports.

02/01/2025

Foreign nationals can apply for THAI E-VISA from every corner of the world, starting from January 1, 2025.

The THAI E-VISA system will be available globally starting from 1 January 2025 through the website www.thaievisa.go.th.

24/12/2024

Flagpoling occurs when foreign nationals who hold temporary resident status in Canada, leave Canada and, after a visit to the United States or St. Pierre and Miquelon, re-enter to access immigration services at a port of entry.

Work and study permits will no longer be provided to flagpolers at a port of entry in Canada, effective December 23, 2024 at 11:59 pm ET.

29/11/2024

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a temporary final rule (TFR) making available an additional 64,716 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas for fiscal year (FY) 2025.

The supplemental H-2B visa allocation consists of roughly 44,700 visas available to returning workers who received an H-2B visa or held H-2B status…

11/11/2024

This new initiative aims to simplify the entry process, making it more convenient for travelers arriving on the island.

Dominica is set to streamline the travel experience for visitors with the introduction of online immigration forms.

07/11/2024

Trump has promised to renew and expand travel bans aimed at a broader list of countries and introduce an “ideological screening” to bar individuals whom Trump describes as “dangerous lunatics, haters, bigots and maniacs.”

Trump also said he plans to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are in the country illegally.

25/10/2024

Canada announces 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan: a plan that will pause population growth in the short term to achieve well-managed, sustainable growth in the long term.

https://visasandtravels.com/canadian-government-imposes-stricter-immigration-controls/

16/10/2024

This measure supports faster processing of applications and improves client service for eligible foreign nationals.

IRCC: Applicants who are not eligible under this temporary public policy are required to undergo an IME as per usual health screening procedures.

10/10/2024

For applicants who meet the language skills requirement, for example, the required period of residence will be 5 years.

The Finnish Immigration Service aims to clear the backlog of citizenship applications gradually by 2027.

02/10/2024

NOW OPEN: Application for 2026 US Diversity Visa Lottery Program.

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The 2026 DV Program will open at 12:00 p.m. EDT on October 2, 2024 dvprogram.state.gov is the ONLY way to apply.

18/09/2024

The proposed reduction of temporary residents from 6.5% of Canada’s total population to 5% will be reflected in the 2025–2027 Immigration Levels Plan, which will be released by November 1, 2024.

Post-Graduation Work Permit Programme: Updated to align with immigration goals and labour market needs, effective this autumn.

13/09/2024

As part of Constitution Week, USCIS will welcome more than 17,000 new citizens in 467 naturalization ceremonies across the nation from Sept. 14-23.

As part of Constitution Week, USCIS will welcome more than 17,000 new citizens in 467 naturalization ceremonies across the nation from Sept. 14-23.

08/09/2024

‘Overtourism’ brings some chaos to summer of 2024.

https://visasandtravels.com/overtourism-brings-some-chaos-to-summer-of-2024/

Overtourism generally describes the tipping point at which visitors and their cash stop benefiting residents and instead cause harm by degrading historic sites.