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‘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.
Taiwan: Discover the “Hot Spring Kingdom” Where Relaxation Meets Culinary Delights
Taiwan sits at the junction of the Euro-Asian and Philippine continental plates, giving rise to its reputation as the “Hot Spring Kingdom.”
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has ended a temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit from within Canada, effective immediately.
IRCC introduced the policy in August 2020 to help visitors who were unable to leave the country due to COVID-19 pandemic–related travel restrictions.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has ended a temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for a work permit from within Canada, effective immediately.
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The 72/144-hour visa free transit policy has been particularly well received by foreign travelers. First implemented in 2013, the policy has been recently expanded to allow travelers from 54 countries to transit through 20 cities like Beijing, Tianjin, and others without a visa for up to 144 hours.
In the first half of the year, 307,000 foreign travelers entered Beijing without a visa, with 33,700 using the 144-hour visa-free transit.
What started as an intergovernmental project between five Member States in 1985 – Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg and Netherlands – has gradually expanded to become what is today the largest area of free movement in the world.
https://visasandtravels.com/bulgaria-and-romania-officially-join-visa-free-schengen-zone/
Effective from today, care workers entering the UK on Health and Care Worker visas will not be allowed to bring dependants.
https://visasandtravels.com/?s=Care+workers+UK
Canada announces Rural Community Immigration Pilot.
It will provide pathways to permanent residence for newcomers who can help to overcome critical labour job shortages and want to live long term in these smaller communities.
It will provide pathways to permanent residence for newcomers who can help to overcome critical labour job shortages and want to live long term in these smaller communities.
As of December 31, 2023, 4,595 newcomers to Canada received permanent residence through the RNIP, helping to address labour shortages.
Applications are open until 24 April 2024, with the selected villages announced in the third quarter of the year.
Over the past three editions, UN Tourism – the new name of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) - received almost 600 applications from nearly 100 countries.
These Are the World’s Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2024.
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — join Japan and Singapore in boasting the most powerful passports in the world, with their citizens able to visit an astonishing 194 destinations out of 227 around the globe visa-free.
These Are the World’s Most (and Least) Powerful Passports in 2024.
France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — join Japan and Singapore in boasting the most powerful passports in the world, with their citizens able to visit an astonishing 194 destinations out of 227 around the globe visa-free.
Four EU member states — France, Germany, Italy, and Spain — join Japan and Singapore in boasting the most powerful passports in the world in 2024.
Starting September 1, 2024, international students who begin a study program that is part of a curriculum licensing arrangement will no longer be eligible for a postgraduation work permit upon graduation.
Starting September 1, 2024, international students who begin a study program that is part of a curriculum licensing arrangement will no longer be eligible for a postgraduation work permit upon graduation.
For 2024, the cap is expected to result in approximately 360,000 approved study permits, a decrease of 35% from 2023.
For 2024, a single applicant will need to show they have $20,635, representing 75% of LICO, in addition to their first year of tuition and travel costs. This change will apply to new study permit applications received on or after January 1, 2024.
https://visasandtravels.com/canada-increases-cost-of-living-financial-requirement-for-international-students/
Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLI) in Canada will be required to confirm every applicant’s letter of acceptance directly with IRCC.
More details on our website.
Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLI) will be required to confirm every applicant’s letter of acceptance directly with IRCC.
Starting Dec. 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLI) will be required to confirm every applicant’s LOA directly with IRCC.
Nigeria and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) government have reached an agreement to lift visa ban placed on Nigerian passport holders and the immediate resumption of flights by Etihad Airways and Emirates Airlines.
UAE Lifts Visa Ban on Nigerian Passport Holders, Emirates and Etihad Airways to Resume Flights to Nigeria
In October 2022, the UAE authorities imposed a visa ban on Nigerians, coinciding with the suspension of flights by Emirates.
Visitor’s to the UK without a visa will soon need to get an Electronic Travel Authorisation.
The United Kingdom (UK) Home Office has launched a new Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for people visiting or transiting through the UK effective from November 15, 2023.
The Worldwide limit for the 2023 U.S. Diversity Visa Program has been reached.
The Diversity Visa (DV) program awards up to 55,000 immigrant visas per year and allows those from countries with low immigration rates to the United States, to enter for a chance to apply for a U.S immigrant visa.
The Worldwide limit for the 2023 U.S. Diversity Visa Program has been reached.
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The 2025 Diversity Visa program entry period will open in early October 2023, and we encourage all who are eligible to apply.
Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey and the fifth-largest city in the world by population, is considered European, yet geographically, it occupies two different continents.
Istanbul, situated on both sides of the Bosphorus Strait, is the only city in the world that spans two continents. One part of Istanbul lies in Europe and the other part lies in Asia.
Maui Ocean Center is open and ready to welcome back kamaʻāina and visitors seeking comfort following last week’s devastating wildfires. The park — which closed briefly last week as employees helped those displaced by the fires — is now open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Over 900 million tourists travelled internationally in 2022. - UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
Check your receipt! If you paid your visa application fee before October 1, 2022, and have not scheduled an interview yet, book now.
Visa applicants typically have 365 days from the date of payment to schedule an appointment before the payment expires. Certain extensions were granted during the COVID-19 pandemic, but these extensions expire September 30. If you paid your fee prior to October 1, 2022, you must schedule an interview (or submit your interview waiver application, if you are eligible) before September 30, 2023. If you don’t, you may have to pay the fee again!
NOTE: The interview itself does NOT need to take place before September 30, 2023, but an appointment must be scheduled in the system, even if it is for months into the future.
~Travel - US State Department
The 10 most visited countries in the world according to January 2023 Report.
France - 48.4 million visitors
Mexico - 31.9 million visitors
Spain - 31.2 million visitors
Türkiye - 29.9 million visitors
Italy - 26.9 million visitors
USA - 22.1 million visitors
Greece - 14.7 million visitors
Austria - 12.7 million visitors
Germany - 11.7 million visitors
UAE - 11.5 million visitors
The Government of Canada is embracing Canada’s emerging role as a leader in global tech talent recruitment and attraction to ensure Canada is not only filling in-demand jobs today but also attracting the skills and business talent to create the jobs of tomorrow.
Applicants will be able to apply for an open work permit instead of one that limits them to working for their own start-up.
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