Australia Changes Onshore Student Visa Applications
From January 1, 2025, Australia’s Department of Home Affairs will no longer accept Letters of Offers from individuals applying in Australia for a Student visa. What
Read More »Japan to Screen for Tuberculosis for Certain Travelers
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare will require Tuberculosis Screening certificates as a mandatory document for the COE application. At this time, nations
Read More »Denmark’s Positive Lists Updated from January 1, 2025
SIRI publishes the new positive lists for persons with higher education and skilled workers respectively. They are valid from January 1, 2025. The new positive list for
Read More »Italy Extends Temporary Protection Permits for Ukrainian Nationals
Italian Decree-Law No. 202 of December 27, 2024, extends residence permits for temporary protection granted to Ukrainian refugees under Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1836
Read More »Canada Clarifies ICT Instructions
Further to the important updates IRCC made to the ICT instructions in October 2024, the IRCC has introduced a few additional clarifications. Intra-company transferees (ICT)
Read More »India Introduces E-Visa for International Students
The government of India has announced two new visa categories for international students, the e-student visa and the e-student-x visa. Key Information Foreign nationals must
Read More »Spain Golden Visa Program to End April 2025
Spain’s Official State Gazette published Organic Law 1/2025 on January 3, 2025, outlining the end of the Golden Visa program. The law will enter into force three months
Read More »Bulgaria and Romania Join the Schengen Area from January 2025
Effective January 1, 2025, Bulgaria and Romania have fully joined Europe’s Schengen Area. The previously in place border checks at the internal land borders between
Read More »South Korea Extends K-ETA for Singapore through 2025
South Korea has extended the Korea Electronic Travel Authorisation (K-ETA) exemption for tourists from 22 countries until December 31, 2025. The temporary exemption currently
Read More »UKVI Updates Skilled Worker Sponsor Guidance
The UKVI, on December 31, 2024, made changes to the Skilled Worker sponsor guidance. The changes primarily focus on new sponsor licence applications, but there are provisions
Read More »Kuwait Publishes Decree-into-Law Regarding Citizenship
Kuwait’s official gazette, Kuwait Alyoum, published the decree-into-law 116/2024, amending provisions of the Amiri Decree 15/1959 regarding the Kuwaiti citizenship. Key
Read More »Germany Digitizes the National Visa Process from January 1, 2025
Germany’s Consular Services Portal launched worldwide on January 1, 2025, enabling people around the world to submit applications for German visas online. Through the
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