With our mission to uncomplicate the complicated, we’ve always thought of our work in immigration as people-first. Our goal is for these updates to make sense of the changes happening across the world. Please share these updates with your colleagues who may find this information helpful, too.
International Updates
Argentina | From September 7, the “Electronic Sworn Declaration for Entry to the National Territory” and “Electronic Sworn Declaration for the Egress from the National Territory” forms must be processed 48 hours before the flight into or out of Argentina.
Case Update: 9,215 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Bahrain | Residents from neighboring nations and electronic visa holders and those eligible for visas on arrival will be allowed to enter. A PCR test and mandatory self-isolation, until the test results are available and negative, will be required.
Case Update: 1,363 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Germany | The Foreign Ministry is advising against travel to Corsica, Dubrovnik, Geneva, and Prague.
Case Update: 1,176 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Iraq | The government is easing nationwide restrictions, including, most significantly, reopening the land border crossings for local trade.
Case Update: 4,894 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Israel | Forty zones in Israel have closed schools and implemented an overnight curfew to curb the coronavirus.
Case Update: 1,523 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Jordan | The main airport has reopened for international flights for the first time since mid-March.
Case Update: 103 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
Oman | From October 1, international flights will resume on a limited basis.
Case Update: 262 confirmed cases. Last updated: 2020/9/9 3:00 PM CEST
In this week’s Immigration Nerds podcast, we talk to Dr. Sarah-Soonling Blackburn, an educator and personal development trainer, who focuses on strategies to optimize learning environments with an emphasis on diversity, equity, and inclusiveness. In Dr. Blackburn’s research on the Asian American experience in the classroom, she stumbled upon the model minority myth. In this conversation, we discuss this stigma, what it means, how it affects Asian Americans’ psychology, and what we can do to further solidarity with all cultures.