New rules for duty-free import of goods by individuals have come into effect in the European Union. According to UNIAN, this was announced at a briefing by European Commission spokesperson Maria…
According to a Finnish government decree, border controls on the country's internal borders will be reinstated for the period from November 24 to December 5. This will entail checks on persons…
On Thursday, November 27, at a meeting in Brussels, the interior ministers of the European Union member states officially announced that Switzerland should join the Schengen Agreement in the near…
The European Union is not yet ready to grant Ukrainians a visa-free regime. This was stated to journalists in Kyiv by Hugh Mingarelli, Deputy Director General of the Directorate General for External…
From Monday, November 17, citizens of seven more countries will be able to enter the US without obtaining a visa. The right to visa-free entry is granted to residents of six EU states (Hungary…
U.S. immigration authorities have put into trial operation an electronic system for monitoring citizens of the United Kingdom and other countries who have the right to visa-free entry into the…
From November 27, 2008, foreigners will be able to obtain a British marriage visa only upon reaching the age of 21. This was announced by the Minister for Migration, Phil Woolas.
Switzerland may join the visa-free Schengen area from December 12, 2008. This was reported by the newspaper 'Tribune de Genève' citing Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Justice Lucius Mäder.
UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith presented a package of government measures to parliament aimed at combating extremism. The government intends to ban entry into the kingdom to all foreign nationals who…
On November 28, a referendum will be held in Switzerland to determine whether the country will join the Schengen Area on December 5, 2008. However, tour operators note that judging by the fact that…
The US includes Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Estonia and the Republic of Korea in the list of countries with which it maintains a visa-free regime. This was reported by…
Illegal trading of tourist visas or visit visas to the UAE will lead to suspension of a company's operations or even revocation of its license.