Nepal and India sign MoU on reciprocal recognition of COVID vaccination certificate
India and Nepal on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for reciprocal recognition of the COVID-19 vaccination certificate to ease travel between both the...
Thailand’s TEST & GO rules to ease from March 1, 2022
From March 7, fully vaccinated travellers can arrive in Thailand with the required prepaid accommodation reduced to one night and the COVID-19 tests revised...
Thailand scraps Thailand Pass and health insurance requirement for inbound travellers from July 1
Thailand’s Centre of COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) today approved the removal of the Thailand Pass registration scheme and a US$10,000 health insurance requirement for...
Taiwan eyes mid-October to end COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals
Taiwan aims to end its mandatory COVID-19 quarantine for arrivals from around Oct 13 and will ease other restrictions from next week as it...
Canada to speed up visa processing in Delhi and Chandigarh
Canadian Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said on Wednesday that his country’s just-announced Indo-Pacific region will help bring more students and immigrants from India and...
EU Council agrees negotiating mandate on digitalisation of Schengen visa procedure
The European Union Council has agreed to negotiate a proposal to digitalise the Schengen visa application procedure for all applicants.
The proposal on the digitalisation...
Turkmenistan opens Arkadag, the first “smart” city in Turkmenistan
The construction of Arkadag City, located 30 km southwest of Ashgabat, began in 2019. Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov took...
Korea Visa Application Centres start operations in Chennai and Bengaluru
The Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Chennai, India, launched its new and spacious visa application centres in Chennai and Bengaluru starting...
‘Songkran in Thailand’ declared UNESCO ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’
“Songkran in Thailand, Traditional Thai New Year Festival” has been included in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the...
US to hike visa fees for various categories of non-immigrant visas from April 1
The US has announced a steep increase in fees for various categories of non-immigrant visas like the H-1B, L-1 and EB-5, the most popular...
