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Common visa interview questions available in this article are not solely intended for the Schengen visa interview, hence they are usable for any type of visa interview of any world country. A Schengen Visa interview isn’t only a meeting where you provide supporting documents for a visa application to a visa official of a respective […]

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has developed a list of world airports that have taken the necessary measures, including enhanced aircraft disinfection for mitigating risks of transmission of the COVID-19 infection. The list has been developed under the sole purpose of ensuring an extra layer of protection for passengers and aircrew and is not […]

Only 8,730 persons sought asylum in the EU+ during April, the lowest number since at least 2008. According to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), the number shows 87% decrease compared to January and February. EASO’s report shows that European’s countries decisions to impose entry bans and travel restrictions, as an effort to stop the […]

Greece plans to relaunch its much-criticized Golden Visa Program, becoming one of the first European countries to reopen its immigration process, after being among the first European countries to close it due to the situation created by the Coronavirus pandemic. Greece’s authorities consider that the country has timely and successfully managed the pandemic situation. Thus […]

The European Commission has published the list of airlines named the “EU Safety List”, in its bid to ensure the highest level of air safety for all persons travelling to the European Union. The list seeks to show airlines that are subject to an operating ban or operational restriction within the European Union as they […]

Fear of the COVID-19 and the current rates of infections across the Schengen Area will not hold travellers back, in particular those planning to travel for tourism purposes, once the borderless zone opens up. For almost three months now, non-EU/EEA citizens have been ineligible to enter the Schengen Area, due to an entry ban introduced […]

Passengers arriving in Iceland from June 15 will be able to choose whether they want to be tested for Coronavirus or to quarantine for two weeks, Iceland’s government has announced. For the two first weeks, those who choose to take the test will not be charged, whereas from July 1 passenger will need to pay […]

The European Union Commission has urged the member states to resume visa operations abroad so that third-country citizens in need of a visa to travel to the Schengen Area can start filing applications. The Commission has advised member states to enable visa operations after most Member States have halted every visa-related process part of pandemic-related […]

Travellers from the six Western Balkan countries – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia – will be the first third-country citizens eligible to travel to the Schengen Area, on July 1, after over three months of a total border closure of the block for non-EU/EEA travellers. The European Commission has presented […]

The European Commission has issued today a recommendation to the Schengen Member States and the Schengen Associated States to lift, to extend the external border closure until June 30, asserting that the health situation in certain third countries remains critical. The recommendation notes that travel restrictions should be lifted for countries selected together by the […]