4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (145+ words) Schengen and South Africa visa slots shrink as several VFS centres in UAE pause bookings'VisaHQ Travel advisers in Dubai report that multiple European VFS Global centres'including those handling Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands, Austria, Hungary, Sweden and Luxembourg'have temporarily stopped accepting…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (325+ words) UK triggers first-ever "visa brake, suspending study visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan'VisaHQ The Home Office has pulled an emergency lever in the Immigration Rules " dubbed the "visa brake" " to curb what it calls "unsustainable" asylum claims made by…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (224+ words) Ireland deports 63 South Africans in second 2026 charter removal operation'VisaHQ Ireland's immigration-enforcement authorities completed their second charter deportation of 2026 on 1 March, removing 63 South African nationals'including nine children'on a Garda-escorted flight from Dublin to Johannesburg The Department of Justice confirmed that it…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (283+ words) UK slams 'emergency brake' on visas from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan'VisaHQ In an unexpected move late on 3 March, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood triggered new powers in the Immigration Act to suspend several visa categories for four high-risk countries With…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (309+ words) Ireland's Second 2026 Deportation Charter Removes 63 South Africans'VisaHQ Ireland's Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Minister Jim O'Callaghan confirmed on 1 March that a specialist charter flight carrying 54 adults and nine children departed Dublin on 28 February and landed in Johannesburg early on 1 March…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (262+ words) Qantas Tweaks Johannesburg and Jakarta Flights as Extra Security Screening Bites'VisaHQ Qantas has quietly adjusted schedules and aircraft rotations on its Johannesburg and Jakarta routes after South African and Indonesian authorities advised the carrier that additional passenger-and-baggage screening would be…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (234+ words) Natal International Airport to Implement Higher Passenger and Aircraft Tariffs from 10 March'VisaHQ Airlines and travellers using Rio Grande do Norte's Natal'Gov Alu'zio Alves International Airport (NAT) have one month to prepare for a fresh round of tariff adjustments On 9 February…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (325+ words) London will lift the price of its Electronic Travel Authorisation from "16 to "20 when the permit becomes compulsory for all non-UK/Irish visitors on 25 February 2026. Swiss travellers must now factor both the cost and the advance-application requirement into trip planning, while…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (246+ words) Visa-sanctions strategy pays off as Angola, Namibia and DRC agree to accept deportees'VisaHQ Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood on 6 February announced that three African states'Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic of Congo'have begun issuing emergency travel documents for more than 3,000 of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (216+ words) Sudan-born man charged in Victoria for breaching electronic-monitoring visa conditions'VisaHQ The Australian Federal Police (AFP) confirmed late Thursday that a 39-year-old Sudan-born permanent resident was remanded in custody after allegedly failing to comply with electronic-monitoring requirements attached to his visa…...