Laws, Regulations & Policies

EU citizens and third country nationals entering or exiting the European Union will be required to undergo extensive checks against EU-wide databases following new regulation.

As Russia gears up to welcome visitors for FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 and World Cup 2018, Russia Visa Application Centres have opened in 14 countries.

The WTTC warns the US that strict visa policies and inward-looking sentiment will lead to economic stagnation in the travel and tourism sector.

Greece will request that the European Commission re-examine its decision to prohibit visa clearance at Eastern Aegean island ports through a pilot program.

The US is calling on Greece to replace its identification cards with new biometric credit card-sized IDs or face being ousted from the US visa waiver program.

Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos has informed that the European Commission will not approve of visa validation at Eastern Aegean island ports.

The Hellenic Hotel Federation is requesting for the law containing rules for Airbnb-type rentals to finally come into effect in Greece.

Hotel accommodation, consumer electronics and video games sectors have come under the scrutiny of the European Commission.

The State Department has reinstated approximately 60,000 visas which were “provisionally revoked” from foreigners from seven majority-Muslim countries.

US President Donald Trump’s decision to ban nationals from seven countries – Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya, and Somalia – for 90 days from traveling to the United States, does not affect EU citizens even if they hold dual citizenship in one of the listed countries.