Sébastien Couix
For eleven years, obtaining a visa for Venezuela was an obstacle course. An American had to go through Mexico. A Canadian had to wait six weeks. A Peruvian navigated between closed consulates, ghost appointments and a paper form that clearly dated from another era. And then, on April 9, 2026, the Venezuelan Ministry ... Read the article
You've probably seen the scare on TikTok or X over the Easter weekend: Germany is suddenly preventing its citizens from traveling freely. At Visamundi, where we handle hundreds of expatriation and visa files every day for travelers from all over the world, tracking down obscure administrative reforms is our daily business. Faced ... Read the article
President John Mahama has announced that Ghana will open its borders to all African passport holders on Africa Day, May 25, 2026. But this promise has been made several times before.
With a government not recognized by almost the entire international community, obtaining a visa for Afghanistan meant juggling with often inaccessible consulates.
The days when a consular officer simply stamped your passport by looking at your pay slips are officially over. In the United States, the border is no longer just physical: it's digital.
Transfer your flight confirmation to an email address. That's all you need to do to make sure you never miss your arrival card window again. Visamundi is now launching this service free of charge.
Sending a copy of your passport to the other side of the world via an online form can be stressful. We see it every day with the travelers who entrust us with their paperwork, whether it's for a last-minute safari in Kenya or an urgent business trip to India. At Visamundi, we deal daily with the ... Read the article
On the night of Saturday February 28, 2026, the USA and Israel launched targeted military strikes on Iranian military sites. Teheran responded by firing missiles and drones at Israel and several Gulf states. Within hours, the skies over the Middle East were closed. As a result, thousands of travellers ... Read the article
It's the news that has had travel groups and tourism websites in a panic for the past few days: Egypt has apparently decided to abolish visas for American, British and European nationals.
Since last December, our phones at the agency have been ringing off the hook. «Has the visa for Egypt really doubled?», «What's all this about a 45$ visa?». From our offices in Nantes, where we manage entry formalities for travellers from all over the world, we've seen dozens of contradictory articles. Today, ... Read the article
The massive arrival of humanoid robots, driven by advances from Tesla (Optimus), Boston Dynamics and Figure, raises a question that seems to come out of a Philip K. Dick novel: does a robot need a visa to cross a border?
Good news: the Canadian government has just eased up on the 2026 World Cup. Ottawa has decided to skip the biometrics and work permit stage to speed things up.
It's not official yet: your next weekend in London or road-trip to Scotland is going to cost you a bit more before you've even taken off. While the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) system has only recently become fully operational, the Home Office has announced a new price increase. Please note that some websites indicate ... Read the article
We are currently seeing a much stricter application of the rules governing the issue of electronic “Long Stay” visas by the Cameroonian authorities.
If you're an Algerian national living abroad (binationals, such as Franco-Algerians, Belgo-Algerians, etc.), the Algerian authorities have just announced that the exceptional visa-free entry scheme will be extended until December 31, 2026.
While rumors in Washington are becoming more and more insistent about an “offer we can't refuse” for the purchase of Greenland, the reality on the ground is still dictated by Copenhagen. No matter how much American strategists dream of planting the star-spangled flag there, Greenland remains, for the time being, an autonomous territory of ... Read the article
If you're used to crossing the Atlantic for business or pleasure, you'll know the procedure by heart: an online request, around forty dollars, and 72 hours later (often less), the famous ESTA lands in your mailbox. But did you know that this comfort, which we've been taking for granted for almost ... Read the article
While the experimental visa exemption scheme was due to end on December 31, 2025, the Mongolian government has decided to extend it. The Mongolian Embassy in Switzerland has confirmed that nationals of 34 countries will be able to continue traveling to the steppes without a visa until January 1, 2027.
The US military operation that led to the capture and exfiltration of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores has thrown travel formalities to and around Venezuela into turmoil.
As the country rolls out its administrative facilitation program «Simplifica Turismo,» a new measure was announced by the government last Tuesday: the introduction of a tourist tax. For European travelers unfamiliar with this destination, here is what you need to know about this new measure and the ambitions it is financing.
If you are someone who enjoys combined Nepal-India trips 🇳🇵🇮🇳 or overland adventures, you have probably encountered frustrating administrative hurdles in the past. Until very recently, the electronic visa (e-Visa), so convenient and easy to obtain through your agency, had one major flaw: it only worked if... Read the article
The euphoria has been replaced by a cold shower. While travelers were delighted to finally be able to apply for their visas four months in advance, a careful analysis of the new official fee schedules that came into effect on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, reveals a big surprise: India has drastically revised its policy on... Read the article
If you have recently planned a tourist trip to India, you may have experienced a particular anxiety: having your plane tickets in your pocket for months, your hotel booked, but being formally prohibited from applying for your visa. Until very recently, this was the absurd paradox of the “30-day tourist e-Visa.“.
Since October 1 of this year, a new Jordanian regulation concerning the registration of foreigners after a 14-day stay has raised concerns among travelers, who point to constraints similar to those imposed in other countries for the monitoring of foreign residents. It should be stressed that this obligation does not apply to the vast majority of tourists. ... Read the article
Algerian consulates in Europe are organizing a series of mobile consular offices during November and December 2025, designed to bring administrative services closer to Algerian nationals living abroad. These offices will provide local access to a number of essential services for members of the diaspora. This initiative, announced by the Secretary of State ... Read the article
The Federal Government of Somalia (GFS) has embarked on a reform of its immigration policy, marked by the imminent transition from its e-Visa system to an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA), due to come fully into effect from November 27. This initiative comes against a backdrop of serious concerns about digital security and ... Read the article
India could soon be making access to its international healthcare services much smoother. Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal announced at the 22nd CII Annual Health Summit in New Delhi that the government was exploring the possibility of offering visa-on-arrival facilities for international patients seeking treatment ... Read the article
At Visamundi, we're delighted with the Mountain View firm's latest announcement for its Google Chrome browser, which promises to drastically simplify online administrative procedures, especially for our traveling customers. Thanks to an overhaul of its auto-fill function, the browser is now able to handle information that was previously ... Read the article
Against a backdrop of heightened geopolitical tensions, the European Union (EU) has officially confirmed the adoption of stricter visa rules aimed at Russian nationals. This November 6, 2025 decision, announced in a press release the following day, comes as security concerns and warnings of a new era of confrontation reach a fever pitch... Read the article
Here's some feedback from my visit to Jersey this weekend (10/31 -> 11/01 2025): a sign in front of immigration control still seems to allow French nationals with a valid CNI (carte nationale d'identité) to enter the Channel Island of Jersey for the day, from France only. What it says... Read the article
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