Extending your stay in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic

Credit to Author: Stephen Sherman| Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:35:20 +0000

While obtaining a Canadian permit or visa is a goal for countless foreign nationals around the world, the status it confers may need to be extended. This could raise a host of issues that the foreign national may not have faced in their initial application. Gaining an extension may prove even more complicated than usual […]

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Airlines cancel Taipei flights over nCoV travel ban

Credit to Author: Benjamin L. Vergara, TMT| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 01:12:53 +0000

FOLLOWING a travel restriction imposed by the Philippine government amid an outbreak of the 2019-novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Syndrome (2019-nCoV ARD), another airline cancelled four Taiwan flights starting on Tuesday. “In support of the efforts by the Philippine government to manage the risks from the novel coronavirus, and the inclusion of Taiwan in the travel […]

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25,000 PH workers may lose jobs over n-CoV travel ban to HK, Macau

Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 08:59:23 +0000

AN estimated 25,000 Filipino household service workers (HSWs) or domestic helpers may lose their jobs over the travel ban imposed by the Philippines on Hong Kong and Macau as part of its precautionary measure to contain the spread of the 2019 novel Corona Virus (n-CoV). The figure consists of 10, 000 returning and 15,000 newly […]

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Palace confirms Duterte travel ban on nCoV areas in China

Credit to Author: Catherine S. Valente, TMT| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 03:08:27 +0000

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has finally issued a ban on travelers from Hubei province, and other places in China hit by the deadly novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Malacañang said on Friday. This, after the Department of Health (DoH) confirmed on Thursday the first case of the virus in the Philippines. In a statement, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo […]

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DTI: Travel ban vs US senators might affect FTA talks

Credit to Author: Tyrone Jasper C. Piad| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:00:49 +0000

THE travel ban ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte against two American senators last month might affect the planned Philippines-United States free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations this year, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez, in an interview with The Manila Times, said the ban had become a “possible part of […]

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Trump claims victory on travel ban, but border crackdown on hold

Trump claims victory on travel ban, but border crackdown on hold

Washington, United States – The US Supreme Court upheld Tuesday President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting Muslim-majority nations, but his “zero tolerance” crackdown on illegal immigration was put on hold for lack of places to detain families arrested at the Mexican border.

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U.S. Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban


The Supreme Court of the United States has ruled in favour of travel restrictions on residents from seven countries, five of which are predominantly Muslim. The court’s nine justices voted 5-4 in favour of the restrictions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump, which target travelers from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Venezuela and North Korea. […]

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