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Effective August 1, 2023, DHS reduced the ESTA validity period for travel by Hungarian citizens and nationals under the VWP from two years from the date of issuance to one year and also limited the validity of an ESTA for Hungarian nationals to one-time use. This reduction in ESTA validity will only affect new ESTA applications received after the Effective Date and is not retroactive. Hungarian citizens and nationals who received an approved ESTA before August 1, 2023 are not affected.

The representation in Germany cannot issue a visa in advance. Entry must then take place via Tel Aviv, but it is up to the local authorities to decide whether onward travel to the Palestinian territories is actually allowed.

In any case, German companies want to get in touch with their business partner in Palestine and clarify the entry formalities with them.

Unfortunately, Business Visum GmbH cannot support you with the visa.

All nationals who are eligible for the simplified visa procedure can now also apply for a multiple business visa. The prerequisite for this is that this is also noted in the "Certificate for Completion of Registration to the ERFS System". In addition, a form (Request for a multiple entry visa) must be filled out, which we make available to you in the download area in the country information.

Documents that have already been submitted cannot be changed later. So please make sure that you have all the necessary documents for a multiple visa before Business Visum submits them to the consulate.

Business visas can now be applied for again by presenting a business letter invitation. It is no longer necessary to present a PU invitation.

Visas are still only issued for single entry. The issuing of tourist visas is still suspended.

Vietnam is lifting the basic visa requirement for all travelers with immediate effect.

Visa-free entry to Vietnam for stays of up to 45 days from the day of arrival is again possible for German nationals and 12 other countries (France, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Belarus).

This regulation is valid from March 15, 2022 and limited until March 14, 2025.

Currently, a tourist card can also be used to travel to Cuba for business talks, meetings and customer consulting. This does not apply to technical assignments.

For everything else, the local business partner applies for a permit at the "Immigration office". They check everything on site, issue a permit and send it to the embassy. The embassy receives the documents from Business Visum and issues the visa within 1-3 days.

At the moment, the Indian Consulate General in Munich does not issue passport visas for German citizens or those nationalities who qualify for an e-Visa.
You can find out whether you can apply for an e-Visa on the Indian website under the following link:

https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html under the first menu item on the left "Countries / Nationalities who are eligible to avail eVisa“.

Business Visum will be happy to help you apply for an e-Visa.

From now on, travelers will need a passport when entering the UK. Entry with an identity card is no longer possible since October 1st, 2021. Furthermore, despite BREXIT, there is a social insurance agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, so an A1 is still required for business trips to Great Britain. The so-called EU registration certificate requirement, however, does not apply.

A visa-free entry into Belarus is currently possible for German and Polish citizens for up to 30 days. However, entry must be through Minsk Airport.

On 5th December 2017, the Supreme Court ruled that the entry ban in its third version is provisionally in full force.

The announced travel regulations are based on a study of around 200 countries worldwide by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

This review concluded that eight countries currently do not meet the requirements of the US government. As a result, President Trump now imposes further restrictions on the nationals or countries concerned

Iran, Yemen, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Chad and Venezuela.

The U.S. consulates explicitly point out that already set interview appointments will not be canceled. Affected persons can therefore go to their appointment.

Nevertheless, the final decision is up to the consular officer - the assessment of the grounds for the visa application, in particular the application of derogations, will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Hardship cases will also be taken into account.

However, until the U.S. Supreme Court makes a final decision on the entry ban, we must continue to expect changes in this area. A final verdict from the Supreme Court can drag on until next year.

We advise travelers of the countries concerned, who currently hold a valid visa and a valid status for the U.S. and who currently are in the U.S., ideally not to leave the country or urgently to check whether a re-entry due to exemptions is possible!