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The Israeli government has announced that from August 1, 2024, prior digital entry confirmation via the electronic system "ETA-IL" will be mandatory for visa-free entry to Israel. Airlines are expected to check for this confirmation before departure in order to prevent subsequent refusal of entry.

This entry permit will therefore only be mandatory for nationalities that can enter the country without a visa - including German citizens. Nationalities that previously required a visa cannot use this digital service and must continue to apply for a regular visa via the embassy instead.

BUSINESS VISUM will be happy to assist you in applying for this new entry permit. 

For business activities, tourism, visits to family and friends, and transit, certain nationals can enter the country for up to 15 days without a prior visa from July 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025.

The following countries have now been added to the already known ones:

New Zealand, Australia, and Poland

For business activities, tourism, family and acquaintance visits as well as transit, entry is possible for certain nationals without a prior visa for a stay up to 15 days between March 14, 2024 and December 31, 2025.

This affects nationals from: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, Austria, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg and Hungary.

It is expressly pointed out that the visa requirement remains if the purpose of the trip goes beyond those mentioned above, the stay lasts longer than 15 days and if the traveler (except citizens of Malaysia) has an official passport.

German citizens, as well as other 78 nationalities worldwide, have been exempt from the visa requirement for Malawi since February 7, 2024.

This applies to both tourist and business travel purposes.

You can find an overview of the affected countries here

Due to the current economic and geopolitical situation, the work of the Russian visa center Artionis Germany GmbH in Frankfurt am Main will be temporarily suspended until further notice.
Visa applications will be accepted for processing until November 15, 2023.

Similar to the ESTA process for USA, Great Britain will gradually introduce an Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) from October 25, 2023 for people who were previously able to enter the UK without a visa.
 

Find further information here.

"Visa on arrival" is no longer possible, say Kenyan authorities. As the Federal Foreign Office explains, visas must be applied for online before travelling.

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.