Belarus’ authoritarian president on Tuesday banned citizens from renewing their passports while staying abroad, which could force those who fled the country amid growing repression to return to maintain their travel documents. An estimated 200-300,000 Belarusians have left the country in the
EU-style burgundy passports will be available for Scots if the country declared independence from the UK under new plans from the SNP’s First Minister. Unveiling a series of plans for citizenship in an independent Scotland, Humza Yousaf announced that they would revert
The first British passports showing the name of His Majesty King Charles III have been issued this week as the UK continues its entry into the new Carolean era. For more than 70 years, official travel documents were emblazoned with and supplied
Canada has prompted some controversy over a new design for its passports that features more symbols of nature and less national history imagery. “We tried to take the feedback about what represents Canada,” Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Sean Fraser said of
Russian officials and state employees are being asked to hand over their passports due to concerns they will flee the country. While no universal policies have been made public, it has become increasingly common for the Russian government to seize the passports
Dozens of British students on a trip to the U.S. were left stranded in the country after their hotel mistakenly shredded their passports. “Our staff are always on hand to support Brits in trouble overseas, and we have been in close contact
Dozens of pupils from a West Midlands school have reportedly been forced to stay for another five days in the United States after their hotel accidentally destroyed their passports. The group of 44 British pupils from Barr Beacon High School in Walsall were
Brexit travel restrictions on British passports are forcing some Eurostar trains at peak times to leave with a large number of empty seats, reports state. In spite of “huge demand” for greener travel border police are unable to process passports quickly enough
People joined long queues outside immigration offices in Beijing on Monday, eager to renew their passports after China dropped COVID border controls that had largely prevented its 1.4 billion residents from travelling for three years. Sunday’s reopening is one of the last