Costa Rica entry requirements to passport renewals – the Holiday Guru solves traveller queries

The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week the issues tackled include travel restrictions to Costa Rica, coronavirus travel insurance and passport renewals. Q. In February, before travel restrictions came into play, I booked a holiday to Costa Rica for November. Now you must take a Covid PCR test within 72 … Read more

UK passport applications will be fast-tracked for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks

UK passport applications will be fast-tracked in five days for Britons going on holiday in the next two weeks – as government battles with 400,000 Covid backlog If you have been waiting more than a month and are due to travel within two weeks, your passport application will be expedited under new measures Plans announced … Read more

From passport applications to holiday refunds, the Holiday Guru solves traveller queries

From passport applications to holiday refunds, we can help: The Holiday Guru answers traveller queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 10:50 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 10:50 BST, 18 July 2020 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. This week issues tackled include holiday refunds, passport applications and booking hotels in … Read more

Apple files patent for technology that allows users to verify their identity without a passport

Is this the end of the wallet? Apple files patent for technology that allows user to verify their identity without a passport, driver’s license or ID card Apple published a new patent July 2 with technology for a digital identification The firm would add a system that holds the user’s personal details The user would input … Read more

Catenae Innovation rockets with Covid-19 digital passport

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Catenae Innovation rockets thanks to Covid-19 digital passport and anti-fraud document wallet By Giulia Bottaro At Proactive Investors For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:50 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 13:50 BST, 3 July 2020 Catenae Innovation had a busy week with a triple dose of good news, sending the shares up 154 per … Read more

Don’t let passport delays scupper your holiday

Holidaymakers planning trips abroad this year – even if not until the autumn – being warned to check their passports now to avoid disappointment By Toby Walne, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 27 June 2020 Holidaymakers planning trips abroad this year – even if not until … Read more

Britain’s new post-Brexit passport is mocked online for being ‘black’ and ‘flimsy and poor quality’

Britain’s new blue passports have been mocked online with many claiming they are actually black, while others say the the long-awaited document is ‘flimsy’ and ‘poor quality’. Dubbed by some as a symbol of Britain’s independence from the European Union, where members have burgundy coloured passports, the new passports, based on the country’s traditional pre-EU … Read more

Lottie Moss ‘loses her passport after her handbag was stolen’

Lottie Moss ‘loses her passport after her handbag was stolen while she kissed a partygoer during a night out in London’ By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 01:53 BST, 14 June 2020 | Updated: 01:54 BST, 14 June 2020 Lottie Moss’ passport was reportedly stolen while she kissed a partygoer on a night out. Sources … Read more

Britain offers passport holders in Hong Kong visa-free travel

Britain offers passport holders in Hong Kong visa-free travel for up to 12 months after China rubber-stamps controversial national security law  British Nationals (Overseas) do not have the automatic right to live or work in the UK, but can currently travel here without a visa for up to six months Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said … Read more

Zara and Mike Tindall become global ambassadors for health passport firm

Zara and Mike Tindall have added to their business portfolio as they signed a deal to promote ‘digital health passports’.   The Queen’s granddaughter, 39, and her rugby ace husband, 41, have been  appointed ‘global sports ambassadors’ for VST Enterprises, which has developed a digital health passport which could allow professional athletes with a negative Covid status … Read more