Blog
Border rules change on a Tuesday. We write down what changed.
Coverage notes, product releases and the economics of selling travel documentation, written by the people who process the applications.
Coverage alerts
One email when a rule changes on a destination you sell. Not a newsletter.
ETAs Fixed Document Validation, and Created a New Denied-Boarding Problem
IATA argues ETAs make validation easier but create traveler confusion and late-discovery failures at check-in. How airlines and OTAs move readiness from the 40-minute window to booking and MMB.
Product
Timatic and modern visa APIs: what each is for
The airline industry's compliance engine has done one job well since 1963. Knowing where that job ends tells you what to run beside it.
Product
Elements are free on every model, including the API
Why we stopped charging for the components that bring applications to us in the first place.
Product
Coverage alerts: pick destinations, get one email per change
Pick the destinations you sell and hear from us only when one of them changes.
Coverage changelog
Rule changes, as we covered them.
Requirements update in the API the same day they land here; your integration keeps rendering whatever comes back. Every entry links the note that covers it.
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02 Oct
Schengen area
Carrier Interface checks in force for single- and double-entry Schengen visas
02 Oct
India
Portal lists Transfer of eVisa/ETA on New Passport; two-passport entry rule remains on the FAQ
01 Oct
Schengen area
Carriers keep verifying passport stamps until 6 October 2026 inclusive
30 Sep
New Zealand
Paper visitor and transit visas end; Immigration Online only from 1 Oct 2026
10 Aug
Schengen area
ETIAS start window moved again; the grace period does most of the work
04 Aug
Vietnam
E-visa validity window extended; the declared entry date still anchors it
18 Jul
India
E-visa processing back in the normal range after a two-week slowdown