Effective Immediately, foreign nationals who enter Zambia without valid health insurance must obtain local health insurance through the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA), on arrival at the port of entry.
Previously, health insurance was not mandatory.
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Employers who may be affected are encouraged to contact a Wolfsdorf Rosenthal immigration attorney or email Global@Wolfsdorf.com for case-specific advice.
As the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to expand across the globe, international immigration lawyers find themselves in various stages of the crisis management lifecycle, having to advise clients and companies with business travel and immigration needs. This short update summarizes some of the special directives of the Hong Kong government to contain the spread of the virus and the impact on immigration law practitioners. Hong Kong is requiring compulsory quarantine for 14 days for all persons, regardless of nationality, entering from all jurisdictions except for Macau, Taiwan, and mainland China. After the 14 days of home quarantine, those persons will be subject to another 2 weeks of medical surveillance. In addition, the government has closed all but three border checkpoints: the airport, the Shenzhen Bay Bridge, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Flights from China have been greatly reduced, and cross-border rail connections as well as cross-border ferries have also been suspended. Impact on Operations of the Hong Kong Immigration Department The Hong Kong Immigration Department (HKID) is now reopened for all services after a period when all government employees were advised not to go to the office but to work from home, except for staff of departments providing […]
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