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From 31 January, QR-code Digital ID becomes mandatory at all Brazilian airports
Airlines must verify passengers’ gov.br QR-code identity from 31 January. A two-week grace period ends 15 February, after which non-compliant travellers risk delays and carriers face fines. Companies should ensure expatriates have migrated their IDs to the gov.br app and can generate offline QR codes, especially for group trips.
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Jan 19, 2026
Italy Allocates 40,075 Seasonal-Work Visas for 2026 as New Decreto Flussi Becomes Operational
A Labour-Ministry circular dated 16 January and published on 18 January operationalises Italy’s new three-year immigration programme, allocating 40,075 seasonal-work visas for 2026. Agriculture and tourism receive the lion’s share, and employers have only minutes on ‘click-day’ to secure slots. The decree eases chronic staffing gaps but forces HR teams to master rapid online filing, pre-clear housing and plan integration support for incoming workers.
Jan 19, 2026
Dubai International Airport keeps crown as world’s busiest for international travellers
OAG seat-capacity figures released 18 Jan 2026 confirm DXB as the world’s busiest international airport for 2025. Extra capacity and faster Smart Gates mean more flight options and shorter queues—good news for assignees and travel managers—but soaring passenger volumes still require longer connection buffers.
Jan 19, 2026
Hong Kong and Macao cut automated-gate age to 7, easing cross-border commutes
Effective 19 January 2026, Hong Kong and Macao will allow permanent-resident children as young as seven to use each other’s automated immigration lanes. The move speeds up family commutes and widens on-site enrolment for adult non-permanent residents, cutting red tape for cross-border business travel.
Jan 19, 2026
Brazil scraps nationality-specific humanitarian visas, freezing new filings
A new ordinance effective 1 January abolishes Brazil’s country-specific humanitarian visas and replaces them with a yet-to-be-defined single programme. With no eligible nationalities published, consulates have frozen new filings and dozens of in-process cases are stuck. Employers should review staff on humanitarian status and consider shifting them to other residence categories.
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