The Chattanooga Airport now has a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Global Entry Enrollment Center. The Global Entry program allows pre-approved international travelers to speed their entry into the United States with a more streamlined customs clearance. Applicants can complete their Global Entry enrollment process now in Chattanooga. Before, applicants had to travel to Atlanta…
More than 3 million Tennesseans have a REAL ID ahead of the federal implementation date of May 7th, the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security (TDOSHS) reports. TDOSHS issued 358,852, or nearly 12%, of all REAL IDs in the past three months alone, the report says. Approximately 5.8 million people are licensed drivers in…
In a shake-up of long-standing travel rules, European nationals heading to the UK will from Wednesday need a mandatory entry permit, which the British government says will strengthen border security. The Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) can be bought online in the next few days for £10 (12 euros), but the price is rising swiftly from…
Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong authorities have jointly cracked down on a people-smuggling syndicate, investigating more than 200 suspects and raiding premises where identity cards were forged. The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which oversees mainland law enforcement agencies, said on Thursday that authorities in Guigang city in Guangxi province had uncovered a criminal…