Our correspondent Vega & Co - Marine Risk and Insurance Solutions has provided the following update regarding Argentinian visa applications.
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Please kindly note that, as per new resolution issued by the Argentinian government, all transit, working & temporary visa applications from the following countries have been cancelled until further notice due to the outbreak of the COVID '19:
• People Republic of China
• Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Islamic Republic of Iran
• Japan
• United States of America
• United Kingdom
• EU countries
The Argentinian Consulates located on those countries will not issue any working/transit and, specially, crew visas.
All electronic visas from mentioned countries will also be suspended until further notice.
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If you have any questions please get in touch with your usual Club contact.
Members are advised that effective 12:00pm, Thursday 22 July, South Australia transitioned from a 'low risk' state to a ‘medium risk’ state, advance warning of a FIC has also been given which will run in Australia from 1 August to 31 September 2021 to determine the level of compliance with the safety of navigation requirements of International Conventions and familiarity of the masters and officers with their processes for ensuring safety of navigation.
The UK P&I Club recently held the 16th in our series of Live Webinars, this time in collaboration with the Mission to Seafarers which focussed on Crew Health matters and in particular mental wellbeing.
