Travel
Week in Review: A U.S. Court Reprieve, a New Caribbean Travel Door, and Africa's Pivot to Diaspora Capital
Across the TWB map this week, the throughline was movement - of people, of money, and of the rules that decide who gets to do either.
Money & Movement: A US$15,000 visa bond now shadows Eastern Caribbean travel to the US
Grenada joins Antigua & Barbuda and Dominica under a bond requirement of up to US$15,000 for US visitor visas, with immigrant visas paused across the sub-region.
Barbados and Guyana Drop the Passport. Your National ID Is Now Your Boarding Pass.
Africa and the Caribbean Just Got a Direct Flight. They Also Got a Shared Health Question.
Air Peace opens Lagos-Barbados nonstop as WHO holds Ebola PHEIC
*A new direct West Africa-Caribbean corridor lands at the same moment the WHO maintains a Public Health Emergency over Ebola in Central Africa. The two facts now sit together in regional discussion.*
Barbados and Guyana drop the passport for national-ID travel
*A bilateral passport-free arrangement strips a real friction point for the Bridgetown-Georgetown corridor — and sits underneath a deliberate Barbados push to become the corporate-services conduit for Guyana's oil economy.*
Ghana's new e-Visa system: what the diaspora needs to know
*GhanaWeb published an explainer Tuesday on the new e-Visa rollout. For diaspora travellers and would-be investors, this is the access infrastructure that underpins everything else.*
U.S. CDC implements enhanced Ebola screening at Houston IAH effective tonight
Effective 11:59 PM May 26, George Bush Intercontinental joins the U.S. designated-airport list for travelers who were present in DRC, Uganda, or South Sudan. Diaspora travelers connecting through Houston should plan for additional processing time and possible flight changes.
Caribbean steps up coordinated Ebola monitoring as Bahamas isolates two travelers; CARICOM tightens regional response
The Bahamas has placed two European travelers in precautionary isolation at Princess Margaret Hospital after a London-Nassau routing through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Jamaica has issued a travel advisory. CARICOM is moving into coordinated monitoring against the Bundibugyo strain, for which there is no approved vaccine.