The British Excessive Commissioner to Indi urged folks to use early.
New Delhi:
The UK is on monitor to get again to processing Indian visa functions inside its commonplace 15-day interval, mentioned Alex Ellis, the British Excessive Commissioner to India.
“Namaste, fast replace on visas. As you understand the mixture of an unprecedented surge in demand for journey from India to the UK mixed with the results of COVID-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, meant that our visa processing bought effectively outdoors of a 15-day working commonplace,” Mr Ellis mentioned in a video message.
The Excessive Commissioner underscored that they’re now “getting again on monitor” and handled an amazing surge in demand for scholar visas, which is 89% up on final yr.
We’re on monitor to get again to processing 🇮🇳 to 🇬🇧 #visa functions inside our commonplace of 15 days.
👉 Scholar numbers ⬆️ by 89% since final yr.
👉 Expert employees visas deliver processed quicker
👉 Give attention to bettering customer visa processing instances.A good distance come, extra to go. pic.twitter.com/cjX26mRxs8
— Alex Ellis (@AlexWEllis) October 18, 2022
“We’re turning proper off expert employee visas very quick. And now we’re specializing in customer visas to get them again inside 15 days. We’re doing that via a collective effort of our groups in Delhi, within the UK and all around the world. And I am glad to say I feel we’re now on monitor,” he mentioned.
He urged folks to use early – which might be as early as three months upfront.
“And do not forget we have good availability in our visa utility centres as effectively. You may assist by making use of early. You may apply three months upfront. You should utilize completely different providers, together with the precedence visa service and the tremendous precedence visa service in case you have a selected urgency,” he mentioned, signing off the video.