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UKBA introduces priority visa service in Ghana

13:20 02/08/2012
The UK Border Agency has introduced a priority visa service in Ghana. The priority visa service is available to UK visa applicants who pay an additional fee to have their visa application placed at...

MPs say UKBA officials should return bonuses until backlog cleared

17:28 31/07/2012
The UK Home Affairs Select Committee has reprimanded the UK Border Agency (UKBA) for its backlog of 276,460 unresolved immigration and asylum cases as being "totally unacceptable". Keith Vaz, chair...

UK immigration staff call off Olympic Strike…for now

19:19 30/07/2012
The planned 24-hour strike by UK immigration staff, which had been called for Thursday 26th July, the eve of the London Olympic Games, was called off on Wednesday by the Public and Commercial...

UK opens visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal

16:16 30/07/2012
UK Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, John Tucknott, opened the new UK visa application centre in Kathmandu, Nepal this month. "Migration and people to people contact are...

UK Government denies plans to recruit 1,100 immigration staff

10:44 30/07/2012
The United Kingdom's Immigration Minister, Damian Green, has denied that the government intends to recruit 1,100 new staff in its immigration and passport service, as claimed by Mark Serwotka, the...

US eases visa process for Indians

13:40 25/07/2012
The US has eased the visa application process for eligible Indians wishing to visit the country. Children under seven years of age are no longer required to appear for a nonimmigrant visa interview...

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