Monday 24 June 2013

UK to take cash bond of £3,000 from visitor’s of 6 countries including Pakistan

LONDON (Awaaz News): Britain has decided that visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ghana would have to pay a cash bond of £3,000 ($4,600, 3,500 euros) before entering in the country.

According to reports, the new visit visa policy would start working from November and the submitted money would be impounded if the visitors overstay in Britain after the expiry of visa.

According to foreign media, initially the scheme will target hundreds of visitors, but the plan is to extend it to several thousand.

Last year 296,000 people granted six-month visas were from India, 101,000 from Nigeria, 53,000 from Pakistan and 14,000 each were from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

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