A whopping £3,000 ( $4642) for U.K. visa !!

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indian passportIndia has been put on a list of “high-risk” Asian and African countries whose citizens would be required to deposit £3,000 cash bond when they apply for a British visa.

The money would be forfeited if they overstay.

Controversially, the move is targeted only at people from non-white Commonwealth countries as part of the Tory-led government’s resolve to drastically cut down on immigration levels.

A similar attempt by Canada had to be abandoned amid protests that it was discriminatory.

According to The Sunday Times, the scheme — aimed at preventing abuse of immigration rules — will initially cover India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana.

“They have been designated ‘high-risk’ countries, from which visitors aged over 18 on six-month visit visas will be forced to pay the £3,000 from November. The countries are being targeted by the Home Office because of the high volume of visitor visa applications and relatively high levels of fraud and abuse,” it said.

The Home Office said these countries posed “the most significant risk of abuse” by their citizens.

Home Secretary Theresa May said the move was part of the government’s policy to make the immigration system “more selective.”

“This is the next step in making sure our immigration system is more selective, bringing down net migration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands while still welcoming the brightest and the best to Britain … In the long run, we are interested in a system of bonds that deters overstaying and recovers costs if a foreign national has used our public services,” she said.

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4 responses to “A whopping £3,000 ( $4642) for U.K. visa !!”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    “A similar attempt by Canada had to be abandoned amid protests that it was discriminatory.”

    Of course it ‘discrimates’ !! THAT IS the idea, after all … to keep out freeloaders and criminals. I believe that in Canada (often known as the country with the most porous borders) the worst case was the Jamaican criminal who kept coming back in after being ‘banned’ completely – at least 7 times – and each time the courts had to spend money to get him out again. Seemed to have more ‘rights’ than citizens. A timed ‘visa’ should be adhered to – visit the country, then go.
    There ARE too many underhanded and unrespectful people …
    But a ‘bond’ that is twice the price of the holiday someone wants to take is going to effect tourism – and family visits – for sure. There has to be a better way than a new tax for letting non-citizens ramble around a country for years – because the really bad ones will be happy to pay the bond and do anything illegal until they get caught.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    “A similar attempt by Canada had to be abandoned amid protests that it was discriminatory.”

    Of course it ‘discrimates’ !! THAT IS the idea, after all … to keep out freeloaders and criminals. I believe that in Canada (often known as the country with the most porous borders) the worst case was the Jamaican criminal who kept coming back in after being ‘banned’ completely – at least 7 times – and each time the courts had to spend money to get him out again. Seemed to have more ‘rights’ than citizens. A timed ‘visa’ should be adhered to – visit the country, then go.
    There ARE too many underhanded and unrespectful people …
    But a ‘bond’ that is twice the price of the holiday someone wants to take is going to effect tourism – and family visits – for sure. There has to be a better way than a new tax for letting non-citizens ramble around a country for years – because the really bad ones will be happy to pay the bond.

  3. Two Bob Avatar

    It should be at least £30,000

  4. Two Bob Avatar

    It should be at least £30,000

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