The UK Visa fees is supposed to go up on October 4, 2023. Some services will go up by 100%.
UK Visas to cost more, effective October 2023. Priority service will cost double.
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India, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain to move to the UK Amber list on August 8, 2021
The UK is going to move India, Qatar, Bahrain and the UAE on the Amber list from the red list, from August 8, 2021 onwards. That means no longer does one have to pay for expensive Institutional Quarantine, and Indian passports can quarantine at home before getting released into the UK.
UK will require mandatory CoVid-19 negative RT-PCR reports on arrival from January 15, 2021
The UK will institute new requirements to arrive in the country, asking for a negative CoVid-19 report from next week onwards. The exact date is not notified yet, but the requirement will be applicable for all arrivals by land/sea/air and even for citizens returning home.
UK announces Lockdown in London and other parts over Christmas; Netherlands cuts flights to the UK till January 1
In a new spate of measures to control the CoronaVirus, the UK has now placed London under a new stricter lockdown due to the emergence of a new mutation of the virus.
Indians can now travel to the UK/ USA/ Canada and UAE on all visas (including Visitor Visas) | Visitors from these countries allowed to enter India (for some categories)
India is finally starting to open up a bit for travel for Indians and some nationalities. For instance, Indians can now travel to the USA/ UK/ UAE and Canada on all sorts of visas and these nationalities can also enter India with immediate effect. All the details inside.
Many United Kingdom Visa Application Centres to open across India on July 6, 2020
UK is planning to open their visa centres across India again from July 6 onwards. This could be useful for those whose passports were stuck for a while. Not just that, nothing like the present for a new UK Visa on your passport for a future journey.
Transit UK airports without a visa now
Back in October I had written about the new policy change with the UK government, which would allow for Indians to transit the UK without the need for a Direct Airside Transit Visa or a regular Visa, as long as they had a visa for the USA or Canada. Now, I wasn’t sure about this myself because this did not update on the UK Government’s website as quickly as I hoped it would. Heathrow is one of the busiest airports around the world, but clearly they were not a favourite for many Indians because of the high costs to even transit the airport. Apart from the other issues that go with it, such as an Air Passenger Duty which is…
UK to allow Indians transit without UK Visa
Regular readers of the blog must remember the incident where my passport got stuck with the British consulate in Mumbai and I could not make it to a meeting in time in Europe. This was the result of a long time policy of the UK, which ensured that Indians had a transit visa or a visa of some sort for the UK, if they were just transit through the country, and were not going to enter the borders. The policy did not apply if you were transiting to go to the US/Australia/New Zealand, or had a valid residence permit in the EU. This morning, I got word that the need for a transit visa for the UK is being withdrawn…
UK do you really think I want to pay your GBP 3,000 for your visa?
One of the by-products of being a British colony was that India got to be a part of the Commonwealth, but that’s where the vanity of it stopped. The UK government has of course considered it to be mandatory to make visa very expensive for Indians to access their country, and as per what I read the visa cost went up thrice over the first half of this year itself. The money United Kingdom asks for a 6-month visa, the United States of American would usually grant a 10-year multiple-visit visa to Indian passport holders. However, the UK seems to be surely losing the plot and the intent to get more Indian passengers who seem to be going over despite…
