UK Visa/Passport News

The UK Home Office has decided to automatically extend visas for doctors, nurses, and paramedics which are set to expire before October 2020, for another year, in a bid to help them focus on the work they are doing at the NHS fighting the novel Coronavirus. The government website announced today, that the decision has been taken as foreign doctors, nurses and paramedics working at the NHS are part of the national effort to combat the Coronavirus, VisaGuide.World reports. It [...]

The United Kingdom has decided to temporarily close the visa application centre in Accra, Ghana, in a bid to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the UK government announced yesterday. The latest UK decision became effective immediately, for an indefinite period, therefore new applications will not be accepted from now on, the VisaGuide.World reports. “We are currently contacting any affected customers to cancel scheduled appointments and arrange the return or collection of passports,” the statement reads. All the information [...]

Internationals who are stranded in the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic will be eligible to extend their visas, Priti Patel, the Home Secretary of the UK announced. All persons whose visas have been expired after January 24 and are ineligible to travel back to their countries due to travel restrictions or other precautionary measures will be included in the visa extension process that will last until May 31. "The UK continues to put the health and [...]

The UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab has urged all Britons who are stranded abroad to return to the UK, while the commercial flights are still available. According to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO), unprecedented changes were made to travel advice, initially for 30 days period. FCO last week revealed that essential international travel would be exempted from the changes applied in the new travel advice, VisaGuide.World reports. The announcement reads that as [...]

Indians and nationals of other countries, currently in the United Kingdom, whose visas are about to expire, but are ineligible to travel abroad, will not be penalized,  the UK government announced. The UK’s assurance was transmitted to the Indian High Commission, as there is a considerable number of Indian citizens who are unable to fly back to India, due to India’s latest decision to close the borders in order to contain the spread of coronavirus, VisaGuideWorld reports. [...]