UK visa issuing process would take only two weeks
Islamabad:The British High Commission (BHC) here on Friday said that after November 15, visa procedure would be improved and the visa issuing process would take only two weeks for completion.
Talking to this agency, Rob Murphy, head of communication British High commission Islamabad said that UK visa service is taking the issue of delay in UK visa process very seriously.
He said, currently about 5,000 visa application are pending with the British High Commission, and the backlog of all UK visa applications would be cleared within a month or two.
Almost a year ago, UK visa office was shifted from Islamabad to Abu Dhabi, which resulted in delay in issuance of UK visas to Pakistani students. It created lot of trouble for the students who were planning to start studies during October in UK, and the delay has also made it impossible for them to make alternate choices.
Omer Mirza, Chief Executive Education Resource Network in this regard said after shifting of visa office to Abu Dhabi, passports are collected here but the relevant documents are sent to Abu Dhabi for visa approval.
All the major staff of the UK visa office has been shifted to Abu Dhabi which completed the visa process within stimulated time, but the applicants received the visa very late due to delay of visa stamp office here, he commented.THE NEWS
