Amid 89% surge in scholar visas, UK envoy guarantees to chop down utility time

The demand for scholar visas from India to the United Kingdom has gone up by 89 per cent, stated the British envoy on Wednesday. He added that the UK and Delhi groups are actually engaged on bettering the customer visa processing time. British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis stated the fee is on observe to get again to processing visa functions to the usual 15-day period.

“The combination of an unprecedented surge in demand for travel from India to the UK, combined with the effects of Covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine meant that our visa processing got well outside of a 15-day working standard,” Ellis stated in a video assertion shared on Twitter.

“The good news is we’re now getting back on track. We’ve dealt with an unprecedented surge in student visas, 89 per cent up on last year. We’re turning right off skilled worker visas very fast and now we are focussing on visitor visas to get them back inside 15 days,” Ellis stated, including that the purpose is to get to that customary by the top of the yr.

Ellis urged travellers to use for visas properly upfront, at the same time as early as three months previous to the journey. He additionally suggested candidates to utilize the precedence and super-priority visa utility choices.

We are on observe to get again to processing 🇮🇳 to 🇬🇧 #visa functions inside our customary of 15 days.

👉 Student numbers ⬆️ by 89% since final yr.
👉 Skilled staff visas carry processed sooner
👉 Focus on bettering customer visa processing instances.

A good distance come, extra to go. pic.twitter.com/cjX26mRxs8

— Alex Ellis (@AlexWEllis) October 18, 2022

“And don’t forget, we’ve got good availability in our visa application centres as well. You can help by applying early. You can apply three months in advance. You can use different services, including the priority visa service and the super priority visa service if you have a particular urgency,” he stated.

The High Commissioner’s message comes amid stories of lengthy delays within the approval course of for visas to the United States, Europe and Canada.

Earlier, it was reported that there have been 800+ days of delay in getting an interview appointment for a customer’s visa to the US. Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, throughout an abroad journey, had raised the matter with the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to which the highest American diplomat stated he’s delicate to the matter and had a plan to deal with it.