The British Consulate General just opened a new UK Visa Application Centre at the 2nd floor, Resco Building 94-96 Nguyen Du Street, Dist 1, Ho Chi Minh City.
Both new centres in Hanoi and in Ho Chi Minh City are bigger with greater capacity to reduce waiting times for customers and make the start of the journey to the UK more comfortable. They are operated by VFS Global, UK Visas and Immigration’s commercial partner in South East Asia. The new Visa Application centres will continue to offer 3 to 5 day priority visa service which is now available to all business visitors, those wishing to work and invest in the UK and Tier 4 student visa applications. Both centres also offer extended opening hours, a premium lounge service, SMS visa application tracking, photocopying, printing and photo booth facilities.
The new Visa Application Centre and premium services support the strong growth in the number of UK visas issued to Vietnamese. In 2013, a record number of visas – over 13,000 – were approved for Vietnamese customers, 9 percent more than the previous year. The growth is largely from those going to the UK as tourists and business visitors. There was also a 2 percent increase in those going to for long-term study.
Last year, 91 percent of Vietnamese who applied for a UK visa got one and it took under 8 working days, on average, for a non-settlement visa to be processed.
The new Visa Application Centres are at shared premises with the Australian visa service.
P.Dong
Đăng ký: VietNam News