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Embassy Closures

The following Embassies have national or local holidays whithin the next 10 days and may be closed:

25/07/2008
Cuba	Embassy closed

30/07/2008
Indonesia	Embassy closed

01/08/2008
Switzerland	National Day

01/08/2008
China	Army Day

04/08/2008
Ireland	August Holiday

Embassy & Visa News

Russia Update
As of immediate effect all students,self employed and unemployed applicants must provide three months bank statements when applying for any type of Russian visa.

China Visa Process Changes
Chinese Visa Service Centre acting on instructions from the Chinese embassy have advised that the same day and next day services have to follow certain conditions. 1. SAME DAY SERVICE - Confirmed reservation indicating his or her leaving the UK within 3 days of visa application submission. 2. NEXT DAY SERVICE - Confirmed reservation indicating his or her leaving the UK within 5 days. Any visa application not following up with the conditions is subject to the normal service.

Mongolia - Online Application Form
Please note with immediate affect all visa application forms are to be filled in online.

Libya - Biometric Data
The Libyan authorities have announced that with effect from 1 July 2008 biometric visas will be required for British nationals seeking to travel to Libya. From this date, British nationals, with the exception of children under the age of five will be required to provide biometric data in order to obtain a visa.

China Visa Changes
The Chinese embassy are in the process of implementing new lodging procedures. Similarly to other High Commissions they have outsourced their visa processing operation. This may initially cause delays in the processing time of your applications, please keep this in mind when booking your visas. This processing centre will also be charging an additional processing fee for any visas submitted through them. Initially the embassy will still be accepting applications and we will attempt to use them directly as long as we can. We will keep you updated on any further developments.

France - Apply in Person now
Please note with immediate affect children travelling on their own have to apply direct with the Embassy.

India - Cut-off-Time
Due to embassy changes we are now operation a cut off time of 4pm for all Indian Visa applications.

France - Apply in Person now
Please note that as of 27 Feb 2008, the French Embassy no longer allow agents to lodge applications for Bangladesh,Belarus, Nigeria and Vietnam. Those nationals will now need to apply in person and expect a delay for the study of their applications.

Russia - Cut-off Time
We are now operationg a cut of time of 4pm for all Russian visa applications for next day lodging. We are able to offer a sameday lodging service but will need to charge a double procurement fee. If you require this service please notify us asap.

Travel Warnings

The British Foreign & Commonwealth Office has issued travel warnings for the following countries:

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Congo, Democratic Republic

Cote D’Ivoire

Djibouti

Ecuador

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Georgia

Guatamala

Guinea

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Kenya

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Pakistan

Philippines

Russian Federation

Rwanda

Somalia

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Thailand

Uganda

Uzbekistan

Yemen

Zibabwe

Please check with VisaSwift or the relevant embassy for more information.