Thursday, April 1, 2010

UK visa requirements for visitors from Dominica and St. Lucia


The UK border agency has announced that it may introduce visas to the UK for visitors from Dominica and St Lucia, after analyzing the results of a Visa Waiver Test on seven countries in the eastern Caribbean.

The Visa Waiver Test is carried out to determine the risk that a specific countries' citizens potentially pose to the UK in terms of illegal immigration, crime and security, to help decide where visas to the UK may be required.
It also helps the government determine whether the visa regimes are in the right places.

The Test was announced in 2007 when travel from any country beyond the European Economic Area and Switzerland was measured against a range of criteria including illegal immigration, crime and security concerns. The assessment found that there was a need for introducing visas to the UK for a number of currently visa free countries, based on the current level of risk posed to the UK by sufficient numbers of their nationals. A UK visa regime is a simple but very effective immigration, crime and security control measure.

In this case results of the test showed a strong case for introducing visas to the UK for citizens of Dominica and St Lucia. The UK government will now work with these two countries and try to resolve the its concerns during a six-month period.

The final decision on visitor visa regimes will be taken until the end of the six-month period after all relevant factors are considered.

2 comments:

  1. Dominican citizens can however visit Vietnam, listed as 15th most interesting country in the world of tourism. There is a Vietnam embassy in Dominica but one can also apply for the Vietnam visa online. In this case they will be issued the letter of approval to use for their travel to Vietnam by air within 48 hours.

    This service can be rushed to less than 24 hours. Simply before you start this procedure ensure you have a valid passport. You should have acquired this passport over six months in advance and it must have more than six months left to its expiry. You will be required to make some service payments and also payment for stamping of the visa but these payments in total are less compared to how much money you would have spent when applying for the Vietnam visa from the Vietnam embassy. Find more information on how to apply for the Vietnam visa on Arrival online:

    http://www.visa-vietnam.org
    http://www.vietnamvisa.fr

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    Many benefits to applying for a maintenance application are in the UK. These are discussing as follows
    • Applicants may remain in the UK;
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    Spouse visa UK serve as a way to remain in the UK and - ultimately - lead to a visa after applying for a UK citizenship.
    • You are not afraid that someone will expel you from the UK.

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