Articles tagged ‘visas’
UK starts fingerprinting foreign travellers
By Chris | January 15th, 2008 |
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Starting yesterday, 14 January, all visitors to Britain who require a visa to enter the country will have their fingerprints taken and added to the national database. Its part of the government’s latest attempt to plug the UK’s porous borders and will effect travellers from 133 countries, although not those from the US or the [...]
New visas rules for the UK
By Chris | December 18th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The British government is bringing in new proposals to cut the time visitors are allowed to stay in the UK on single visits from 6 to 3 months. The changes are directed at visitors from outside the European Union and are part of the Labour government’s belated attempt to get a grip on the tsunami [...]
