From March 14, anybody wanting to travel to India will have to visit one of 14 application centres across the UK for biometric data collection. This will require them turning up in person with applications by post no longer accepted.
The move is part of the larger outsourcing of a number of consular services to VFS Global.
Abta has written to the Indian High Commission to express concern over the short notice given, and asked it to reconsider or delay the changes.
Indian visa change will discourage visitors, trade warns
Operators
TTG Staff
24 February 2015
The travel trade has warned that an upcoming change to the way Indian visas are processed will end up “discouraging” travel to the country.
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