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14th October 2013 #1
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Visa applications to be simplified for Chinese visitors
14 October 2013
Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has announced measures to simplify the visa application proces for Chinese visitors.
In Beijing today, Monday 14 October, the Chancellor announced 3 key steps, including a pilot scheme which will cut down on paperwork for Chinese visitors to the EU and UK.
Chinese nationals wanting to visit both the EU and UK will not need to submit a separate UK visa application when they book with selected Chinese travel agents.
A new 24-hour 'super priority' visa service is also to be made available from summer next year.
The plan also includes expansion of the VIP mobile visa service now operating in Beijing and Shanghai. This service cuts the process down to 5 minutes or less, because visa teams go to applicants to collect their completed forms and biometric data.
China is one of the UK's priority markets for tourism and business. In 2012, 210,000 visas were issued to visiting Chinese nationals who went on to contribute around £300 million to the British economy.
Chinese students make up the largest group of foreign nationals in UK schools and universities. The UK is also the top destination for Chinese investment in Europe, attracting nearly £2 billion in the past year alone. More than 600 Chinese businesses now have a presence in the UK.
The Home Secretary, Theresa May, said:
'We are continuing to attract the brightest and best to work and study in the UK, while preventing immigration abuse and bringing net migration down to the tens of thousands.
'Our Chinese visa system already provides an excellent service and figures demonstrate that Chinese tourists are increasingly choosing to visit the UK. We will continue to make further improvements wherever possible for visitors travelling independently or as part of a group.'
The UK already offers a competitive service to Chinese visa applicants, including 12 visa application centres across China, an optional 5-day priority visa service for eligible tourists, business visitors and skilled workers, and extended opening hours in 6 application centres.
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http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...ed-visas-china
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14th October 2013 #2
Personally, ... I think the 'Home Office Guidelines' could do with being simplified for ALL applicants.
Quite honestly ... ... in their present format, they're so complex, they might as well be printed in "Double Dutch"!
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14th October 2013 #3
bet none of them get there visit visa turned down or get asked if their going back home
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14th October 2013 #4
He is just brown nosing because the chinese are pumping money into the country. It wouldnt surprise me if he gets a backhander out of it.
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14th October 2013 #5
i think they missed the word 'Rich' Chinese, after all this country has a problem with illegal Chinese immigrants
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14th October 2013 #6
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14th October 2013 #7
Just another sell off.
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14th October 2013 #8
Make it easier for them to come and spend their money, oh no
That's the last thing we want isn't it
They fly here....... create employment at the airport
They stay in a hotel........ more people kept employed
Go to tourist attractions, maybe take a taxi, buy an ice cream, go to one of our world famous restaurants
And the problem is
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14th October 2013 #9
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My city seems to be full of young Chinese students.
Not a problem. They are always well-behaved and seem to fit unobtrusively into society.
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14th October 2013 #10
you sound like May and why they brought in the £18k6 minimum income threshold
are you sure they are students and not over-stayers
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.u...raid-1-6129734
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15th October 2013 #14
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I believe most of the students are attending either York University or St.Johns College here....plus we have a law college too.
I don't know much about the Chinese studying here, but the way things are in China, compared to here, I'm sure they're very happy to return home after completion of their courses.
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15th October 2013 #15
So whilst they're here Graham they're renting accommodation, spending money in the local community.
Don't remember seeing any reports of Chinese nationals camping out rough, begging etc come to think of it I haven't heard of any Buddhist extreme terrorists trying to blow up western infidels recently
Wish there were more round my way spending their money
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15th October 2013 #16
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Reports of Chinese illegals/failed asylum seekers/overstayers being caught are relatively few - either they're extra crafty or there's not that many.
95% of the germs reported seem to be from the Indian sub continent. If people stopped using "Indian" (aka Stani & Bangladeshi) Restaurants they'd be overcrowding Heathrow attempting to get home. The councils would also be able to save money by employing less Food Hygiene Inspectors
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15th October 2013 #17
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15th October 2013 #18
how do you think they get here
oh dedworth your memory is going what about your fav program border farce where the chinese 'students' wife owned a Chinese take away
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/...raid-1-6129710
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/sc...ay-out-2297308
http://www.hertsandessexobserver.co....1001172710.htm
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si.../45-manchester
http://www.brechinadvertiser.co.uk/n...aids-1-3097154
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/si...llegal-workers
http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/10/t...-lincoln-raid/
http://percyweller.wordpress.com/201...orkers-caught/
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15th October 2013 #19
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Still a drop in the ocean Joe compared with the number of Banglas, 'Stanis and Indian they hoover up
Some of their London & SE press releases
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/ne...onandSouthEast
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16th October 2013 #23
Only one Simon?. Problem solved then.
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16th October 2013 #25
Wow 2 spare rooms you are a rich man.
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16th October 2013 #28
Good point joe.
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