Visitor bond scheme to be scrapped by government

[joebloggs]

another forced u turn for the Tories and May. , clegg getting his way again

Plans for a £3,000 "security bond" for some "high risk" overseas visitors to the UK are to be abandoned, the Home Office has confirmed.


read more here .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24793092

it didn't take long for some to find out ..

http://www.nigerianmonitor.com/2013/...000-visa-bond/

[Terpe]

Nigeria Plans To Impose £5,000 Visa Bond On Britian

Apparently very insulted by the British government’s decision to impose a £3,000 visa bond on Nigerian immigrants, the Federal Government has put plans in place to place a similar bond on incoming British citizens....

[joebloggs]

Nigeria Plans To Impose £5,000 Visa Bond On Britian

that might be a good thing to keep Brits out of that scam hole, just think the damage it would do to their 'tourist industry'

[Dedworth]

that might be a good thing to keep Brits out of that scam hole, just think the damage it would do to their 'tourist industry'

Good point Joe - I'd favour a trade and tourist ban on them as we should do with that other toilet state Pakistan

[bigmarco]

Labour MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the Commons Home Affairs committee, said: "The home secretary is right to shelve the bond proposals. At the time she announced the pilot I warned her that bonds would not work.

Cross party agreement