Get ready to deposit a hefty cash bond if you are planning a trip to UK post November. According to plans finalised by the British home office, India is among the six nations that will have to pay £3,000 as fee from November 2013 to enter Britain.
The scheme will be applicable to visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana.
According to a national daily,” Home secretary Theresa May says this is the next step in making sure “our immigration system is more selective, bringing down net migration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands, while still welcoming the brightest and the best to Britain.”
The number of Indians receiving visas to travel to the UK, either to work or study fell by nearly 20% between 2011 and 2012.
The number coming to live in Britain fell by 74,000 in the 12 months to June last year as curbs on students and workers from outside Europe began to bite.
With inputs from Timesofindia.com
