Plans by the UK government to make visitors from ‘high
risk’ countries pay a £3,000 bond before they are allowed into the UK
has been abandoned.
According to reports, it was UK's Deputy Prime Minister Mr
Clegg who originally trailed the idea of asking people seeking an entry
visa to deposit a bond, but he suggested it as an option open to
visitors planning a short visit for a special occasion who wanted their
visa applications fast tracked.
Instead, the Home Secretary Theresa May proposed that all
visitors from five countries – India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Sri Lanka and
Ghana – seeking six month visas should pay £3,000 in cash before their
arrival in the UK. The money would be returned if they left before their
visa expired, but confiscated if they overstayed.
The visa bond scheme was announced by Home Secretary
Theresa May in June and was set to be introduced this month. But the
government has announced they are cancelling the scheme.
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