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United Kingdom has cancelled the plan to impose £3,000 on first time visitors from six commonwealth countries including Nigeria, it was learnt on Sunday.
Saturday Punch had reported exclusively that UK may have suspended the plan after affected countries protested against the discriminatory policy.
The scheme failed to take off on Friday (November) as reported in June.
According to a report sighted on BBC news on Sunday, a Home Office spokesman confirmed a Sunday Times report that the policy would be scrapped.
But London Reuters said a government’s spokesman said the pilot scheme which had been due to start this month had been canceled.
“We have decided not to proceed,” it quoted the unnamed spokesman as saying.
Another report sighted on Khaleej Times reported that the AFP spoke with a Home Office spokeswoman who said, “The government has been considering whether we pilot a bond scheme that would deter people from overstaying the visa. We have decided not to proceed.”
Under the plan, visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana seeking a six-month British visa would have been obliged to pay a refundable £3,000 ($4,800) cash bond to deter them from overstaying.
Source: Punch
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Saturday Punch had reported exclusively that UK may have suspended the plan after affected countries protested against the discriminatory policy.
The scheme failed to take off on Friday (November) as reported in June.
According to a report sighted on BBC news on Sunday, a Home Office spokesman confirmed a Sunday Times report that the policy would be scrapped.
But London Reuters said a government’s spokesman said the pilot scheme which had been due to start this month had been canceled.
“We have decided not to proceed,” it quoted the unnamed spokesman as saying.
Another report sighted on Khaleej Times reported that the AFP spoke with a Home Office spokeswoman who said, “The government has been considering whether we pilot a bond scheme that would deter people from overstaying the visa. We have decided not to proceed.”
Under the plan, visitors from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nigeria and Ghana seeking a six-month British visa would have been obliged to pay a refundable £3,000 ($4,800) cash bond to deter them from overstaying.
Source: Punch
see more at http://www.punchng.com/news/uk-scraps-3000-visa-bond/
