The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Nigeria has adopted a new visa application process for Nigerians.
This was disclosed in an official British High Commission statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
The Commission’s spokesperson, Joe Abuku said “Visa staff now only need electronic versions of support documents” to issue visas.
The new process, according to the statement, will take effect from December 5.
Then, customers applying for a UK visa in Lagos, Victoria Island and Ikeja, would bring applicants benefits from digital improvements to the UK visa application process.
“TLSContact (responsible for UK Visa Application Centres in Nigeria) will scan your supporting documents whilst you’re at the visa application centre, and then return your original documents to you.
“They will then send these (electronic) documents to UKVI, with your passport and application form, and visa officers will consider your application in the usual way.
In order to avoid delays in the visa application centre, the Commission requested applicants to ensure they complied with requirement to provide all documents in A4 size, while any other documents smaller or larger than A4 should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper.
The Commission also advised all customers to remove any clips or pins from documents before submitting their application.
It warned that any torn, crumpled or heavily creased documents, which are difficult to photocopy, should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper before submission.
This is because they can’t be scanned in this condition.
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