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Liberal view on visas to Indians: UK

by Azaz Motiwala | February 19, 2005

New Delhi - The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, today said that the UK would take a liberal view on granting visas to Indians.

Speaking to MPs and business leaders under the auspices of the Indo-British Parliamentary Forum of the FICCI, he said: "We grant 260,000 visa applications to India per year, which is by far the highest granted by any British High Commission anywhere in the world. I assure you that we will be even more liberal."

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