United Kingdom Suspends Study, Work And Family Visa For Nigerians

<h4>United Kingdom Suspends Study&comma; Work And Family Visa For Nigerians<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that the United Kingdom Embassy in Nigeria has announced a temporary suspension of study&comma; work&comma; and family visa applications&comma; as priority was now being placed on applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In a statement on Tuesday&comma; the embassy announced that Ukraine Family Scheme was launched in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the invasion of Ukraine&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The statement titled&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;Temporary Suspension of Priority Visas for Student&comma; Work&comma; and Family Applications’&comma; further noted that Nigerians&comma; whose passports were ready for collection&comma; would be contacted by the Visa Application Centre&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;It read&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;UK Visas and Immigration is currently prioritizing applications made under the Ukraine Family Scheme&comma; following its launch and in response to the humanitarian crisis arising from the invasion of Ukraine&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As a result&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">UKVI<&sol;a> has temporarily suspended priority and super-priority services for new study&comma; work&comma; and family applications&period; Customers with standard applications in study&comma; work&comma; and family routes may experience some delays in the processing of their application&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are still currently unable to offer PV for visitor applications in Nigeria&period; Standard visitor visa applications are currently taking an average of six weeks to process&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Applicants will be contacted by the Visa Application Centre &lpar;VAC&rpar; when their passport is ready for collection&period; They should not attend the VAC until they have been invited to do so&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Where there are extremely compassionate or compelling circumstances &lpar;for example&comma; a medical emergency&rpar;&comma; UKVI may consider expediting specific cases&period; However&comma; the bar for this is high and will be assessed on a case-by-case basis&period; If a request is exceptionally urgent&comma; applicants can contact UK Visas and Immigration for help&period; Please note that this is a chargeable service for overseas customers&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;