The Chancellery responded to British government that just a “1% of travelers misused visa waiver“, after London announced that it will once again require a visa for Colombian citizens due to a “significant and sustained increase“of the number of nationals who traveled to the United Kingdom.
“For reasons of its internal immigration policy, the United Kingdom has decided to reinstate the visa requirement for several countries and today decided to add Colombia to that list (…) In the Colombian case, a minority that corresponds to 1% of The travelers misused the visa exemption by making irregular asylum applications with false motivations, which precipitated the decision“, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement this Tuesday.
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The British Parliament confirmed this Tuesday, in a written statement, that this permit will be requested again from December 24 to Colombian citizens who travel to that country after having withdrawn it in 2022.
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A transition period for Colombians who access the United Kingdom without a visa in the event that they have processed their travel reservations to this country before the introduction of the changes.
(Context: The United Kingdom will once again ask Colombians for visas, after two years of exception).
The British Home Office indicated on its official website that when having to apply for a visa, the Government will be able to evaluate, before your arrival, “Whether those traveling to visit the UK comply with immigration rules“.
In this context, the Foreign Ministry added that “Although a minority harmed the majority, Colombians will continue to travel to the United Kingdom without problems“.
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“Commercial, cultural relations and tourism will continue to develop, only that from today they will have to undergo the routine process of applying for a visa“said the Foreign Ministry.
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Colombia is not the only country from which the United Kingdom will require a visa againgiven that “Jordan, Honduras and El Salvador and other countries that have exempted visas in recent months have received this notification as a measure by the British government to reduce, according to them, the growing internal pressure due to the migratory wave.“he stressed National Government.
Following the lifting of these visit visa requirements in November 2022, London detected that “There has been a significant and sustained increase in the number of Colombian nationals who have traveled to the UK for purposes not permitted under visitor immigration rules, such as living, working or seeking asylum in the UK.“.
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