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| September 30, 2009 | UK visa application centre witnesses mad rush in Chandigarh | | Chandigarh:
Hundreds of Indians thronged the UK visa application centre here to seek
visas in a bid to beat the October 1 deadline when new and stricter visa guidelines
will come into effect. People came in from Punjab and Haryana to submit their
visa applications at the Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) centre for UK, but could
not succeed even after waiting for over 24 hours as the counter closed before
the scheduled time due to the heavy rush. Reportedly, the authorities had to call
in the police to control the crowd. "There is no discipline here. Nobody is giving
us any information. The police are also baton charging us. First police asked
us to sit, then after about ten minutes, they started beating us. One boy started
bleeding after being hit in the leg," said Khushwant Singh, a visa seeker. According
to present guidelines, the visa seekers have to keep the maintenance money in
their bank accounts for a day before submitting the bank statements with their
visa applications. But, with the new guidelines coming into force, the visa applicants
will have to keep the money for at least 28 days before submitting the bank statement
and application. | |
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