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UK IMMIGRATION NEWS
| SEPTEMBER 2007 | ||
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| More money to promote rural tourism in the United Kingdom | ||
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The UK government has announced £1 million to help promote rural tourist destinations. |
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| UK to implement Biometric visa systems | ||
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The UK is continuing its implementation of Biometric visa systems at entry clearance posts abroad. The latest order for almost 1,400 high-tech biometric scanners will go to visa processing units in other countries. The UK plans to collect biometric data about every visa applicant, in an attempt to tighten its borders and crack down on illegal immigration. |
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| Olympics could generate £2 billion for the UK | ||
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The influx of tourism to the UK for the 2012 Olympics in London could mean an addition of over £2 billion for the UK economy. Almost £1.5 billion of that could be directed to the London economy alone. |
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| UK Suspends online Visitor Visa applications from India | ||
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The UK government has temporarily suspended online applications for visitor visas from Indian nationals. |
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