Fast processing of UK visa for business community

United Kingdom, 17th March: Business community’s US visa processing will be done in a shorter span of time, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan has stated.

The latest announcement by the UK immigration is a step forward for promotion of business and trade between the UK and Pakistan.

Adam Thomson, the British High Commissioner, along with Robert Gibson, the Deputy High Commissioner and Director of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI), held a conference with top level business executives in Lahore recently.

Thomson recently took over as British High Commissioner in Lahore.

Among others in the round table conference were several renowned faces in the business community of Pakistan including chairman of Millat Tractors, Sikandar Mustafa, CEO of a famous British global company Moody Pakistan, Rashid Mehr and CEO of Grays of Cambridge, Sialkot, Khawar Khawaja.

During the conference, the business community was assured that the UK government is doing all efforts to significantly cut processing times for obtaining UK visa. This will prove to be a big boost for facilitating all genuine students as well as businessmen to enter the UK, thus putting an end to all unnecessary delays or denials in getting a UK visa.

Thomson, a career diplomat and the brain behind the ‘Friends of Democratic Pakistan’ forum, has also served in New York and New Delhi. Hence, having worked at different parts of the world, Thomson understands quite well various geographical and regional difficulties and is considered to be the right official to be posted in Islamabad.

The aim of UK immigration is to provide all the needed help to not just top UK companies but also major Pakistani businesses as well as companies having both financial and commercial relationship with the UK businesses.

Meanwhile, the reign of judicial government, disturbed law and order and disinterest of certain political leaders could prove to be a hindrance in the way.