Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Indians on business trips to UK should get visas on short notic

Indians on business trips to Britain should be provided visas on short notice to allow them to explore commercial opportunities in the country, Lord Navnit Dholakia, Deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords said today.
Participating in a debate on 'British Opportunity in India and Indian Investments in the United Kingdom', Dholakia said "Bilateral trade is impacted by our own visa regime."

Drawing attention towards the difficulties faced by Indian businessmen in obtaining visa, Dholakia said "We should make sure that business visitors and senior providers are facilitated to travel to the UK to explore business opportunities and business contracts."

"Would not the Minister accept that timelines are short in the business world?" he asked. He cited the example of IT industry and said "it is particularly impacted by issues such as delivery of service which is dependent on movement of professionals at short notice."

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