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The United Kingdom will charge an immigration bond from persons visiting that country from Sri Lanka and five other countries as a measure of preventing visa abuse, such as overstaying.
However, the bond which is set at £3000 per adult will only be charged from highest risk applicants.
“We will not require all visitors from the selected pilot countries to pay a bond. The number of bonds issued during the pilot will be limited”, announced a statement issued by the UK embassy in Colombo.
The embassy says, the project which will commence in November this year will run for 12 months as a pilot project.
“The purpose of this pilot is to test the effectiveness of bonds as a deterrent against visa abuse, such as overstaying”, the embassy statement further added.
This pilot scheme will operate in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana.
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