New UK visit visa application form launched in Bangladesh

The British High Commission says it has launched a new “quicker and easier” UK visit visa application form in Bangladesh.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 28 July 2016, 07:58 AM
Updated : 28 July 2016, 07:59 AM

The form called ‘Access UK’ is available at www.gov.uk/apply-uk-visa.

Plans are underway to launch the form in Bengali to make it easier for customers to apply, however answers will need to be provided in English, the High Commission said in a statement on Thursday.

The new form offers customers a number of benefits including “a shorter form, with questions ordered logically, a mobile friendly format and the ability to download a Schengen visa form.”

UK Visas & Immigration Regional Director for South and Southeast Asia Nick Crouch was quoted as saying in the statement that the “UK remains committed to improving the visa service for customers and making it quicker and easier for customers to apply for UK visas.”

“The new form, known as Access UK, successfully launched in China in 2014 and received excellent feedback from customers.

“We have further refined it and are now rolling it out globally. We look forward to hearing further feedback on the form, and hope that it will encourage more customers from Bangladesh to visit the UK.”

British High Commissioner Alison Blake reiterated that Britain is open for business and always encourages “legitimate” visitors to the UK.

“I hope Bangladeshi visa applicants will find the new form ‘Access visa’ easier and quicker to use.”