{"id":67808,"date":"2016-02-22T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=211e74fec427d64fe0be0af2f456348f"},"modified":"2016-02-22T10:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T10:41:46","slug":"news-story-home-office-launches-new-visa-waiver-system-in-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=67808","title":{"rendered":"News story: Home Office launches new visa waiver system in Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The electronic visa waiver (EVW) will allow Kuwaiti passport holders to travel to the UK for a visit of up to six months by filling in an online form at least 48 hours before they travel to the UK. <\/p>\n<p>The scheme removes the need to give biometrics, attend a visa application centre or hand in passports in advance of travel. To cover the costs of the new system, a fee of \u00a315 will be introduced later this year. <\/p>\n<p>An improved EVW system has been in development since last year and, after a successful pilot scheme in Kuwait, the system has now been formally introduced. <\/p>\n<p>Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The introduction of the electronic visa waiver scheme in Kuwait follows an increase in the demand for visas from Kuwaiti nationals over a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, more than 100,000 Kuwaiti nationals travelled to the UK and the EVW reflects the growing importance of our relationship with Kuwait and the region as a whole.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last-child\">We look forward to welcoming more genuine visitors and tourists coming to the UK.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Further details on the EVW and for the latest information on the UK\u2019s visa service, go to the Home Office <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-electronic-visa-waiver\">website<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new electronic visa waiver system has launched to make it easier for Kuwaiti passport holders to travel to the UK for business and tourism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67808"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}