{"id":71846,"date":"2016-06-30T19:57:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a10372deeab60d86f0cba1d298e808f9"},"modified":"2016-06-30T19:57:00","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T19:57:00","slug":"press-release-embassy-opens-visa-application-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=71846","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Embassy Opens Visa Application Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> Added translation<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The UK Visa Application Centre will open to customers on 7 July, offering greater flexibility and a wider range of services to customers, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>longer opening hours and more daily appointments;<\/li>\n<li>the option for digital assistance to help customers complete the online application form;<\/li>\n<li>the option for document checking services to ensure an application is complete before it is submitted;<\/li>\n<li>the option (from August) for walk-in, out of hours and large group appointments;<\/li>\n<li>and (from 30 September) all passports to remain within Peru, with the option for applicants to retain their        passport while their visa is being processed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The online visa application process will not change and the visa price and processing speed will remain the same.  There will be a fee for some additional services (eg document checking service).<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the change, Consul General Dominic Williams said:<br \/>\n\u201cWe are delighted to be opening a new Visa Application Centre.  We hope that the new services offered will make the visa process simpler and encourage even more Peruvian nationals to visit the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>All visa customers will submit their supporting documents and biometric data at the UK Visa Application Centre from 7 July.  The Centre is co-located with the Canadian and Irish Visa Application Centres at Pasaje Martir Olaya 129, Oficina 1301, Miraflores, Lima.<\/p>\n<p>Peruvian nationals wishing to travel to the UK can apply for a visa up to 3 months before they travel.  The UK government aims to process 100% of non-settlement applications within 15 working days and 100% of settlement applications within 60 working days.  In 2015, 95.4% of applications received from Peruvian nationals were approved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new UK Visa Application Centre at Pasaje Martir Olaya 129, Oficina 1301, Miraflores, Lima will offer customers an expanded range of services.<\/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\/71846"}],"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=71846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}