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We’d like to take this opportunity to reassure you and our loyal clients that Aristone are operating as usual following Government guidelines.
We have made changes to ensure that we can continue to provide you with the high quality services you expect from us. Our staff have been briefed and we have put the appropriate measures in place to assist with mitigating any risks. Our contingency plans are robust and have been proved to be effective over the last few weeks, and we continue to deliver our services to you.
The Phased Re-Opening of UK Visa Application Centres
Note: The Home Office is expected to make additional updates to its information and advice released to date, therefore the information in this post is also subject to change. If you would like to discuss any aspect of UK visa applications and related policy in more detail, book your obligation-free consultation with Aristone Solicitors today.
In March 2020, the Home Office in the UK made the decision to temporarily close all UK visa application centres, while at the same time suspending immigration services on a global basis. UK visa application centres are scheduled to be reopened over a series of phases – the basics of which are outlined below:
Phase 1 & Phase 2
UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) commenced the first phase of the process on June 1, 2020, confirming that a series of domestic and overseas VACs would resume operations. Phase 2 commenced on June 22, 2020, where further VACs were reopened at home and abroad.
Phase 3 & Phase 4
An additional series of VACs based within the UK resumed operations as of June 29, 2020 as part of Phase 3. This was followed by the commencement of Phase 4 on July 13, 2020 which included the resumption of services in some Asian countries and the opening of eight new VACs in the UK.
Phase 4 will now continue to include the resumption of operations of VACs in the United States and Canada, along with more widespread VAC operations in East Asia, South Asia and the Middle East.
As it stands, no application centres (domestic or international) are offering Priority or Super Priority services for expedited application processing. In addition, no VACs have yet resumed VIP mobile appointments.
It is important to note that many application centres based outside the United Kingdom are currently only rebooking appointments for existing applicants. New visa application appointments are only be accepted by some application centres, so it is important to check the latest advice and information in the locality from where your application will be submitted.
Head over to the TLS contact website or VFS Global website for more information.
USA and Canada
VFS Global PACs for UK visa applicants in the United States reopened as of July 13, 2020 with the exception of the PAC in Seattle. Appointments can be booked now via the VFS Global online portal.
Likewise, VFS Global confirmed the reopening of all VACs in Canada as of July 17, 2020 where appointments can now be made via the online portal.
Domestic and International Visa Application Centres
The Home Office has provided a detailed list of domestic and international visa application centres that have either opened or are scheduled to open again in the near future. The following information is accurate in accordance with the Home Office’s advice as of July 2020, though is subject to change at any time.
List of visa application centres in the UK and overseas
The following comprises a list of all in-country and overseas UK VACs that have re-opened or are due to re-open, arranged by region of the world.
Please continue to monitor this page and sign up to receive our email alerts to receive notifications of changes as and when they occur.
UK – Opening Dates
Aberdeen – 3 August Bath – new VAC – 3 August Bedford – Autumn 2020 Belfast – 22 June Birmingham (Core) – 1 June Birmingham (Premium Lounge) – 1 June Birmingham – Bull Street – new VAC – 27 July Bournemouth – 3 August Bristol (Bradley Stoke) – Autumn 2020 Burnley – Autumn 2020 Cambridge – Autumn 2020 Canterbury – Autumn 2020 Cardiff (Core) – 27 July Cardiff Bay (Temporary Core) – 22 June Chelmsford – 1 June Coventry – 3 August Eastbourne – Autumn 2020 Edinburgh – 22 June Exeter – 1 June Glasgow (Core) – 22 June Gloucester – 27 July Guildford – new VAC – 1 July Hemel Hempstead (Library) – 3 August Hull – 20 July Ipswich – 6 July Leeds – 1 June Liverpool – Autumn 2020 Llandudno – 3 August London – Barbican – Autumn 2020 London – Belgrave Road – new VAC – 27 July London – Croydon (Core) – 1 June London – Croydon 2 – new VAC – 13 July London – Edmonton Green – 20 July London – Enfield – 20 July London – Lansdowne Road – new VAC – 13 July London – (Premium Lounge) – 1 June London – Mark Lane (ESP) – 1 June London – Shoe Lane – Autumn 2020 London – Stratford – 3 August London – Victoria – 1 June Luton – new VAC – 13 July Manchester (Core) – 20 July Manchester (Temporary Core) – 22 June Manchester Fountain Street (ESP) – 1 June Newcastle – 20 July Newport – 3 August Norwich – new VAC – 13 July Norwich Library – Autumn 2020 Nottingham – new VAC – 1 July Nottingham Library – Autumn 2020 Peterborough – 3 August Preston – Autumn 2020 Reading – 3 August Sheffield – 1 June Southampton – 1 June Stockport – Autumn 2020 Sunderland – new VAC – 13 July Swindon – 20 July Swinton (Yorkshire) – Autumn 2020 Taunton – 20 July Wakefield – Autumn 2020 Wolverhampton – 3 August
Europe and Central Asia – Opening Dates
Albania (Tirana) – 29 June Armenia (Yerevan) – 29 June Austria (Vienna) – 29 June Azerbaijan (Baku) – 22 June Belarus (Minsk) – 1 June Belgium (Brussels) – 22 June Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) – 29 June Bulgaria (Sofia) – 29 June Croatia (Zagreb) – 27 July Cyprus (Nicosia-South) – 29 June Czech Republic (Prague) – 29 June Denmark (Copenhagen) – 29 June Estonia (Tallinn) – 3 August Finland (Helsinki) – 3 August France (Paris) – 22 June Germany (Berlin) – 1 June Germany (Dusseldorf) – 1 June Germany (Munich) – 1 June Georgia (Tbilisi) – 29 June Greece (Athens) – 29 June Hungary (Budapest) – 29 June Iceland (Reykjavik) – 29 June Ireland (Dublin) – 29 June Italy (Rome) – 29 June Kazakhstan (Almaty) – 29 June Kazakhstan (Nur Sultan) – 29 June Kosovo (Pristina) – 29 June Latvia (Riga) – 3 August Lithuania (Vilnius) – 3 August Macedonia (Skopje) – 29 June Malta (Valletta) – 27 July Montenegro (Podgorica) – 29 June Netherlands (Amsterdam) – 29 June Norway (Oslo) – 29 June Poland (Warsaw) – 29 June Portugal (Lisbon) – 22 June Romania (Bucharest) – 29 June Russia (Ekaterinburg) – 29 June Russia (Moscow) – 29 June Russia (Novosibirsk) – 29 June Russia (Rostov) – 29 June Russia (St Petersburg) – 29 June Serbia (Belgrade) – 22 June Slovenia (Ljubljana) – 27 July Spain (Barcelona) – 22 June Spain (Madrid) – 22 June Sweden (Stockholm) – 29 June Switzerland (Geneva) – 22 June Turkey (Adana) – 22 June Turkey (Ankara) – 22 June Turkey (Antalya) – 29 June Turkey (Bursa) – 22 June Turkey (Gaziantep) – 22 June Turkey (Istanbul) – 22 June Turkey (Izmir) – 22 June Ukraine (Kiev) – 1 June
Canada – Opening Dates
Toronto – 17 July Edmonton – 17 July Ottawa – 17 July Vancouver – 17 July Halifax – 17 July St. John’s – 17 July
USA – VFSPACs – Opening Dates
New York – 13 July Atlanta – 13 July Boston – 13 July Chicago – 13 July Houston – 13 July Los Angeles – 13 July Miami – 13 July San Francisco – 13 July Washington DC – 13 July
USA – USCISASCs – Opening Dates
Alabama Birmingham – 27 July
Alaska Anchorage – 27 July
Arizona Phoenix – 20 July Tucson – 27 July Yuma – 27 July
Arkansas Fort Smith – 27 July
California Bakersfield – 27 July Bellflower – 27 July Buena Park – 27 July El Monte – 20 July Fresno – 27 July Gardena – 27 July Imperial – 27 July La Brea – 27 July Los Angeles – 20 July Modesto – 27 July Oxnard – 27 July Pomona – 27 July Riverside – 20 July Sacramento – 20 July Salinas – 27 July Santa Rosa – 27 July San Diego – 27 July San Fernando – 20 July San Francisco – 20 July San Marcos – 27 July Tustin – 20 July
Colorado Denver – 20 July Grand Junction – 27 July
Connecticut Hartford – 27 July
Delaware Dover – 27 July
Florida Central Miami (formerly Hialeah) – 20 July Ft. Lauderdale – 20 July Fort Myers – 27 July Jacksonville – 20 July Kendall – 20 July Tampa – 20 July West Palm Beach – 20 July
Guam Guam – 27 July
Hawaii Honolulu – 27 July
Idaho Boise – 27 July Idaho Falls – 27 July
Illinois Chicago – South – 27 July Naperville – 20 July Norridge – 20 July Waukegan – 27 July
Indiana Indianapolis – 20 July Michigan City – 27 July
Iowa Des Moines – 27 July
Kansas Wichita – 27 July
Kentucky Louisville – 27 July
Louisiana New Orleans – 20 July
Maine Portland – 27 July
Maryland Baltimore – 20 July Salisbury – 27 July Wheaton – 20 July
Massachusetts Lawrence – 27 July
Michigan Detroit – 20 July Grand Rapids – 27 July
Minnesota Duluth (1 week per month) – 11 August St. Paul – 20 July
Mississippi Jackson – 27 July
Missouri Kansas City – 27 July St. Louis – 27 July
Montana Helena – 27 July
Nebraska Omaha – 27 July
Nevada Las Vegas – 20 July Nevada – 27 July
New Hampshire Manchester – 27 July
New Jersey Hackensack – 20 July
New Mexico Albuquerque – 27 July
New York Albany – 27 July Bronx – 20 July Buffalo – 27 July Happauge – 20 July Jamaica/Queens – 20 July Long Island – 20 July Manhattan – 20 July Port Chester – 20 July Syracuse – 27 July
North Dakota Fargo – 27 July
North Carolina Charlotte – 20 July Raleigh – 20 July
Northern Mariana Islands Saipan – 25 August
Ohio Cincinnati – 27 July Cleveland – 27 July Columbus – 20 July
Oklahoma Oklahoma City – 27 July
Oregon Portland – 20 July
Pennsylvania Pittsburgh – 27 July York – 27 July
Puerto Rico San Juan – 27 July
Rhode Island Providence – 27 July
South Carolina Charleston – 27 July Greer – 27 July
South Dakota Rapid City – 27 July Sioux Falls – 27 July
Tennessee Memphis – 27 July Nashville – 20 July
Texas Austin – 20 July Dallas South – 27 July El Paso – 27 July Fort Worth – 20 July Harlingen – 27 July Houston Northwest – 20 July Houston Southeast – 20 July Laredo – 27 July Lubbock – 27 July McAllen – 27 July San Antonio – 27 July
U.S. Virgin Islands St. Croix (1 week per month) – 25 August St. Thomas – 27 July
Utah Salt Lake City – 20 July
Vermont St. Albans – 27 July
Virginia Norfolk – 27 July
Washington Spokane – 27 July Yakima – 27 July
West Virginia Charleston – 27 July
Wisconsin Milwaukee – 27 July
Wyoming Casper (1 week per month) – 18 August
Africa – Opening Dates Angola (Luanda) – 29 June Botswana (Gaborone) – 29 June Cameroon (Yaoundé) – 13 July Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) – 27 July Ethiopia (Addis Ababa) – 29 June Gambia (Banjul) – 22 June Kenya (Mombasa) – 29 June Kenya (Nairobi) – 29 June Madagascar (Antananarivo)* – 29 June Malawi (Lilongwe) – 29 June Mauritius (Port Louis) – 27 July Mozambique (Maputo) – 29 June Namibia (Windhoek) – 29 June Nigeria (Abuja) – 27 July Nigeria (Ikeja) – 27 July Nigeria (Victoria Island) – 27 July Rwanda (Kigali) – 29 June Senegal (Dakar) – 13 July Sierra Leone (Freetown) – 13 July South Africa (Cape Town) – 13 July South Africa (Durban) – 13 July South Africa (Johannesburg) – 13 July South Africa (Port Elizabeth) – 13 July Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) – 29 June Uganda (Kampala) – 29 June Zambia (Lusaka) – 29 June Zimbabwe (Harare) – 29 June
The Antananarivo VAC will be closing again on 9 July 2020 until further notice due to a local rise in Covid-19 cases
East Asia and Pacific – Opening Dates
Australia (Brisbane) – 1 June Australia (Canberra) – 1 June Australia (Melbourne)** – 1 June Australia (Perth) – 1 June Australia (Sydney) – 1 June Brunei (Bandar Seri Begawan) – 22 June Cambodia (Phnom Penh) – 22 June China (Beijing) – 1 June China (Changsha) – 22 June China (Chengdu) – 22 June China (Chongqing) – 1 June China (Fuzhou) – 22 June China (Guangzhou) – 1 June China (Jinan) – 22 June China (Kunming) – 22 June China (Hangzhou) – 22 June China (Nanjing) – 22 June China (Shanghai) – 1 June China (Shenyang) – 22 June China (Shenzhen) – 22 June China (Wuhan) – 22 June China (Xi’an) – 22 June China SAR (Hong Kong) – 1 June Fiji (Suva) – 1 June Indonesia (Bali) – 6 July Indonesia (Jakarta) – 6 July Indonesia (Surabaya) – 6 July Japan (Osaka) – 22 June Japan (Tokyo) – 22 June Laos (Vientiane) – 10 July Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) – 1 June Myanmar (Yangon) – 6 July New Zealand (Auckland) – 22 June Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby) – 9 July Singapore – 29 June South Korea (Seoul) – 22 June Thailand (Bangkok) – 1 June Thailand (Chiang Mai) – 22 June Taiwan (Taipei) – 1 June Vietnam (Danang) – 22 June Vietnam (Hanoi) – 22 June Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City) – 22 June
The Melbourne VAC will be closing again on 9 July 2020 until further notice due to a local rise in Covid-19 cases
Middle East and North Africa – Opening Dates
Algeria (Algiers) – 13 July Algeria (Oran) – 13 July Bahrain (Manama) – 28 June Egypt (Alexandra) – 22 June Egypt (Cairo) – 22 June Iraq (Baghdad) – 13 July Iraq (Basra) – 13 July Iraq (Erbil) – 13 July Israel (Tel Aviv) – 29 June Jordan (Amman) – 22 June Kuwait (Kuwait City) – 28 June Lebanon (Beirut) – 29 June Morocco (Rabat) – 29 June Occupied Palestinian Territory (Jerusalem) – 29 June Qatar (Doha) – 5 July Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar) – 28 June Saudi Arabia (Jeddah) – 28 June Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) – 28 June Tunisia (Tunis) – 22 June United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) – 28 June United Arab Emirates (Dubai) – 28 June
South Asia – Opening Dates
Bangladesh (Dhaka) – 13 July Bangladesh (Sylhet) – 13 July India (Ahmedabad) – 6 July India (Bengaluru – Global Tech Park) – 6 July India (Chandigarh) – 6 July India (Chennai) – 6 July India (Jalandhar) – 6 July India (Kochi/Cochin) – 6 July India (Hyderabad) – 6 July India (Kolkata) – 6 July India (Mumbai South) – 6 July India (New Delhi – Shivaji Metro Stadium) – 6 July India (Pune) – 6 July Pakistan (Islamabad) – 27 July Pakistan (Karachi) – 27 July Pakistan (Lahore) – 27 July Sri Lanka (Colombo) – 6 July
The Home Office is making changes on a daily basis. It is therefore important to ensure that decisions made are based on up-to-date guidance. Please do not hesitate to contact the Aristone SolicitorsTeam with any queries or concerns you may have.
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We’d like to take this opportunity to reassure you and our loyal clients that Aristone are operating as usual following Government guidelines.
We have made changes to ensure that we can continue to provide you with the high quality services you expect from us. Our staff have been briefed and we have put the appropriate measures in place to assist with mitigating any risks. Our contingency plans are robust and have been proved to be effective over the last few weeks, and we continue to deliver our services to you.
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