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Online Appointments system for Students / Student Agents only.
Please click on the Student Appointments to make an appointment.
Effective 5th March 2008 we have introduced the online appointment system
for Students and Student Agents.
Kindly make prior bookings for submissions.
Individual Students are advised to arrive at the time of appointment and not
more than 5-10 minutes late. A student agent should arrive at the time of
appointment, however the student group will arrive between 30-60 minutes later
depending on the group size. The agent should co-ordinate with us the time of
arrival of individual applicants. This is to ensure there is no crowding inside
and outside the Visa Application Centre. Due to space constraints we will not
be able to accommodate any accompanying family members or friends except for
minors.
On your arrival please produce a printout of the appointment letter for
each individual applicant.
Welcome to the homepage of the United Kingdom Visa Application Centre's website.
This site is designed to offer advise and guidance on the visa process and
enable visa applicants to check the progress of their application on-line.
Visa Application Centres were established in conjunction with the British
Embassy during early 2005. There is now a network of 12 offices across China
offering a range of services designed to make the visa application procedure
simple, accessible and more convenient for visa applicants within China.
The established network of our Visa Application Centres perform a number of
routine administrative tasks on behalf of the British Embassy, but have no
involvement in the visa decision-making process. The range of tasks performed
include receipt and preparation of applications, fee collection, data input and
delivery/return to/from from the relevant Embassy or Consulate. We also run an
appointments schedule and offer advice and guidance through a dedicated
telephone and e-mail facility.
UK Visa Application Centre ( UKVAC ) offers a gamut of services aimed at making
the visa application procedure simple , accessible and hassle free for the
applicant and giving the diplomatic mission a more professional image.
Dissemination of information
UKVAC handles all the mass-communication required in order to keep the
intending applicants informed and updated. This is done by:
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Publishing detailed brochures, application forms and advisories on visa rules
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Conducting press conferences
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Advertising in the mass media.
All this up-to-date information is available on our website (www.vfs-uk-cn.com)
for download.
Pre-scrutiny and acceptance of applications
Compliance to the rules of Embassy / Consulates with regard to the applications
is ensured by our staff which scrutinizes for:
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Completeness
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Correctness of form.
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Supporting documents
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Conformance to other requirements as per the consulate's criteria.
Scheduling of appointments for interviews
UKVAC handles the scheduling of appointments for applicants who have been told
by the Embassy / Consulates to schedule themselves for interview. The applicant
can visit the application centre to schedule his interview on the date and time
as per his convenience. UKVAC provides the Embassy / Consulates with daily
reports on the scheduled interviews along with supporting documents of each
applicant.
Complete Banking Support
UKVAC handles collection and remittance of visa fees as per operating procedure
of the Embassy and ensures that the same is deposited in the Embassy's
designated bank account in a timely manner. We also provide daily remittance
reports to the Embassy / Consulates.
Database Compilation
UKVAC creates databases which are fully compliant with the Embassy's sytems.
The data compiled by us on behalf of the Embassy is kept strictly confidential
since we recognize that it is proprietary to the Embassy.
Return delivery of passports
UKVAC ensures safe retrieval and delivery of passports to the applicant.
Passports are retrieved from the Embassy / Consulate's visa sections by UKVAC
personnel and these can either be collected personally by the applicant or
delivered to the applicant by courier depending on the applicant's choice. Safe
delivery of passports is ensured by our barcode based tracking system which
allows for online tracking of the movements of the passport by the applicant.
Following the earthquake in western China on Monday 12
May, the visa section of the British Consulate General in Chongqing and Visa
Application Centres in Chongqing and Chengdu will be closed on Tuesday 13 May
and Wednesday 14 May. We aim to resume service as soon as possible.
In the meantime, applications can be made to one of the other application
centres in China:
North China: Beijing, Jinan, Wuhan, Shenyang
East China: Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou
South China: Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Fuzhou
Further updates will issue when details are known. For more information on
applying for a UK visa please consult the Visa Application website
http://www.vfs-uk-cn.com.
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