Visitors from India and other 'high risk' countries in Asia and Africa will be forced to pay £3,000 cash bond before they enter UK.
The money will be kept by the Government if visitors do not return home by the time their visas expire.
A pilot scheme, introduced by Home Secretary Theresa May, will target hundreds of people coming to Britain on six-month visit visas from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
The countries have been picked for their high number of visa applications and what the Government sees as relatively high levels of immigration abuse and fraud, reports the Sunday Times.
The bonds, to be introduced from November, will only apply to non-EU migrants, otherwise they would fall foul of European rights to free movement.
'This is the next step in making sure our immigration system is more selective, bringing down net migration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands while still welcoming the brightest and the best to Britain,' Mrs May told the Sunday Times.
'In the long run we’re interested in a system of bonds that deters overstaying and recovers costs if a foreign national has used our public services.'
A second scheme will cover countries such as Kenya, the newspaper reports, which are considered to be lower-risk because immigration officials have fewer doubts about migrants' plans to return home.
About 2.2million people are granted visas to enter Britain every year. Last year 296,000 people from India were granted six-month visas, as were 101,000 from Nigeria, 53,000 from Pakistan and 14,000 apiece from Bangladesh and Sri Lanka...........
*Kissing my EU Passport* Laugh out loud!
Lol! Na beans? On top of that they want me to shop ke?
ReplyDeleteSDK, hmmmmm. Dont worry we will pay the money. No be only 3000 pounds na only 750thousand na small money nay. Niger no de carry last. I love my country die.
ReplyDeletesee bad market! lol
ReplyDeleteSee yawa o...Signedd Wider Éyedd
ReplyDeleteMe too o stella. Loving my dual nationality right now! Ehhh..oya come and hate on us..*tongue out* . Waoo but this is serious o..where they want make person they find 3,000pounds to put aside as 'collateral' to enter UK? Ah e too much o..there ought to be another way out of this peculiarity! Serious sontin
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DeleteHow do u know it is egor efiok?is she the only one with dual nationality?
DeleteThe way u pple just come to conclusion is amazing.
Unless of cos it is the egor that commented as anon and then mentioned her name in the reply.
Na wah for waya!
So I am a American citizen oya fish me out!
Shuooo abeg me am not Ego anything o. Haba...see me see wahala. Proudly Yoruba..aight? That's all I can say. Let ur paranoia kill u on blogs bcos u keep scrutinizing whom u think may have said wat. WTF? On a social platform as wide as this? Ego ko kudi ni. Berra go and sleep before u end up in a mental institution. Again I say...proud of my dual nationality. *tongue out* ode
DeleteShuooo abeg me am not Ego anything o. Haba...see me see wahala. Proudly Yoruba..aight? That's all I can say. Let ur paranoia kill u on blogs bcos u keep scrutinizing whom u think may have said wat. WTF? On a social platform as wide as this? Ego ko kudi ni. Berra go and sleep before u end up in a mental institution. Again I say...proud of my dual nationality. *tongue out* ode
DeleteShuooo abeg me am not Ego anything o. Haba...see me see wahala. Proudly Yoruba..aight? That's all I can say. Let ur paranoia kill u on blogs bcos u keep scrutinizing whom u think may have said wat. WTF? On a social platform as wide as this? Ego ko kudi ni. Berra go and sleep before u end up in a mental institution. Again I say...proud of my dual nationality. *tongue out* ode
DeleteShuooo abeg me am not Ego anything o. Haba...see me see wahala. Proudly Yoruba..aight? That's all I can say. Let ur paranoia kill u on blogs bcos u keep scrutinizing whom u think may have said wat. WTF? On a social platform as wide as this? Ego ko kudi ni. Berra go and sleep before u end up in a mental institution. Again I say...proud of my dual nationality. *tongue out* ode
DeleteShuooo abeg me am not Ego anything o. Haba...see me see wahala. Proudly Yoruba..aight? That's all I can say. Let ur paranoia kill u on blogs bcos u keep scrutinizing whom u think may have said wat. WTF? On a social platform as wide as this? Ego ko kudi ni. Berra go and sleep before u end up in a mental institution. Again I say...proud of my dual nationality. *tongue out* ode
Delete#Now that's Unfair. What are dey feeling like...CP (space) show biz blog of the year (space) Stella Dimoko Korkus send to 33121.
ReplyDeleteHahaha My Jobless Somadina.... Voting for Linda and Stella..... Pele Ku ise.....
DeleteStella jare I still got ur back... Winks
ReplyDeletewhether £3000 or not the people way go overstay go still overstay.
Hahaha. Whats 3000 to a desperate african?
ReplyDelete£3,000 gini,make una hol una sef naa,no bi by force
ReplyDeleteAunty SDK dem don plan to shelve am based on the fact that it is *racist*, lots of rights group in d U.k have come out to say d policy is racist as it targets people frm a certain part of d world{asia;esp india} hence, d uk authorities will not carryout d policy
ReplyDeleteIf u come back to ur Country within the stipulated time,will the money be returned to you or not.That's what is important ooh.3,000pounds is not a joke considering one is going for holiday and to shop as well.
ReplyDeleteWalahi Stella, kissing my British passport.
ReplyDeleteNawa oo I tire 4 dis...
ReplyDeleteThank God for my 5yr visa ..
ReplyDeleteWhat happens to the interest on the #3000???
ReplyDeleteDoes the visitor get to get the accrued interest and at what rate???
Una do ooo!
ReplyDelete*kissing my British passport* Hehehehehehe!
Seriously kissing and hugging my red pali
ReplyDeleteis uk a country? When most naija people are on government benefits. Very dry and dead country. People will go better places jare. shior! Cant stand the country with their citizens that talk like they have perpetual cold and need to blow their nose. America abeg
ReplyDeleteU wish u were British darling! Be running your mouth because u are misearable! Like u guys say here.. Go hug a transformer!
DeleteWat is dere to wish for?plss mind wat u say seriously,,,I personally don't like UK...
DeleteUk kissed my fat ass, with SA, ITALY , USA and DUBAI I dnt need ur fucking country rubbish. 3000 pounds can half majority of them afford 3000 pounds.
ReplyDeleteU bend over and kiss your own shit ass! Talking like a retard when u come from a dead country called Nigeria! U still have mouth to talk?
DeleteI bet sure u must be retarted. No good reasoning.
DeleteSorry dear,by I think u should be careful at calling Nigeria dead, all dat was needed here are commets nd not ur stupid insult.
DeleteAnd u who isn't retarded, wasting your intelligence on a retard.
DeleteI repeat UK kiss my ass.
And u who isn't retarded, wasting your intelligence on a retard.
DeleteI repeat UK kiss my ass.
*kiss* my bad* kiss my ass
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ReplyDeleteTheresa May,you just shot yourself in the leg!
Now you have given the desperate ones a foot,in fact legs to stand on!
Theresa,trust me,una don enter am for UK,my dear people will interprete the bond as seccurity for them to say as long as they want!
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My thots exactly,na deposit to stay indefinately
DeleteYes oh after all they have paid £3000 upfront for room and board.
DeleteHungry UK that stripped Africa bare. Look UK and its cohorts would have to keep accommodating Africa until they put things right.
Me too i am also kissing my EU passport O! LOL.
ReplyDeleteWell to those who has EU passpot its the same thing as visiting,I was in the UK last month and I saw metro police ejecting people from council house and cutting there benefit,EU has just six month visiting to stay aand they arre expecting them to go back to there EU country withing six month with no council house and no benefit,and there is a lot of austerity measure in most of the EU country,he who laugh last laugh best...Naija don spoil and ths government is useless,reason behide this is bcos naija has been place among the high risk country in the world.EU holder laugh over ur fellow nigerians,you r all d samething,No work for u,no benefit,no council home....Am a Canadian and am welcome everywhere in the world but I still pity naija's in this difficult times...
ReplyDeleteBros thanks jo.
DeleteThe fact that you "escape" from Naija no mean say you go dey laugh us. After all when yawa gas them go say blah blah blah of "Nigeria decent".
Well to those who has EU passpot its the same thing as visiting,I was in the UK last month and I saw metro police ejecting people from council house and cutting there benefit,EU has just six month visiting to stay aand they arre expecting them to go back to there EU country withing six month with no council house and no benefit,and there is a lot of austerity measure in most of the EU country,he who laugh last laugh best...Naija don spoil and ths government is useless,reason behide this is bcos naija has been place among the high risk country in the world.EU holder laugh over ur fellow nigerians,you r all d samething,No work for u,no benefit,no council home....Am a Canadian and am welcome everywhere in the world but I still pity naija's in this difficult times...
ReplyDeleteUk and europe is dead; no need to waste ones life in dat region. Prosperity is hard to achieve there, na just enough money to survive. No hope of leaving a sizeable inheritance or legacy for ones offspring.
ReplyDeleteWell to those who has EU passpot its the same thing as visiting,I was in the UK last month and I saw metro police ejecting people from council house and cutting there benefit,EU has just six month visiting to stay aand they arre expecting them to go back to there EU country withing six month with no council house and no benefit,and there is a lot of austerity measure in most of the EU country,he who laugh last laugh best...Naija don spoil and ths government is useless,reason behide this is bcos naija has been place among the high risk country in the world.EU holder laugh over ur fellow nigerians,you r all d samething,No work for u,no benefit,no council home....Am a Canadian and am welcome everywhere in the world but I still pity naija's in this difficult times...
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ReplyDelete£3000 is not enough. They should make it £10,000.
It's about time people stayed back in their own country to develop their country instead of going to uk.
ReplyDeleteU had better check that the £3000 cash which will be deposited at the point of entry to uk is not fake currency LOL i trust nigerian people we no dey carry last hahah
***bends down and dodge yabsss Lol****
Na wah ooooo bt i trust my niger people
ReplyDelete19 and 20 comments have been deported from the UK and are so bitter. Ndo.
ReplyDeleteMost Naija people? Comment 19 show the stats or forever shut the fuck up. Deported idiot.
ReplyDeleteIt's not racist at all. 1 out of every 5 visiting Nigerian ends up either overstaying or disappears. This is costing taxpayers a lot of money. Money which is meant for maintaining the working structure. 3000 is not that much compared to the damage illegal immigrants are causing this country.
ReplyDelete***sticking out my tongue to the people who say London is like Abuja****
ReplyDeleteThat's the idea. Its an incentive to encourage people to not abuse their visa provisions. You'll get your 3k back once you return within the stipulated time.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly why they are coming up with these sort of schemes. Nigerians have abused the system here to the point where you can come here and make the comments about a country that has the best welfare system in the world, free healthcare, schools and a visibly working system. I am 100% proud and grateful to God to hold a British passport Immigration laws are changing here to weed out these abusers. Nigerians have taken things to a new level and its beginning to stink.
ReplyDeleteHow can you possibly compare the UK to US? Obama's America is a sinking ship. How many Nigerians in the US are property owners?. How many Nigerians in the US even own the cars they're driving?. If you go to America on holiday and fall sick, you will die in your hotel room before you receive treatment in any hospital . In the UK, you will be seen and if need be operated on. So Nigerians capitalize on this by dropping by to give birth. Or having major surgery but not paying a penny in taxes.
Forget that Europeans and your razz family and friends have come to razz up this country. UK is highly civilised. Try and leave Hackney once in a while.
Oh may God bless u for this comment !
DeleteThank You!!!!! If Great Britain is a dead country then Nigeria was never born.
ReplyDeleteAm hugging my American Passport with heavy chain to my legs
ReplyDeletelol
I personally don't believe in staying in another man's country for more Dan one month...wat for NW?
ReplyDeleteThe Nigerian government should immediately apply the principle of reciprocity to this situation. British citizens coming into Nigeria should also be made to deposit N30,000 to the Nigeria government.
ReplyDeleteBut the clueless olodo government we have in Nigeria will not know to do that, they will simply make empty statements or at best set up a committee on the matter and that will be the end.
Nigeria is Britain's cross and Britain must carry it. Throughout history, Britain did and is still doing everything in her power to ensure that only fools and idiots gain access to power in Nigeria just so that Nigeria can remain underdeveloped and subservient to Britain and the West, now that the repercussions have set in, Britain now is not finding it funny anymore but the dance has just begun. Britain started this process by conniving with criminal Militicians to underdevelop Nigerian. Our people must continue mass exodus to Britain and Europe in search of better life by any means possible. The process has reached an irreversible point.
Principle of Reciprocity... so we make them deposit #3000 hahaha
ReplyDeleteWhat is "decent?" Such an ignorance post. A lot of Nigerians were born abroad and those that are naturalised are covered.
ReplyDeleteSuch an ignorant post* I meant
ReplyDeleteWho cares? I call it License to kill.
ReplyDeleteI see it as an investment.
Just pay the #3000 and do them yahoo-yahoo to get the money back.
nor be by force. u can equaly go to sweden or other countries to do ur shopping. no point moaning about it. its their country
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