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Changes to our UK visa service in Papua New Guinea from 5 March 2012
21 February 2012
From 5 March 2012, all visa applications in Papua New Guinea must be completed online. At the same time, you will need to book an appointment to attend the visa application centre, at the British High Commission in Port Moresby. You will then need to submit your application and provide biometric information.
We will also move the processing of visa applications to our UK visa application centre in Manila, the Philippines. This change will not affect our visa processing times.
You will need to pay an additional fee of K32 (Papua New Guinea Kina). This fee is to meet the cost of sending the application to the visa application centre in Manila for processing and returning the passport to the British High Commission in Port Moresby for collection.
Ed Mackie, regional manager for East Asia and Australasia, UK Border Agency, said:
'These changes are part of a wider move by the UK Border Agency to streamline and improve the application and decision-making process for customers in Papua New Guinea, and across Asia Pacific.
'The UK visa hub in Manila currently processes applications for 10 other countries with the vast majority returned to the applicant within our 15 day customer service standard. We expect to be delivering the same level of service to our Papua New Guinea customers.'