Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the Temporary UK Visa Application Centre will be open from August 1-3.
The foreign ministry revealed it will host a temporary UK Visa Application Centre in Male’, organised by the British High Commission in the Maldives. The foreign ministry stated the visa centre will collect the biometric enrollments and documents from all applicants. The aim of the Temporary Visa Application Centre is to ease the process for those applying for visas, especially students going to the UK for higher studies, according to the ministry.
The temporary visa application service is provided annually to assist Maldivians travelling to the UK for further studies, to easily and conveniently apply for their visas. The service is part of the government's broader efforts to ease and strengthen the consular services provided for Maldivians.