Australian visa news : Apply early to avoid delays
“The Australian High Commission is entering its peak season and urges applicants to apply for visas early.
The processing time for tourist applications is roughly one calendar month. Applicants can apply up to three months in advance.”
For further information about outbound tourist / visitor / business short term Australian visas, please contact your Visalogix branch.
With immediate effect, Kilimanjaro airport has changed the process of issuing visas on arrival. Clients arriving in Kilimanjaro without a visa now need to complete the following process:
Queue for a Government Control Number
Pay for it at the bank
Immigration will then check and issue the visa
The changes mean that the visa on arrival process can take in excess of two hours.
However, those travelling to Tanzania can apply for their visa online here. The online process asks for more information than the visa on arrival and will be issued within two to three weeks.
Should you require any further assistance with your online application visa processing – please make contact with Visalogix
021 425 5896 / 011 391 1773
info@visalogix.co.za
“The Pakistan High Commission in South Africa has introduced an online e-visa option for travelers from South Africa.
The interview process in Johannesburg is no longer required and applications can be done via the following platform https://visa.nadra.gov.pk/.
Should any traveller require online visa assistance please contact your nearest Visalogix team !”
As of today business and tourist visas are taking 21 WORKING DAYS TO PROCESS.
One cannot pay any urgent processing fees to hurry up the visa processing at the Embassy in Pretoria.
We have tried many times to get through to the Egyptian consular office, but their phones are ringing off the hook.
Please keep in contact with us for further updates.
From October 29 until November 2, the Consular section of the Ukraine Embassy will consider emergency visa applications. Applicants are required to make prior appointments between 10h00 and 12h00 daily via telephone only. The number is 012 460 1943.
Normal office operations will resume on Monday, November 5.
Agents have reported that clients have faced technical difficulties when applying for an Indian e-visa over the last few days.
eTNW understands that when clients attempted to submit their details they were told the URL was not responding.
The Indian Consulate confirmed that there was no manual method for application and that clients would only be able to apply for a visa online.
The Consulate told eTNW that the e-visa application system was managed in India and that they were unable to explain the reason for the technical difficulties. However, they apologised for the inconvenience and recommended that clients re-attempt the application as they believed the technical issue would be resolved shortly.
The UAE will now grant people on visitor or tourist visas a 30-day extension twice (total of 60 days) without having to leave the country. There will be a charge of Dh600 per each additional 30-day period.
The announcement was made in a press statement on October 17, by Brigadier Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, acting director-general of Foreigner’s Affairs and Ports at the Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship.
Previously, travellers had to leave the UAE after the expiry of their three-month visit visa or one-month tourist visa and then apply for a new visa in their country of origin in order to return.
The Immigration Office at the Australian High Commission in Pretoria is receiving high volumes of visa applications leading into the peak season. The office has warned that the processing of visa applications may experience some delays.
To ensure that clients are able to travel by their intended travel date, agents are advised to lodge their visa applications as early as possible.
Furthermore, clients who are planning to visit Australia for a holiday during Christmas and New Year must lodge their application before Friday, November 30 for planned travel between December 21 and January 5. This needs to be done as soon as possible as late visitor visa applications lodged may not be processed until next year.
Incomplete applications being lodged by travel agents are identified as another cause of delays. In these instances standard supporting documents, such as copy of passport, evidence of funds, evidence of employment, invitation letter and health insurance (required for travellers 75+) are missing from the applications, or requirements such as biometrics or medical examinations not being undertaken in a timely manner.
To meet the growing volume of visa lodgements within committed time frames, the immigration office will no longer request standard supporting documents to be attached or make multiple requests for biometrics to be undertaken. A client’s visa application will be decided on the information provided at lodgement, but the office has warned that it may be adversely affected by incomplete applications.
The Embassy of Iran has instructed that all visa applicants take out valid travel insurance before submitting their visa application, and provide proof thereof in the paperwork submitted for the application.
The Embassy has indicated that travel insurance will be treated as ‘valid’ if it has been acquired from Hollard Travel, or Travel Insurance Consultants.
Speak to your friendly, VISALOGIX CONSULTANT for more assistance with your travel visas !!
