India ramps up visa processing in UK, announces new process for group tours

These steps come following complaints of visa delays that have resulted in trip cancellations

The Indian High Commission in the UK is opening a new visa processing facility in central London and initiating measures to facilitate group tours from November 1.

"The number of appointments we have been able to do has increased greatly to about 40,000 per month thanks to our partners at VFS," he said in the video message," High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami said in a video message on Friday.

He said that a visa processing facility is being set up in central London to increase access, and a new process is being introduced for those travelling together to the same destination