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India remains top nationality granted worker visas: British High Commission

In October, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis had said that they were on track to get back to processing India-to-UK visa application within standard 15 of days

UK education, UK visa, visa rules
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According to the British High Commission to India, Indian nationals continue to be the top nationality to be granted 'worker' visas. These account for 39 per cent of the toral with 56,042 visas issued, said the Commission on Friday.
 
The Commission further said that for student visas, there were 127,731 grants to main applicant Indian nationals in the year ending September 2022, an increase of 93,470 (273 per cent) compared to 2019 (34,261).
 
In October, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis had said that they were on track to get back to processing India-to-UK visa application within standard 15

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