UK to reopen additional visa application centres July 17

The British High Commission has disclosed plans to reopen additional visa application centres from July 17, 2020.
Information on its website titled ‘UK: Reopening of Additional Centres’ stated, “As UK Visas and Immigration continues its phased resumption of services, we will be reopening additional centres from the week of July 27th, in the following locations:
“Croatia (Zagreb), Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Malta (Valletta), Mauritius (Port Louis), Nigeria (Abuja, Ikeja, Victoria Island), Slovenia (Ljubljana).”

The commission had earlier disclosed that it would soon begin to receive visa applications from Nigerians willing to travel to the United Kingdom.

The commission noted that Nigerians hoping to visit the UK could do so once international flights resume in Nigeria.

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Domestic flights resumed on Wednesday after the Federal Government had in March shut the country’s airspace to domestic and international flights as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.

In a statement issued last week, the British High Commission in Abuja said visa application centres, which were initially suspended due to the pandemic, would reopen “when it is safe to do”.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.