UK visa centre likely to be setup in punjab-byrne
The United Kingdom today offered to open a Visa Centre in Punjab in order to check the growing trend of illegal immigration from the state and facilitate the Punjabis to immigrate UK legally.
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH:The United Kingdom today offered to open a Visa Centre in Punjab in order to check the growing trend of illegal immigration from the state and facilitate the Punjabis to immigrate UK legally.
The UK Minister of State for Home Office Liam Byrne made the offer during his meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday, a Punjab Government spokesman said.
The visiting U.K. Minister said that his Government would initially open a visa centre either at Chandigarh or Jalandhar, which later on would be converted into a full- fledged Consulate.
He also evinced keen interest to extend cooperation to the Punjab government in upgrading technical skills and knowledge through Experts' and Teachers' exchange programmes in the sphere of primary & secondary education with a special focus on the student exchange programme to acquaint the students of India and U.K with one another's cultural and social background.
Appreciating the initiative of Byrne for opening a visa centre in Punjab, Badal said that it would prove to be a milestone in further improving the bilateral ties between the economies of U.K. and India besides strengthening the bonding between the Punjabis here and their brethren settled in U.K.
He said that Punjabis had a strong presence in U.K besides Canada, U.S.A and Italy and it was satisfying to observe that Punjabis had always contributed immensely towards the economic prosperity of the land of their adoption.
Badal also mentioned that Canadian & Italian governments had already setup a Consulate and a Visa centre at Chandigarh.
The UK Minister of State for Home Office Liam Byrne made the offer during his meeting with Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Tuesday, a Punjab Government spokesman said.
The visiting U.K. Minister said that his Government would initially open a visa centre either at Chandigarh or Jalandhar, which later on would be converted into a full- fledged Consulate.
He also evinced keen interest to extend cooperation to the Punjab government in upgrading technical skills and knowledge through Experts' and Teachers' exchange programmes in the sphere of primary & secondary education with a special focus on the student exchange programme to acquaint the students of India and U.K with one another's cultural and social background.
Appreciating the initiative of Byrne for opening a visa centre in Punjab, Badal said that it would prove to be a milestone in further improving the bilateral ties between the economies of U.K. and India besides strengthening the bonding between the Punjabis here and their brethren settled in U.K.
He said that Punjabis had a strong presence in U.K besides Canada, U.S.A and Italy and it was satisfying to observe that Punjabis had always contributed immensely towards the economic prosperity of the land of their adoption.
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Badal also mentioned that Canadian & Italian governments had already setup a Consulate and a Visa centre at Chandigarh.
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