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YOUR VISA 85: TAIPEI VISA HANDLING UNIT
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THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS REQUIRING INTERVIEW IS SMALL
(ABOUT ONE A WEEK) AND LIMITED TO POTENTIAL REFUSALS. THE
APPLICANTS ARE TOLD TO MAKE THEIR APPLICATIONS AT A BRITISH ENTRY CLEARANCE SECTION IN A THIRD COUNTRY, THE VENUE BEING AT THE
CHOICE OF THE APPLICANT.
2.
THE REASON THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO ADVISE THESE APPLICANTS TO
APPLY IN A THIRD COUNTRY IS THAT ANY SUBSEQUENT REFUSAL MUST BE
BASED ON INFORMATION GIVEN TO A DULY APPOINTED ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER DURING THE COURSE OF AN INTERVIEW, NOTES OF WHICH WILL BE NEEDED IN ANY SUBSEQUENT APPEAL STATEMENT, AS WELL AS THE VISA APPLICATION FORM. MR ANDERSON IS NOT AN ENTRY CLEARANCE OFFICER THEREFORE HE CANNOT CONDUCT (FORMAL) INTERVIEWS.
3. VISAS MAY BE ISSUED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS ON GV3S, ON COMPLETION OF THE INTERVIEW IN HONG KONG OR, FOR APPLICATIONS
REQUIRING REFERRAL TO THE HOME OFFICE BY THE VISA HANDLING UNIT
IN TAIPEI WHEN AUTHORISATION FOR THE VISA TO BE ISSUED IS RECEIVED. SIMILARLY, HOME OFFICE REFUSALS MAY BE SENT BY POST TO THE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANT AT THEIR ADDRESS IN TAIWAN BY THE
VISA HANDLING UNIT IN TAIPEI ON BEHALF OF THE HOME OFFICE.
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THE PERIOD OF TIME THE APPLICANT WOULD NEED TO WAIT IN HONG KONG WOULD DEPEND UPON THE DATE OF THEIR INTERVIEW, WHICH YOU WOULD DECIDE ONCE RECEIVING THEIR APPLICATION. PROVIDED AN
INITIAL FULL FORMAL INTERVIEW IS CARRIED OUT THERE SHOULD NORMALLY BE NO NEED FOR ANY SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS, ALL THE RELEVANT FACTS BEING AVAILABLE TO THE HOME OFFICE TO MAKE THEIR DECISION.
5. WE HOPE THAT FOR THE FEW APPLICANTS WHO DO APPLY IN HONG KONG YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR APPLICATIONS. IF THEY MAKE THEIR APPLICATIONS BY POST FROM TAIPEI WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A DATE FOR INTERVIEW? THE MATTER OF WHETHER YOU WISH TO GRANT ENTRY PERMITS TO THE APPLICANTS TO ENTER HONG KONG IS A
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