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Facility for Maldivians to apply for UK visas in Male’

The British High Commission in Colombo published the 18th video in the “Ask the High Commissioner” series today.

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H E John Rankin, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

H E John Rankin, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and the Maldives

In this video, H E John Rankin, the British High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and Maldives, answers several questions he received from the general public. In response to a question about the UK visa application process for Maldivian Nationals, the High Commissioner said that there will be a temporary enrolment location set up to accept UK visa applications in Male’ on 28 August, 2013.

“Ask the High Commissioner”: 18th Video

The British High Commission in Colombo launched this video series in order to increase engagement with the public on issues pertaining to the UK’s relations with Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The video is uploaded to the FCO YouTube page and featured on the British High Commission websites and the other social media channels.

People are invited to submit their questions for the videos, through the following methods:

•Post a query on the wall of the BHC Facebook page with the subject “Ask the High Commissioner”;

•Tweet a question to the @UKinsrilanka and @UKinmaldives twitter channels with the hash tag “#asktheHC”; or

•Send an email to Colombo.General@fco.gov.uk with the subject “Ask the High Commissioner”.

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Published 8 August 2013