Dates to Keep in Mind When Applying for Your visa :
The month of May all around the world has the highest number of bank holidays in it, and is usually the start of the holiday season when travellers begin there holidays. This is especially true when travelling to India, on an India visa. When travelling to China on a China visa; and when travelling to Russia on a Russian Visa.
This blogpost has been designed to assist you in arranging the issuance of your India visa, China visa and Russia visa as it highlights the dates that the respective embassies are closed. These embassies include:
The Indian Embassy in London and Birmingham for India visas.
The Chinese Embassy in London and Manchester for China visas.
The Russian Embassy in London for Russian visas.
Note that as these embassies will be closed, there will also be lags in obtaining your India visa, China visa and Russia visa. Therefore whether you are applying in person or via an agency such as rapid visas, please note that it is important to plan around these dates:
Dates the Indian Embassy is closed for obtaining your India visa:
Tuesday May 20th 2008
Dates the Chinese Embassy is closed for obtaining your China visa and Chinese visa:
21st and 22nd April 2008
Dates the Russian Embassy is closed for obtaining your Russia Visa:
May 1st, May 2nd and 9th May 2008
If you have any further questions with regards to the opening days of any of these embassies, please contact us for more information.