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UK Immigration Updates,
17 July 2020,
In this video, we discuss the following,
1. New UK immigration system, opening on 1st January 2021,
2. Brexit complete, Europeans are soon to be treated like other nationals,
3. Using eGates at the airport, and using European national identity cards in the UK,
4. Details of visa application offices, which are open in the UK, and 190 centres round the world,

New,UK points based immigration system, will open later this year, for application to work, live and study in the UK, from 1 January 2021,
This new visa system, will also apply to European nationals, who have not previously made UK their home,
For skilled workers,
From January 2021, the job you’re offered will need to be at a required skill level, of R.Q.F 3, You’ll also need to be able to speak English, usually B1 Level, and be paid above £25,600 per year or the going rate for your job, whichever is higher. You may get, as low as £20,480 but your job must be on the shortage occupation list, or you hold a PhD degree relevant to the job on offer,

The following service points are currently open in the UK:
Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff Bay, Chelmsford, London Croydon, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Mark Lane, London Victoria,
Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton,
Many more application centres, are now opening, we can update you on 190 visa application centres:

These include Pakistan and Nigeria visa centres, which are opening on 27 July 2020, also 7 more UK visa application centres through out Europe are set to open too.


UK Visa centre opening and closure update (17 July 2020)
Afghanistan Apply through Pakistan (Open from 27 July 2020)
Albania Tirana
Algeria Algiers, Oran
Angola Luanda
ArgentinaBuenos Aires (Still closed)
Armenia Yerevan
Australia Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra and Perth
(Closed: Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart)
Austria Vienna
Azerbaijan Baku
Bahrain Manama
Bangladesh Dhaka and Sylhet
Belarus Minsk
Belgium Brussels
BoliviaLa Paz (Still closed)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo
Botswana Gaborone
BrazilPorto Alegre, Recife, Sao Paulo, Rio De Janeiro, Brasilia (Still closed)
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan
Bulgaria Sofia
Cambodia Phnom Penh
CameroonYaounde
China Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Jinan, Kunming, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi'an
Colombia Barranquilla, Bogota, Cali, Medellin (Still closed)
Congo Kinshasa (Open from 27 July 2020)
Croatia Zagreb (Open from 27 July 2020)
Cyprus Nicosia – South
Czech Republic Prague
Denmark Copenhagen
Egypt Alexandria, Cairo
Estonia Tallinn (Open from 3 August 2020)
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Finland Helsinki (Open from 3 August 2020)
France Paris
Gambia Banjul
Georgia Tbilisi
Germany Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich
Ghana Accra
Greece Athens
Hungary Budapest
Hong Kong Hong Kong
Iceland Reykjavik
India Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Kochi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai , New Delhi, and Pune
Indonesia Bali, Jakarta, Surabaya
Iraq Baghdad, Basra, Erbil
Iran Tehran (Still closed)
Ireland Dublin
Israel Tel Aviv
Italy Rome
Ivory Coast Abidjan (Still closed)
Jamaica Kingston (Still closed)
Japan Tokyo, Osaka
Jordan Amman
Kazakhstan Almaty, Nur Sultan
Kenya Mombasa, Nairobi
Kosovo Pristina
Kuwait Kuwait City
Lebanon Beirut
LaosVientiane
Latvia Riga (Open from 3 August 2020)
Lithuania Vilnius (Open from 3 August 2020)
Macedonia Skopje
Madagascar Antananarivo (Re-closed from 6th July 2020)
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Sabah
Malawi Lilongwe
Malta Valletta (Open from 27 July 2020)
Mauritius Port Louis (Open from 27 July 2020)
Mexico Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey (Still closed)
Moldova Chisinau (Still closed)
Montenegro Podgorica
Morocco Rabat
Mozambique Maputo
Myanmar Yangon
Namibia Windhoek
Nepal Kathmandu (Still closed)
Netherlands Amsterdam
New Zealand Auckland
Nigeria Abuja, Ikeja, Victoria Island
(Open from 27 July 2020)
Norway Oslo
Palestine Jerusalem
Pakistan Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Mirpur
(Open from 27 July 2020)
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
PhilippinesManila
Poland Warsaw
Portugal Lisbon
QatarDoha
Romania Bucharest
Russia Ekaterinburg, Moscow, Novosibirsk, Rostov
St Petersburg
Rwanda Kigali
Saudi Arabia Al Khobar, Jeddah, Riyadh
Senegal Dakar
Serbia Belgrade
Sierra Leone Freetown
Singapore Singapore
Slovenia Ljubljana (Open from 27 July 2020)
South Africa Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth
South Korea Seoul
Spain Barcelona, Madrid
Sri Lanka Colombo
St Lucia Castries (Still closed)
Sudan Khartoum (Still closed)
Sweden Stockholm
Switzerland Geneva
Tanzania Dar es Salaam
Thailand Chiang Mai
Tunisia Tunis
Turkey Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, Gaziantep, Istanbul, Izmir
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi and Dubai
Uganda Kampala
Ukraine Kyiv
USA Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Washington DC
Uzbekistan Tashkent (Still closed)
Vietnam Danang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City.
Zambia Lusaka
Zimbabwe Harare