Due to continued industrial action by Royal Mail workers there will inevitably be some disruption to delivery of passports over the next 2 weeks. Action Visas will endeavour to inform all clients of any problems and make alternative arrangements if necessary in consultation with the passport holders. Please check out the Royal mail Website at www.royalmail.com for further information.

The Following embassies have informed us of closures due to National Holidays:
China 30 April - 02 May,
India 02 May,
Kenya 01 May,
Russia 30 April - 01 May, 09 May,
Vietnam 30 April - 01 May.

The Identity and Passport Service have informed us that from 01 June 2007, first-time adult customers will have to apply for their passport at a personal interview, and the process could take as long as 6 weeks to get.
The one week Fast-Track and one day Premium services will still be available for renewals.

The Vietnamese Embassy has supplied us with a new application form. This form supersedes all previous forms and is now available for download from our website "Application Forms" page.

Following an assessment by an independent organisation, Action Visas has been successful in achieving ISO 9001 Certification. This prestigious award is a standard in use worldwide as the benchmark for quality.

The award recognises Action Visas’s commitment to exceptional quality service. With only 3% of UK business holding this certificate, Action Visas are now at the forefront of quality service and customer care.

We believe that we are the only dedicated Visa & Passport agency in the UK to have achieved ISO 9001 accreditation.

We have been informed by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office that they will be raising their prices for legalising documents. From 01 April 2007 each document will cost £27 to get an appostille.

The Indian Embassy has informed us that due to an increased demand for visas, they are limiting the number of applications that they are accepting each day. To ensure that we are able to lodge our applications we are therefore having to queue at the embassy from 02.00 in the morning. This means that a small surcharge will be added to our procurement fee for Indian Visas until the Embassy gets back to normal.

The Russian Embassy has supplied us with a new application form that needs to be completed ONLINE before being printed off and signed. The form is available at www.rusemblon.org. This form is not for USA passport holders who have their own different form to complete and at present this is still to be completed by hand.

TRAVEL TO THE CARIBBEAN - Although British passport holders don't require a visa to visit the Caribbean, citizens of some other EU Member States do.  Passengers who require a visa and are travelling between 15 January and 15 May 2007 for the Cricket World Cup or for any other purpose will need a special visa issued by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  For further information, contact us on 020 7939 8100 or on info@actionvisas.co.uk

The Russian Embassy has supplied us with a new application form that can be hand written. It is available on this websire. The old visa form will be phased out but is for the moment still acceptable, but only when typed.

The Syrian Embassy has informed us that all application forms need to be completed online at their website (www.syrianembassy.co.uk) before being printed off, signed and submitted with the passport & accompanying documents.

The Identy and Passport Service will be issuing only the new Biometric Passports from October 2006 onwards.

CLOSURES The following embassies that have confirmed closures for August:
India (15-16 August), Indonesia (17, 21 August), Iran (22 August)
Most embassies will be closed on Monday 28 August for the Bank Holiday.

NIGERIA The Nigerian Embassy has informed us that they will be taking 5-7 working days to issue visas until further notice. This is due to the high volume of applications that they are currently receiving.