An Indian visa centre will be set up in Leicester, United Kingdom.
The move comes after a 20-year campaign by its citizens seeking the establishment of the facility in the city which has a significant Indian-origin population. The announcement was made by deputy high commissioner of India, Dr Virender Paul.
Leicester has a total population of 329,000, 28.3 per cent of which is of Indian-origin.
“We have eight centres in six cities and we are going to have six more in different cities. I am happy to say Leicester will be one of those. It will ease the problems of the Indian-origin community in Leicester having to travel. We realistically expect that in three to four months all the new centres should be up and running,” Paul was quoted as saying by the Economic Times.
The Indian government currently runs visa centres in Birmingham, London, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
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