It has been announced that the UK is to introduce a Visa Bond of ┬г3000 on anyone entering the UK from certain specified Asian/African countries.

It seems the Bond will be on the basis of a 6 month Visa and if the Visitor overstays then obviously the Bond is forfeit.

Currently the Pilot Scheme will involve visitors from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Ghana - but the plan is to roll it out - so it could conceivably come to include Thailand and eventually it will cover all countries (except EU, which would be illegal) and all Visa types - but (interestingly) not all visas. This suggests that it will be targetted at potential visitors who are currently "borderline" cases.

By this, the Conservative Party (aided and abetted by their quisling Liberal Democrat collaborators) hope to cut net Immigration from "..the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands" according to the Home Secretary Theresa May - so they are talking of substantial change.

The background is a Conservative 2010 Election manifesto committment to reduce net immigration below 100,000 by 2015, coupled with a need to pander to xenophobic elements within their own party and those of the far-right UK Independence Party (UKIP).

With UKIP currently standing at around 15% in the polls in England, and the Conservatives languishing in the low 30's it seems unlikely that the Conservatives will be able to form a Govt after the 2015 election without some kind of support from UKIP.

The Sunday Times has a story on this today but it's paywalled - the best FREE link I can find is this:

http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/...cle4843283.ece

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