§ Lord Rennellasked Her Majesty's Government:
Which Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries have visa issuing facilities; when they were established and where.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Chalker of Wallasey)There are UK visa issuing services in the following countries.
Full Service Country Place Commenced Russian Federation Moscow Not known Ukraine Kiev March 1993 Limited Service Azerbaijan Baku January 1994 Kazakhstan Almaty January 1994 Russian Federation St Petersburg November 1994 In addition we propose to commence visa services in Uzbekistan (Tashkent) and Belarus (Minsk) as soon as staff and suitable accommodation are available.