§ Keith VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the opening hours of the entry clearance posts in(a) Islamabad, (b) Lahore, (c) Mumbai and (d) New Delhi are; and how many applications were made for visitors' visas in those centres on 15 July. [71589]
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§ Mr. Mike O'BrienOur office in Mumbai is open Monday to Friday between 0800 and 1130 for personal callers and 0900 to 1200 for the drop box. They received 275 visitor applications on 15 July.
New Delhi is open Monday to Friday between 0800 and 1200. They received 433 visitor applications on 15 July.
Due to the security situation in Islamabad the visa section is not open to personal callers. A restricted service is being provided, with applications delivered by a local courier service. On the 15 July Islamabad received 483 applications.
The visa issuing office in Lahore has been closed; a future service there will be dependent on identifying a new property which can be made suitably secure.
We are working to resume a fuller visa service in Pakistan as soon as the security situation allows.