‘It was never targeted at India,’ Cameron said ahead of his third visit in two years to India on 14 November. ‘It was an idea suggested within government but we decided not to go ahead with the idea... We want people from India to visit Britain,’ he told an Indian TV channel. India had conveyed its serious concern about the scheme to the British Government both at the ministerial and official levels. The aim of the scheme was to reduce the number of people from some ‘high risk’ countries - including India, Pakistan and Nigeria - staying in the UK once their short-term visa had expired.
Visitors would have paid a £3,000 cash bond before arrival in the UK - which would be forfeited if they failed to make the return trip.
Visitors would have paid a £3,000 cash bond before arrival in the UK - which would be forfeited if they failed to make the return trip.