China Shandong network reporter Zhou Yusen
First Secretary of the British Embassy in China, Tao Siyi, director of the North Regional Cooperation Office, introduced to the media the new opening of the UK Visa Application Center (Ji'nan) 
New Application Center (Ji'nan) security measures Step by step, the picture is that the clerk passes the security detection gate
the application center staff to register the information for the visa applicant and the fingerprint entry of the
this morning, the upgraded UK sign. The Certificate Application Center (Ji'nan) officially opened on the F18 level of Bank of China Tower, Ji'nan. The new application center will provide customers with more convenient visa applications. Eligible applicants can obtain visas within 3-5 working days.
, according to He Meirui, a regional manager of the British visa and Immigration Department, visa is an important link to promote trade and tourism between the Chinese and British people. In 2013, the number of British visas issued to Chinese citizens reached a record number, up 31% from the previous year. The number of applications in the Ji'nan center has increased by 37%.
He Meirui said that in the past 18 months, the British side has continued to upgrade visa services through customer feedback. Of all applicants, 96% were successful in obtaining visas, and most of them received visa results within 7 working days. In Ji'nan, eligible applicants can choose express access services to obtain visas within 3-5 working days. This summer, it will provide 24 hours all-weather service. Behind the dramatic increase in the number of visa applications
is the rapid development of economic and trade cooperation between Shandong and the United Kingdom. Tao Siyi, the first Secretary of the British Embassy in China and the director of the North Regional Cooperation Office, told reporters that the total amount of trade between Britain and Shandong is more than 4 billion US dollars. Many large British companies have settled in Yantai, Qingdao, Ji'nan, Qingdao and other places. Meanwhile, more than 30 Shandong enterprises have also invested in the UK. With the opening of the new visa center, exchanges between the two places will be more convenient, and the role of Ji'nan's external exchange window will be further highlighted.
UK Visa Application Center (Ji'nan) partner of Shandong Yi Hui Industrial Co., Ltd., chairman of Pei Zhongyi, said that the overall relocation of the British signing Center (Ji'nan) is to better adapt to the changes in the needs of Shandong in recent years, in the hardware, software and work environment have been greatly improved. In recent years, more and more people in Shandong have gone to Britain, and the popularity of the Ji'nan British sign center is getting higher and higher. Even people from Urumqi of Xinjiang come to deal with the visa.
it is understood that the British Embassy (Ji'nan) visa center, one of the twelve visa centers established by the British Embassy in China, is the only agency in Central China to accept British private visas, and the embassy receives all kinds of British private visa applications from the world, such as studying abroad, business investigation, and studying. It provides visa services such as preliminary examination of unified visa materials for the UK, biological information collection (global general purpose), visa progress inquiry, and other related fees for the unified visa fee and translation fee in the country.