UK university-bound Pakistani students stuck without visas

When it comes to further studies, the United Kingdom (UK), United States (US) and Canada take the lion’s share of students completing their A-Levels in Pakistan. All three have a varying and nerve-wrecking visa process, students here complain.

Students who have secured admissions in North America head off for university latest by the end of August, while those heading to the UK have to apply for the visa in August or September and wait for 10 to 15 working days for the visa application to be processed by the British High Commission (BHC) in Islamabad.