NEW TELEPHONE-BASED SYSTEM AND WEBSITE FOR UK VISA SERVICES

Starting on the 8 November 2007, the British Embassy in Santo Domingo, will launch a new website and telephone-based information service to assist applicants seeking a visa for the United Kingdom.

Applicants can visit https://www.visainfoservices.com, a free website that provides both general and country-specific visa information. In addition, applicants can speak with a skilled, Spanish-speaking visa information agent by calling 00 44 20 8819 9658, Monday through Friday between the hours of 0800 and 1700. Each call will cost the equivalent of 12 US dollars, payable by a credit or debit card with the Visa or Master Card logo, using a secure, automated system. Visa Information Service agents will be able to e-mail applicants all related documents, including checklists, leaflets and official forms.

Visa Information Services are offered by WorldBridge Service, a division of Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC), a leading global information technology (IT) services company. CSC is working with http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk to provide these services.

http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk manages more than 150 Visa-issuing offices around the world in UK embassies, high commissions and consulates, with entry clearance statistics indicating processing of more than 2.5 million Visa applications in 2005-2006.