The British embassy in Russia is planning to open visa application centres in 11 Russian cities. These centres will accept visa fees and check the correctness of visa application forms. All visa decisions will be made in the embassy in Moscow and in its consulates in St.Petersburg and Yekaterinburg.

Such measures aim to simplify visa issue process and bring it closer to those Russians, who live far from Moscow.

The British embassy in Russia issued 108 000 visas last year. Visa application services working in different parts of the country, further growth can be expected in the nearest future.

Source: http://www.tass.ru/