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India hopes to reach a deal with Britain for facilitating short-term visas for Indian students, academicians and businessmen during Prime Minister Theresa May\'s visit, Acting High Commissioner to the UK Dinesh Patnaik has said.
​London: India hopes to reach a deal with Britain for facilitating short-term visas for Indian students, academicians and businessmen during Prime Minister Theresa May's visit, Acting High Commissioner to the UK Dinesh Patnaik has said.
"I am hopeful, certain things will happen," he said. "I hope we will have a deal on Britain facilitating short-term visas for students, academicians and businessmen
from India and these categories should not be in the migration list," Patnaik told reporters.
Noting that May's visit is important for India, he said "This is her first bilateral visit and India is her first trip outside the continent. UK-India, we have a very very long umbilical relationship."
"It is an official visit and she will be heading a high-level 160-strong?delegation. The trade delegation also assumes importance because of the Brexit scenario," he added.
"Post-Brexit, they will need it and they want to increase trade outside EU. The discussion will focus on framework of post-Brexit trade deal." On the Indian side, he said "what we want is ease of doing business - access to the UK, both for students, academicians and businessmen."
He noted that a large number of tourists visit Europe but return home because of visa restrictions. India wants Britain to extend visa concessions given to Chinese to be extended to Indians — 6 months to 2 years visa for 87 pound.
He said many companies here are shifting their jobs to India. In the next 3 to 4 months, about 2,000 jobs are expected to go to India.
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