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Information on The United Kingdom
We have UK visa specialists ready to assist you with your specific visa questions. In order to have one of our specialists give your application personal assistance, you will need to provide them with an A Briggs order number and pay the service fee. This fee is non-refundable. To obtain your order number, please fill out our order form here.
Expedited UK visas require an additional $163.32 priority fee (including tax) paid to the consulate, in addition to the consular fee listed above. For Settlement visas, this is $326.64 (including tax). We can collect that fee and pay it to the consulate in your behalf.
A Briggs specializes in securing expedited UK Visas. We are a few minutes from the New York Consulate of The United Kingdom and directly across the street from the Los Angeles Consulate of The United Kingdom and just down the street from the Chicago Consulate of the United Kingdom. Every day we process visas for persons residing legally in the United States.
A Briggs works directly with the Embassy of The United Kingdom to assist you in securing your UK Visa.
During business hours, our specialists answer 97% of calls live within three rings - no voice mail, options, or phone trees. Our UK specialists have 39 years of experience. If you need to talk to them, give us a call at 800-806-0581.
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U.S. Embassy in the United Kingdom
Chief of Mission: Robert Holmes Tuttle
Embassy: 24 Grosvenor Square
London, W1A 1AE
United Kingdom
Information about the United Kingdom
Location: |
Western Europe, Islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France |
Geographic Coordinates: |
54 00 N, 2 00 W |
Map References: |
Europe |
Area: |
total: 244,820 sq km
land: 241,590 sq km
water: 3,230 sq km
note: includes Rockall and Shetland Islands |
Area-Comparative: |
Slightly smaller than Oregon |
Land Boundaries: |
total: 360 km
border countries: Ireland 360 km |
Coastline: |
12,429 km |
Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: as defined in continental shelf orders or in accordance with agreed upon boundaries |
Climate: |
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
Terrain: |
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast |
Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: The Fens -4 m
highest point: Ben Nevis 1,343 m |
Natural Resource: |
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land |
Land Use: |
arable land: 23.23%
permanent crops: 0.2%
other: 76.57% (2005) |
Irrigated Land: |
1,080 sq km (1998 est.) |
Natural Hazards: |
winter windstorms; floods |
Environment - Current Issues: |
Continues to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (has Met Kyoto Protocol target of a 12.5% reduction from 1990 levels and intends to meet the legally binding target and move toward a domestic goal of a 20% cut in emissions by 2010); by 2005 the government aims to reduce the amount of industrial and commercial waste disposed of in landfill sites to 85% of 1998 levels and to recycle or compost at least 25% of household waste, increasing to 33% by 2015; between 1998-99 and 1999-2000, household recycling increased from 8.8% to 10.3% |
Environment - International Agreements: |
Party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
Signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
Geography - Note: |
Lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters |
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Passports |
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8-14 Days |
$45.00 |
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5-7 Days |
$145.00 |
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3-4 Days |
$195.00 |
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24-48 Hours |
$275.00 |
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Visas |
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UK Visas |
$175.00 |
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