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Lynne Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when entry clearance officers in (a) New Delhi, (b) Mumbai, (c) Dhaka, (d) Tehran and (e) Nairobi ceased using the pre-assessment procedure for visa applications. [103145]
Mr. Rammell
Use of the pre-assessment procedure was ceased in: (a) New Delhi in August 2002; (b) Mumbai in February 2003; (c) Dhaka in January 2003 (but during January to March 2003 Dhaka has been operating a pre-assessment procedure for settlement applications to help accustom applicants to its withdrawal); (d) Tehran in July 2002; and (e) Nairobi in October 2002.