> Visa section typically don’t have phone numbers, so you have to send an email and hope for a reply (if you are lucky they have published their address) or go

> Visa section typically don’t have phone numbers, so you have to send an email and hope for a reply (if you are lucky they have published their address) or go in and ask. Even when they do it's as good as if they don't. I once needed to check application status for UK tourist visa. The official line was a toll number, it was handled by call center in India, and no, they could not answer my question.