Carl. I would do the O-A application in UK. The requirements are pretty straight forward. A postal application was done on mine in 3 days.Would suggest a belt and braces attitude for bank statement by getting them signed by the bank.
Thanks you both. Please close before people try and confused me. Also many thanks for the Web site and your knowledge. It made my application easy. 3 days return about from London embassy.
I found that the single ticket with Emirates was 420 and a return 479. If you buy the return and cancel the return you get back 70pds after the carriers fees.
Also you may find that a savings account will only offer a specified higher interest rate on the monies left there untouched for a specific time. As said previously it's all mashed into one now.