VFS Global Signs Visa Service Contracts With Eight European Governments
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, October 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
- Company wins contracts to provide additional visa services for the following client governments: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Slovenia, and The Czech Republic
In August and September 2018, VFS Global signed eight contracts with existing and new client governments, to extend their visa service network.
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As per the new contracts, VFS Global will now provide visa services for:
- Belgium in Rwanda;
- Estonia in China, India, Belarus, Turkey, and Russia;
- Germany in China and 13 other countries in South East Asia;
- Hungary in India, Belarus, Kazakhstan;
- Italy in Bahrain and Ecuador;
- Lithuania in Ukraine;
- Slovenia in 13 countries (Australia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Canada, Iran, Kosovo, Mexico, New Zealand, Serbia, South Korea, Taiwan, UAE, UK, USA); and
- The Czech Republic in Vietnam, Mongolia and Uzbekistan
VFS Global plans to open an additional 97 Visa Application Centres to meet the requirements of the new contracts and offers applicants a convenient and easy visa application process in these additional countries. The rollout of all new operations is expected to be completed by mid-2019.
Said Zubin Karkaria, Chief Executive Officer, VFS Global Group, "VFS Global is grateful for the trust and goodwill the European member states have placed in us over the years. With the recent renewal / extension of our relationship with eight European governments across multiple regions, we are pleased to offer our high quality visa services to many more visa applicants."
Chris Dix, Head - Business Development, VFS Global, said, "This has been a great quarter for VFS Global. Today, VFS Global is the trusted partner of 61 client governments, in large part due to our uncompromising approach to using technology as a key business driver, and constantly innovating so that visa applicants continue to enjoy streamlined and convenience vsia services the world over."
About VFS Global
VFS Global is the world's largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. VFS Global, headquartered in Dubai, UAE, has Swiss parentage and is a portfolio company of EQT, a leading global private equity firm headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
With 2709 Application Centres, operations in 141 countries across five continents and over 182 million applications processed as on 30 September 2018, VFS Global is the trusted partner of 61 client governments.
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