While the company denies wrongdoing and says all services are transparent and government-approved, the controversy has ...

Investigation prompts European Commission to launch “comprehensive study” into outsourcing of visa processing.

VFS Global faces allegations of malpractices including aggressive upselling and data privacy issues. An investigation ...

The investigations uncovered serious vulnerabilities in data handling. Inspectors found that applicants' personal and ...

To relieve pressure on consulates, visa procedures have been partially outsourced to a handful of multinational companies, ...

Beyond the inspection findings, leaked EU documents accessed as part of this investigation shed further light on the systemic ...

As record numbers of Indians apply for Schengen visas to Europe, inspection reports reveal ‘lapses’ at VFS Global centres ...

The findings raise fresh questions about the role of optional services in visa processing centres and whether applicants are ...

VFS Global, a top visa processing company, was founded by Indian entrepreneur Zubin Karkaria in 2001. Its current and former ...

The new Sri Lanka government headed by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has ordered a forensic audit into the visa outsourcing contract with Indian firms alongside a Dubai-based firm allegedly ...

In partnership with UK Visas and Immigration, VFS Global has launched its ‘On Demand Mobile Visa’ service for UK visa applicants in India. Through this service, applicants located anywhere in India ...