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VFS Global expands United Kingdom (UK) visa services in Sub-Saharan Africa in second phase of rollouts

In 2023, VFS Global was awarded the new contract to provide UK visa services in 142 countries worldwide

VFS Global (www.VFSGlobal.com) is proud to announce that residents of Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, travelling to the UK can now book appointments to submit their visa applications through VFS Global’s new state-of-the-art Visa Application Centres (VAC). From 19 November…

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    • Mr. Silmy Karim, Director General of Immigration of Indonesia, and Mr. Kaushik Ghosh, Head – Australasia, VFS Global, at the Indonesia e-Visa on Arrival Cooperation Agreement Announcement Ceremony in Jakarta on 16 October 2024
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VFS Global appointed to offer new Indonesia e-Visa on Arrival service to South Africans, 96 other nationalities

The e-VoA can be easily obtained by visiting VFS Global website, submitting all the required documents, and paying the necessary fees online prior to travel

New Indonesia Electronic Visa on Arrival (e-VoA) service to commence in the first half of December 2024. Group booking facility to be available for the benefit of travel trade and conventions. Indonesia has set an ambitious target of welcoming 14 million visitors in 2024 and achieved 9.92 million arrivals from…

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United Kingdom (UK) visa services in Sub-Saharan Africa are now available through VFS Global

UK visa customers can now choose from a range of optional services, depending on their location, offered by VFS Global to provide enhanced comfort and convenience

UK Visa Applications Centres open in Abidjan, Antananarivo, Banjul, Eden Island, Kinshasa, Libreville, and Port Louis VFS Global was recently awarded the contract to provide UK visa services in 142 countries worldwide Residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles, travelling to the…

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United Kingdom (UK) visa services in South Africa are now available through VFS Global

VFS Global was recently awarded the contract to provide UK visa services in 142 countries worldwide

VFS Global (www.VFSGlobal.com) are proud to announce that residents of South Africa, travelling to the UK can now book appointments to submit their visa applications through VFS Global’s new state-of-the-art Visa Application Centres located in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria. Effective 22 October 2024, customers applying for a…

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VFS Global appointed to roll out Australian biometric collection centres in Sub-Saharan Africa

With the recent addition of Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, VFS Global has become the exclusive biometrics collection service provider to Australian visa applicants across all nine regions globally

Services to be rolled out at 12 locations in seven countries in Sub-Saharan Africa by February 2025  VFS Global becomes the exclusive biometric collection service provider for Australian applicants in all the nine regions globally – ​Americas, Europe, Mekong, Middle East and North Africa, Pacific, South Asia, South East Asia,…

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VFS Global and Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) support the eThekwini South African Football Association (SAFA) and Stellenbosch Region, with extensive coaching courses

The course hosted over 265 participating players throughout the two weeks, allowing the coaches to put together sessions they had learnt from the instructors into practice

World-renowned football federation, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) in partnership with VFS Global (www.VFSglobal.com), concluded extensive coaching courses held in Stellenbosch and in Durban earlier this year. The initiative is in line with VFS Global’s community outreach initiatives across the globe with a focus on youth empowerment and skill…

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VFS Global appointed to administer United Kingdom Government visa and passport service in 142 countries, encompassing regions including Africa

These centres will accept all categories of visa applications as well as UK passport applications in some locations

VFS Global (www.VFSglobal.com) becomes the service provider for all UK Visa and Citizenship Application Centres overseas – operating across 142 countries; estimated to manage 3.8million applicants every year, VFS Global is now opening UK application centres in 84 new countries during 2024; new contract will also see significant investment in technology…

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    • HE Nosicelo D MBELE, South African Consulate General in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo (left) and H E John Muloba Kitonge – Finance Minister of Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo (right)
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South Africa Visa Application Centre moves to a more spacious and easily accessible location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The newly relocated centre was inaugurated on 29 November 2023 by HE Nosicelo D MBELE, Consul General, South African Consulate General in Lubumbashi, Democratic Re-public of Congo

Applicants can now submit their visa applications at the new Centre located at Office No 5, 2nd Floor, Hypnose Building, 826 Av. Mama Yemo, Lubumbashi from 29 November 2023. Commenting on the relocation of the Centre, HE Nosicelo D MBELE, Consul General, Consulate-General of the Republic of South Africa said,…

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    • On 17 November 2023, the newly opened France Visa Application Centre was inaugurated in the city of Monrovia by Mr. Philippe Collin, Consul Général of France in Ivory Coast, in the presence of Mr. Christophe Hemmings, Vice Consul of France in Ivory Coast, Mr. Sebastien Jondot, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France in Liberia, and other distinguished dignitaries including representatives from the senior team of VFS Global.
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New France Visa Application Centre inaugurated in Monrovia for the convenience of Liberian nationals

VFS Global has been a trusted partner for the Government of France for visa processing services since 2004

Effective 18 September 2023, applicants in Liberia (except holders of official passports) seeking a France visa can visit the newly opened VFS Global (www.VFSGlobal.com) France Visa Application Centre in Monrovia located at Royal Grand Hotel, 15th Street Tubman Boulevard, Sinkor Monrovia, Liberia.  As an exclusive service provider to the Government of…

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    • (Left to Right), Arnold Donald, Chairperson WTTC, Julia Simpson, President & CEO WTTC and Hariprasad Viswanathan, Head—Sub Sahara Africa VFS Global, at the launch of the Africa report in collaboration with VFS Global at Kigali in Rwanda
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New report shows how Travel & Tourism in Africa could boost continent’s economy by US$168BN over the next 10 years

African sector expected to grow 6.5% per year over the next decade; travel & tourism could contribute US$350BN to the regional economy

At its Global Summit in Kigali today, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) (www.WTTC.org), in collaboration with VFS Global (www.VFSGlobal.com), revealed that the African Travel & Tourism sector could add US$168BN to the continent’s economy and create over 18 million new jobs. According to the report, ‘Unlocking Opportunities for…