Dubai, UAE
VFS Global
VFS Global is the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. The company manages the administrative and non-judgmental tasks related to visa, passport, identity management and other citizen services for its client governments. This enables them to focus entirely on the critical task of assessment.
With 3093 application centres and operations in 147 countries across five continents, VFS Global serves the interests of 62 client governments. The company has successfully processed over 203 million applications since its inception in 2001, and over 84 million biometric enrolments since 2007.
VFS Global Biometrics News
Visa biometrics provider VFS in talks to sell minority stake to Temasek
A significant minority stake of about 20 percent in the Blackstone-owned digital services outsourcing company VFS Global might be sold…
| Sep 19, 2023 | VFS Global renews partnership with Australian govt for biometric services worldwideDigital services outsourcing company VFS Global has been handed a contract to render biometric enrollment services for Australian visas to… |
| May 16, 2022 | Biometric IDs underperforming or accompanying international tensionsTravel documents are one of those facts of life that only seem truly important when the world feels like it… |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Digital ID in Africa this week: biometric verification for Somali military pay, SIM registration in TanzaniaAfrican biometric and digital ID issues continue apace both on and off the continent. In Somalia a scheme to use… |
| Apr 6, 2016 | VFS Global launches mobile biometrics collection service for UK visa applicants in IndiaVFS Global and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) have introduced an “On Demand Mobile Biometrics” service for UK visa applicants… |
| Feb 10, 2016 | VFS Global launches mobile biometrics collection service for UK visa applicants in QatarVFS Global has introduced an “On Demand Mobile Biometrics” service for UK visa applicants in Qatar, Saudi Arabia. The ‘concierge… |
