The South African High Commission in India is keen on outsourcing the Visa services, in order to ease Visa facilitation during the FIFA 2010 World cup. The Commission is currently analysing various VFS (Visa Facilitation Service) companies for assigning the outsourcing of visa services. It is considering outsourcing the Visa services before the FIFA 2010 World cup, which will begin on June 11, 2010 in Johannesburg, to enhance the facilities of submitting the Visa documents and processing time. Currently, the Visa applications are accepted in South African High Commission’s Mumbai and New Delhi office. Through outsourcing of the Visa service, travel trade and individuals will be able to submit Visa applications at any of the selected VFS centre for faster processing time.
Themna P Mgabe, First Secretary: Immigration & Civic Affairs, South African High Commission said, “During the Indian Premier League (IPL) we witnessed a huge inflow of Visa applications. Since we take five working days to process the documents and issue the Visa, it was tough for us to issue so many visas within three weeks. |