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Sankaran (L) receives the award

VFS Global recognised for new visa processing solution

DUBAI, May 24, 2015

VFS Global, a leading outsourcing and technology services specialist, was awarded top honours in International Business Excellence Awards 2015 (IBX Awards) held in Dubai, UAE, on May 20 and 21.

Competing against the region’s most prominent companies from diverse industries, VFS Global won an award in the Towards 2020 category.

The award was presented to Srinarayan Sankaran, Head – Business Development, VFS Global.

Towards 2020, a category that measures innovation, entrepreneurship and opportunism, VFS Global won the Opportunity Award for its innovative solution LIDPro (Location Independent Document Processing) that was developed in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland. This innovative solution enables remote visa processing that efficiently manages volumes, reduces costs and increases productivity. This solution also incorporates workflow management at the remote processing centres and allows different stakeholders to work on a standardised set of documents enabling faster and more accurate decision making.

Lauri Aaltonen, director general – Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, who partnered VFS Global on this innovation said: “LIDPro was a pioneer project which interlinks state-of-the-art electronic document management and our national visa system which serves the Schengen Visa Information System into a functional new system providing remote visa processing capability within our mission network. VFS Global has shared our vision and passion in this pioneer project and provided us, together with their strong allies, an extensive global network of technological excellence.”

Zubin Karkaria, chief executive officer, VFS Global Group, said: “We are honoured with this recognition at this prestigious event and attribute our success to being a trusted partner of choice to governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. Our partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland, is a reflection of trust and confidence in delivering efficiencies and continuous improvement.  We are committed to enhancing our technological innovations to delight our customer.” – TradeArabia News Service




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