Now apply for and get your Visa through an app! Here’s how

The suspense, worry and thrill over Visa formalities may soon be a matter of past. Just like you recharge your phone or order a pizza through phone apps, you will be following the same suit for getting your visa. Facilitator VFS Global is in discussion with the government to simplify pre-travel formalities to foreign.

This information was revealed by VFS Global’s CEO Zubin Karkaria in an exclusive interview with the Economic Times. He said visa processing will be technologically relevant, "ensure security and complete data protection, so that there is a match between efficiency, customer service and security.”

According to the ET, VFS, founded in Mumbai and headquartered in London, is the world's biggest visa facilitator. It operates 1,514 application centres in 120 countries, representing 45 governments. It represents India in 10 countries with 33 visa application centres.

Not only the visa steps will be smarter, people residing in smaller cities will now have an option to get their finger prints and other documents verified right at their doorsteps. The company is in the final stages of testing a mobile app for visa application to the UAE for Emirates passengers.

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