Business travellers to benefit from the recent Hungary Tourism and VFS Global tie-up
In a move to provide a high level, customer-oriented services to applicants for their visa application process, The Embassy of Hungary announced its collaboration with VFS Global, world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for diplomatic missions and governments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Hungary and VFS Global signed an agreement for outsourcing Hungary’s visa processing in India, a move which is expected to fasten visa application process.
VFS Global will start by setting up the Hungary Visa Application Centre (VAC) in New Delhi which will be operational from early March, 2012. This network may also be expanded to other cities in India in a phased manner. VFS Global, apart from this new association in India, already serves the Hungarian government similarly in UAE & UK.
VFS Global will be responsible for accepting and processing applications for Hungary visas from applicants residing across India. The key features of the centre will be longer operating hours, dedicated website for easy access, visa information including visa types, applicable fees and application status, professional and responsive staff committed to handle applications and visa queries, separate submission facilities for travel agents and individual submissions, dedicated call centre, email support and door-step delivery of passports. The service would attract a nominal service fee of INR 520, payable at the VAC at the time of submitting the application. The office will remain open from 9 am to 4 pm keeping in mind the convenience of the applicants.
It is expected that this arrangement will certainly boost Indo-Hungarian business relations by providing for a more hassle-free environment for business-travellers of major Indian multinational investors at the first place. In this spirit, the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi has been striving for providing an outmost business-friendly visa procedure and this co-operation with VFS Global would enable the Hungarian Government to take a step further in achieving this goal