Saudi Visa processing center in Cebu opens

CEBU CITY — Cebuanos looking to secure Visa permits to enter the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia no longer need to go to Manila for their application.

VFS TasHeel International recently inaugurated its Visa Service Center in Cebu as part of the launch of the Visa Services Centers in Manila and Davao.

VFS TasHeel International is an enterprise mandated with managing and administrating the visa application process on behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The company recently announced that its Visa Services Centers in Manila, Davao, and Cebu are now fully operational and have started processing visa applications.

The VFS TasHeel centers in the Philippines will process various categories of visa permits including resident, educational, personal, commercial visits etc., with the exception of Hajj, Umrah and Work visas.

Pilgrims and Work visa applicants will continue to process their visas through private tour operators in the country, and will be required to complete the biometric enrollment procedure at the VFS TasHeel Visa Services Centers. Biometrics enrolment includes collection of fingerprints, facial image and biographic details, such as passport information.

“We are pleased to be fulfilling the role assigned to us by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is to facilitate a smooth, streamlined visa application process for travelers to the Kingdom,” said VFS TasHeel International CEO Ajit Alexander.

He added that the new Visa Services Center in Cebu offers visa applicants a full array of streamlined visa services, all of which are technologically-driven and adhering to high standards of security and information confidentiality.