VFS Global

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VFS Global
Company typePrivate company
Founded Bombay, Maharashtra, India (July 2001 (2001-07))
Headquarters Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Zubin Karkaria (Founder & CEO) [1]
  • Dhiren Savla (CIO) [1]
  • Bernard Martyris (CCO) [1]
  • Jiten Vyas (CCO) [1]
Number of employees
8960 (as on 30 November 2022) [2]
Parent The Blackstone Group
Website www.vfsglobal.com

VFS Global is an outsourcing and technology services company for governments and diplomatic missions worldwide. [3] The company manages visa and passport issuance-related administrative and non-discretionary tasks for its client governments. [3]

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The company began as a "side project" in 2001 by chief executive Zubin Karkaria at Kuoni Travel, [4] which was acquired by EQT Partners in 2016. [5] Formerly based in India, the company is now headquartered in Dubai with offices in 147 countries. [4] In 2018, VFS processed more than 25 million visa applications, often containing passport details and financial histories, on behalf of the British Home Office and 61 other governments. [4] [6]

History

Origins and revenue model

The inspiration to create VFS Global came to Zubin Karkaria while working with Kuoni Group, which was one of the world’s leading travel companies. The long waiting times for visa applications and growing piles of administrative work for the embassies led him to conceptualize a unique solution - outsourcing the administrative part of the process. Outsourcing visa processing meant improved and more personalized service for applicants with better physical and technological infrastructure. For the Embassies/Consulates, it meant a lower security risk because of less crowded consulates, cost efficiencies, and the ability to focus on the essential decision-making stage of the visa process. While setting up the service was relatively easy, convincing the first government had a long gestation period. [7] [8] According to Karkaria, the U.S. government was initially resistant to his proposal and convincing them "to allow us to run the purely administrative part of a visa application process" proved to be an arduous process. [8] Following protracted negotiations, the company opened its first visa processing centre in Mumbai that same year. [8] Within half-a-decade, VFS Global acquired lucrative contracts with eleven governments including the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.

The organisation now works with payment gateways, banks, courier services, and client governments. Considering the highly confidential data they deal with, they maintain safety standards in line with GDPR compliance norms. To keep up with evolving customer demands, they conceptualise, incubate, and pilot a number of processes and innovations at their innovation lab in Mumbai, India. The best of these initiatives are taken to other countries. [9]

The phenomenal growth of the company was largely due to its revenues from service fees paid directly by visa applicants. In 2009, financial records indicated that VFS Global's parent company at the time, VF Worldwide Holdings, was an offshore corporation which had been "incorporated in the African tax haven of Mauritius." [4] [10] [11]

By 2007, the company had obtained its first global account from UK Visas and Immigration for operations across 33 countries. Within one year of gaining its account with the UK government, the company's image was tarnished by a data breach which exposed the sensitive information of UK visa applicants. [12] [13] Despite this breach, the outsourcing company nevertheless obtained a major contract with the United Kingdom in 2014 to administer the majority of the UK's visa applications. [10] Critics allege "this contract was a crucial step-change in how [British] visa applicants could be squeezed for more money." [10]

During the past two decades of its operations, VFS Global has attracted considerable criticism. It has been criticized for allegedly exploitative practices and for its lack of transparency. [4] [10] [11] The company has been "accused of pressuring visa applicants" into purchasing premium services which "they often don't need and can't afford." [10] [11] In 2019, the British Home Office was deluged by complaints from customers applying for visas using VFS Global, [11] many of whom accused the company "of exploiting vulnerable applicants for profit." [11] Applicants—"the majority of whom are from lower-income countries"—asserted they "missed flights and were wrongly denied visas due to delays and administrative errors, including apparent failure to scan vital documents." [11]

Innovation and Technology

VFS Global has mentioned they invest in developing digital and artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to automate end-to-end visa and citizen document processes. They have also developed an information hub for travellers, which has become one of their most visited web pages globally. [9]

Expansion and growth

In August 2017, the outsourcing company acquired the UK-based visa service provider TT Services (TTS) for an undisclosed amount. [14] At the time of the acquisition, TTS operated 51 visa application centres in over 35 countries with 216 employees. [14] Later that year, in November 2017, VFS Global expanded its visa services in Cyprus with new centres launched in the additional cities of Thiruvananthapuram, Goa, Gurugram, and Jaipur. These expansions increased the amount of visa centres where applicants were offered additional services, such as SMS updates, courier services, and online tracking services. [15]

In June 2018, Kuoni Group, also known as Kuoni Travel Holding, after selling all the travel agency businesses and licensing the brand "Kuoni Travel" to the new owners of the former subsidiaries, had merged with VFS Global, its major business at that time. [16] By December of that year, VFS had over 2,800 application centres with operations in 141 countries. [8]

In January 2019, the parent company of VFS Global, EQT Partners, declared their intention to sell the company. [17] In August 2019, an in-depth financial investigation by the British newspaper The Independent revealed that VFS Global had experienced exponential growth in recent years and its shareholders had "extracted about £567m via 'distribution to owner' payments and writing off inter-company loans in the past two years." [10] The newspaper attributed this growth to the outsourcing company's "exploitative" business practices. [10]

In October 2021, Blackstone acquired a majority stake in VFS Global. Kuoni and Hugentobler Foundation remains a minority stakeholder. [18] Prior to October 2021, the outsourcing company was owned by a private equity fund and, as VF Worldwide Holdings, is incorporated in the African tax haven of Mauritius. [4] [10] Investors in the outsourcing company include the Chinese and Emiratis investment authorities, the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund, and Theo Müller. [4]

According to VCCircle, “Blackstone will be paying $1.12 billion for a 75% stake in VFS Global… The enterprise value of the deal is $2.5 billion, wherein the company has debt of around $1 billion.” [19]

Services and partnerships

In 2013, the outsourcing company pursued partnerships with foreign tourist boards and airlines in an attempt to increase its revenues. VFS Global partnered with the Italian State Tourist Board to open a Mumbai office to promote Italy as a tourism destination for Indian nationals. [20] In February 2015, VFS Global likewise partnered with the Macau Tourism Office to promote Macau as a popular tourist destination. [21] In 2017, the outsourcing company partnered with Atout France, the France Tourism Development Agency, to promote France as a tourist destination for foreign travellers. [22]

Criticisms and controversies

Throughout its existence during the past two decades, VFS Global has attracted considerable criticism from governments, investigative journalists, and its clients. [23] [24] [13] The company allegedly pressured visa applicants into purchasing premium services which "they often don't need and can't afford." [10] [11] In 2019, the British Home Office was deluged by complaints from customers applying for visas using VFS Global, [11] many of whom accused the company of "exploiting vulnerable applicants for profit." [11] The majority of these applicants were from lower-income countries, and they "missed flights and were wrongly denied visas due to delays and administrative errors, including apparent failure to scan vital documents." [11]

2005–2007 data breaches

Initial breach and inaction

Between 2005 and 2007, a critical security flaw in the VFS Global application website for the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office resulted in many visa applications from India, Nigeria and Russia being publicly accessible. [12] Sensitive data stored in VFS's online service could be accessed by simply "making changes" to the VFS website's URL address. [12] By doing so, any viewer could access the company's "database of visa applicants, which stored passport numbers, names, addresses, and travel details." [12] The security flaw had been known since December 2005, [12] but the issue was addressed only in May 2007 following media reports. [12] [25] The security breach had been first reported in December 2005 by an Indian national, Sanjib Mitra, [23] [12] after which no effective remedial action was taken by VFS. The same applicant went public in May 2007 after he noticed that his earlier warnings were ignored. [12]

UK government investigation

Following this data breach and media outcry, [13] the UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs appointed an independent investigator to uncover the reasons for the breach of security in the VFS online visa application website. [23] The subsequent report, released in July 2007, highlighted "organisational failures" by VFS. [23] [24] [13] VFS had purportedly underestimated what was necessary in order to protect personal data to the levels expected by the UK Data Protection Act. [23] The report also recommended that the VFS online visa applications not be resumed for applications from India. [23]

In November 2007, the UK Information Commissioner's Office announced that it had found the Foreign Office's contractual relationship with VFS Global to be in breach of its obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998. The Information Commissioner's Office required the Foreign Office to sign a statement that it would comply with the Data Protection Act and would not reopen the VFS UK visa online facility. [26] As a result of this ruling, the Foreign Office reviewed its relationship with VFS and briefly sought to significantly reduce its outsourced work, especially in the area of IT. [27] After the report was issued, VFS spent "$2 million on online security in the next year," [28] and introduced various measures to ensure safe and secure business environment. One of them was to make all its centres ISO compliant. [29]

Following this incident, several governments were critical of VFS Global's abilities and raised concerns over its lacklustre security protocols. [28] "There's the accountability issue, the privacy issue and why are we outsourcing to a for-profit entity something that belongs in the security mandate?" asked Victor Wong, executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council. [28] Likewise, Liam Clifford, an immigration expert working for Global Visas, raised security concerns associated with VFS Global's operations: "Once you put this work in the hands of private companies overseas, you no longer have the same protection." [28] [30]

2015 data breaches

VFS Global's online security again came under scrutiny in July 2015 when its online visa forms for Italy allowed any user to access the personal information of other applicants—including their date of birth, passport details and addresses—if they input the ID number of another person when logging into the system. [31]

Following the discovery of 2015 security issues, the outsourcing company stated in 2016 that they had instituted new security protocols. [32] VFS Global claims to annually renew its ISO 27001 audit and certification. [32]

2014–2019 monopoly allegations

VFS Global has been alleged to be a monopolistic enterprise operating in the visa outsourcing sector. [33] [34] [35] Its alleged monopoly has led to issues related to prohibitive visa application prices and also sparked concerns in the areas of centralised document handling and content security, though VFS claims a streamlined application submission process in all its centres. [36] For example, VFS staff at its collection offices in Southeast Asia were accused of abusing its dominant market status by creating their own extemporaneous rules for visa applicants. [37] This included entry criteria to the VFS centres and also level of assistance offered to applicants. [37]

Three years later, in June 2014, the outsourcing company was investigated by the South African Competition Commission regarding allegations of market dominance by VFS Global in the visa support services market to foreign embassies. [38] The Commission's spokesperson Themba Mathebula stated that the commission's screening unit had completed its preliminary investigation and submitted its report, recommending further formal investigations into the outsourcing company. [38]

In a statement to European Union parliament in July 2018, VFS Global denied that their outsourcing company is operating as a monopoly, [39] though its prepared statement did not cite any outsourcing companies with whom they are in competition for winning contracts. [39]

2019 extortion allegations

The outsourcing company has been accused of "extorting" and "mistreating" vulnerable visa applicants in developing countries such as Nigeria. [11] [40] Additionally, the company was also reported to be under investigation for "allegations of abusive market dominance and unlawful tender procedures, resulting in excessive visa application prices and hidden fees." [33]

2023 English-only service in Canada

In March 2023, VFS Global faced criticism for requiring a French-speaking applicant for permanent residency in Canada to respond only in English, despite that it is legally obligated to provide services in both official languages of Canada. [41] [42] Quebec's Minister Jean-François Roberge called it "completely unacceptable" and "all citizens should be able to interact with the federal government in their language of choice". [43] VFS Global did not apologize for the incident. [41]

Customer criticism

In September 2019, VFS Global had a score of 1.5 out of 5 stars on Trustpilot. [44] Of the 2,608 submitted reviews by customers, approximately 76% awarded the service 1 star. [44] Frequent complaints reported included disrespectful behaviour of the company's staff towards customers, failure to follow-up on applications in a timely fashion, and extended delays in returning passports to applicants, as well as reports of lost passports. [44] Former VFS employees have purportedly alleged the outsourcing company is systematically deceitful to visa applicants and that passports have been occasionally mishandled or lost due to poor organization. [45] Within the next year, a sudden deluge of five-star reviews—over ten thousand posts by newly-created accounts—greatly boosted the Trustpilot score to 4.5 out of 5 stars by October 2020. [46]

Awards and recognition

VFS Global received the CSR Journal’s Special Commendation Award in Corporate Social Responsibility for its Project Future Skills Scholarship Programme with FUEL and its program Empowering Women in Tourism with TAAI on 9th December 2023. [47] [48] [49]

They also won the Best in Future of Digital Infrastructure Award at the IDC Future Enterprise Awards for India on 28 October 2021. [50]

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