Visa processing firm VFS Global is making India its passport to success

India is not just the biggest volume market for VFS, it is also a large base for the company. Of the 9,000 plus employees that it has in 137 countries, about 2,500 happen to be in India

The rising number of Indians travelling overseas is making India a sweet spot for VFS Global, the world’s biggest visa processing firm. The Dubai-headquartered company, which started its journey from Mumbai, seventeen years ago, holds a 49 per cent share in global visa processing industry. India, its biggest market is clocking a double-digit growth.

“India has seen an exponential growth in outbound travel, not only in the tourism sector but also in migration, people going out to work, do business. Student traffic has gone up steeply. The infrastructure that these embassies had in India could not have absorbed this kind