Australia, VFS Global Decide To Widen Visa Services In India And Nepal

16 Jun 2014

The Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) of Australia and VFS Global have decided to extend visa services by means of new and upgraded Australia Visa Application Centers (VACs) in India and Nepal.

Both the parties have agreed to offer Visa application services through three new VACs along with 10 improved VACs across the region to speed up the visa application process for travelers from India and Nepal to Australia.

Nine upgraded facilities located in Indian cities of Bengaluru, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Mumbai (North), Kolkata, and New Delhi, and one facility located in Kathmandu, Nepal, will facilitate convenient visa services for applicants across the region. Also, three new VACs are scheduled to be established soon in Pune, Jalandhar and Mumbai (South) to offer visa application services. 

Major idea behind enhancing the service network is to speed up the entire visa application process besides saving time and travel expenditure of applicants. The initiative is expected to increase numbers of students, tourists and Indian business people moving to Australia.

Mark Pierce Australian Consul General Mumbai said that Australia High Commission in New Delhi issued over 100,000 tourism visas for the first time in a single financial year to Indians. The numbers rouse by 10% in the first quarter this year.

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