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*Visa Application Centers
#increasing figures since start, in million (m)

Customer Authorities – 37
*VACs – 526
Countries of Operation – 63
# Applications – 41.09m
Workers – 2404
2011
Client Governments – 34
*VACs – 409
States of Operation – 48
# Programs Processed – 29.63m
Workers – 1927
2010
Client Governments – 28
*VACs – 337
Nations of Operation – 45
# Programs Processed – 21.00m
Workers – 1850
2009
Client Governments – 25
*VACs – 282
Nations of Operation – 42
# Programs Processed – 13.94m
Employees – 1826
2008
Client Authorities – 19
*VACs – 192
Nations of Operation – 37
# Applications – 8.15m
Employees – 1590
2007
Client Authorities – 11
*VACs – 101
Nations of Operation – 11
# Programs Processed – 2.44m
Workers – 597

2004-05
Client Government – 1
*VACs – 3
State of Operation – 1
# Applications – 0.15m
Workers – 46
2001
— Established visa application services for the US Consulate in Mumbai, in India’s western cities — Ahmadabad, Mumbai and Pune

*Visa Application Centers 
#accumulative figures since beginning, in million (m)

— Employee Value Proposition 
Employee Value Proposition
A Fellowship of Successes 
VFS Global’s Employee Value Proposition (EVP) represents our core values and commitment towards our workers. Our EVP has been created in a collaborative and centered manner with the involvement of individuals from across our organization to ensure impassivity.
Success driven by functionality. 
We appreciate and celebrate our employees’ achievements and success, ensuring fairness and transparency in acknowledgement and reward procedure
Healthful work-life balance. We ensure an optimum work-life balance is struck by our employees, while maintaining powerful concentrate on organization goal
institutionalized value established culture.
We offer open, lively and friendly culture incorporated with a strong value system and a work environment that is conducive.
Nurture the Leaders of tomorrow. 
We provide unparalleled chances for career progress on the other side of the globe and develop future leaders from within the organization
Enabled Empowerment,
We encourage our workers to influence flexibility and freedom at work while providing constructive managerial support, to investigate and conquer new challenges’

Awards & Recognition 
Through time, VFS Global updated its procedures to please its customers and has always reinvented. Its attempts have not been. Today, with a host of awards to its credit, VFS Global is true for one of the most famous providers of technology and outsourcing services to authorities.
— Special Commendation for Golden Peacock Environment Management Award, 2014

During the 16th World Congress on Ecosystem Management, VFS Global was felicitated with the Special Commendation for Golden Peacock Environment. The business has executed procedures and environment-friendly work practices among which optimizing energy usage, volunteering attempts and offsetting 2672 tonnes of carbon dioxide through investment in carbon canceling endeavors and societal outreach endeavor including comprehension drives, are the critical contributors to this acknowledgement.

VFS Global is the sole firm from the service industry winning a Special Commendation award among contemporaries who are top players in the manufacturing sector. This makes the honor momentous for the business.

— HP IT Innovation Award honor for Major IT transformation project, 2014

VFS Global’s IT function’s job pertaining to Major IT transformation has been felicitated by Hewlett Packard (HP) with the HP IT Innovation Award With this, VFS Global’s move from being companies of a traditional IT model to proponents of an “as-a-service”, consumption-based IT model, stands admitted.

— ASD Gold Service Provider Award by the Road and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai, 2014

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) one of the largest government departments in Dubai, recognised the services supplied by VFS Global, together with the esteemed ASD (Government Service Department) Gold Service Provider Award. VFS Global’s par excellence service rendered in the managing of the RTA employees’ Schengen visa applications was hailed as being contributory to this win.

— Al Nasr Sports Club honor, 2014

The winners of the GCC Club Cup, the Al Nasr football team, presented a special letter thanking VFS Global for the extraordinary services rendered in the handling of the players’ Schengen visa applications to nations like Australia and the UK, throughout all of this past year. This felicitation took place at the VFS Global Visa Application Centre in Wafi Mall, Dubai.

— Service Provider of the Year prize: Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards

VFS Global won the prestigious “Service Provider of the Year” prize. The award, presented at the 8th annual Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards held in 2014, recognizes the company’s exemplary service to the public for consular and visa services on behalf of High Commission of India in its respective consulates and the UK.

— IMC IT Award 2013 for superiority in use of Information Technology

VFS Global won the esteemed IMC (Indian Merchant Chamber) IT Award 2013 for the superiority in use of Information Technology. The company has won this award under “End Users of IT in Large Business Category” for execution of SAP and enterprise portal using SharePoint across the globe. This further reaffirms the firm’s leadership position in driving business excellence through the integration of information technology (IT) into its business operation.

— TAAI Appreciation Award for a Decade of Exceptional Service to Indian Travel & Tourism Business: Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) Annual Awards 2013

VFS Global won the prestigious TAAI Appreciation Award for a Decade of Exceptional Service to Indian Travel & Tourism Business in recognition of the company’s leadership position in the outsourced visa and consular services’ market and its strong focus on offering innovative services, which improve the entire visa application encounter for travel agents as well as visa applicants. The award also recognizes the significant part in facilitating tourism and travel VFS Global plays.

— Travel Entrepreneur of the Decade Award — the First International Convention of Enterprising Travel Agents Association (ETAA) – 2013

The Enterprising Travel Agents Association (ETAA), conferred the Travel Entrepreneur of the Decade Award on Mr. Zubin Karkaria, CEO, VFS Global Group, to honor excellence, innovation and contribution to the business, during its first international convention held in Dubai in 2013.

— Second Best Job of the year 2013 for ELVIS — the Project Management Association of Finland

ELVIS, a breakthrough innovation by VFS Global developed in partnership with and for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland, has been awarded the second greatest endeavor of the year 2013 by the Project Management Association of Finland.

— Greatest Network Security Implementation Award: Fortinet Network Security Awards, 2013

VFS Global has been granted the prestigious Best Network Security Implementation – 2013 awards under the Fortinet Network Security Awards recognizing the firm’s leadership position in implementing the network security controls that are efficient and incorporated with other networking managements across VFS Global.

— Dubai Quality Appreciation Award for the exceptional dedication to pursuing excellence in 2012: 18th Company Excellence Awards by the Dubai Department of Economic Development held in 2013

VFS Global has been awarded the respected Dubai Quality Appreciation Award recognizing the organization as a role model organization for its business excellence through the use of good practices and soundly-based approaches that are deployed systematically and are continuously measured and reviewed. The award was presented in the appreciation class of Dubai Quality Award (DQA).

— TAAI Appreciation Award for Leadership in Innovation in the Visa Outsourcing Industry: Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI) Annual Awards 2012

VFS Global won the prestigious TAAI Appreciation Award for Leadership in Innovation in the Visa Outsourcing Business in acknowledgement of the company’s leadership position in the visa and consular services outsourcing marketplace and its strong focus on developing progressive alternatives to enhance its service offering for the benefit of its client authorities as well as their visa applicants.

— Capgemini Leadership Award for Innovation: NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2012

VFS Global won the coveted “Capgemini Leadership Award for Innovation” at the NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2012, in recognition of efficient usage of technology for providing services to the client governments.
— Safari India National Tourism Award as the “World’s largest, and a trusted, visa outsourcing business”: Safari India National Tourism Award 2012

VFS Global won the prestigious Safari India National Tourism Award 2012 as the “World’s biggest, along with a sure, visa outsourcing company” organised by Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), which is the leading travel writers’ organization representing members from all over the planet.
— Three Global Awards for Excellence in Quality Management and Leadership: World Quality Congress & Awards 2012

VFS Global has won three International Awards for Excellence in Quality Management and Direction – Quality Excellence Award for Best e-business, Quality Leadership Award and Supply Chain Innovation Award in the entire world Quality Congress & Awards 2012.
— Bloomberg – UTV Dream employer of the Year 2012: World HRD Congress 2012

VFS Global was given the “Bloomberg – UTV Dream Company of the Year 2012” under the BPO / ITeS services class for the best folks’ practices, broad international reach, and superior business model in the World HRD Congress 2012.
— QCI-DL Shah National Award on Economics for Quality 2012: Quality Council of India

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