Visa-at-doorstep service soars

Bengaluru | Sunday | 14th July, 2019

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S Lalitha ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: The demand for doorstep delivery of visa services in India has grown by 144 per cent, according to an international outsourcing specialist for government and diplomatic services. A huge demand has come in from Tier-II cities across the country, including Mangaluru in Karnataka. Compared to 2017, there has been a 100 per cent growth in 2018 in the cities of Mangaluru, Goa, Lucknow, Shillong, Nagpur, Bhubaneshwar, Telangana, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Gurgoan, it said. “In Shillong, the doorstep visa applications grew from just two in 2017 to 150 in 2018,” the statement added. There has also been a demand from visa seekers neighbouring countries like Bhutan and Sri Lanka too, reveals data with VFS..