Part of the Zurich based Kuoni Travel Group, VFS Global was established in 2001, in Mumbai India, as a specialist partner for diplomatic missions worldwide. VFS Global serves diplomatic missions by managing all the administrative and non-judgmental tasks related to the entire lifecycle of a visa application process, enabling diplomatic missions to focus entirely on the key tasks of assessment and interview.

VFS Global serves the interests of 23 diplomatic missions in 42 countries worldwide and processes in excess of 6 million visa applications (contracted) annually. In early 2007 VFS Global was awarded a £ 195 million contract (spread over 5 years) with UKvisas to provide visa outsourcing services in 7 geographical regions, covering close to about 70% of UKvisas visa applications globally.

In addition VFS is also the first Indian company to be awarded contracts for visa outsource services by the Government of India. As on date, VFS Global has been awarded contracts to provide outsource service to the Indian Embassy's at Thailand,China, France, and the Indian High Commissions in Sri Lanka,Australia and United Kingdom.more