The embassies of Italy and Spain in Vietnam, in partnership with
London-based VFS Global, will launch a new Schengen visa application centre in
Ho Chi Minh City on January 2, 2013.
The visa centre, at Resco Tower,
4th floor, 94-96 Nguyen Du, District 1, will start operations one day later.
The submission timing is 8:30-12:00 and 13:00-16:00, from Monday to Friday.
The move aims at providing a high
level customer-oriented services to applicants for their visa process, Italian
Ambassador to Vietnam Lorenzo Angeloni told a press conference announcing the
centre in the city December 5.
He said the embassies of Italy
and Spain had signed an agreement to outsourcing Italy and Spain visa
processing in Ho Chi Minh City to VFS Global to fasten the visa application
process, and make it more convenient.
VFS Global, a worldwide
outsourcing and technology services company for diplomatic missions and
governments, will be responsible for accepting and processing applications for
Schengen visas from applicants residing across Vietnam, having the first port
of entry or long stay in Italy or Spain.
The service would charge a
nominal fee payable at the centre at the time of submitting the application.
Antonio Bretones, head of the
Commercial Office of Spain in Vietnam, said, “We’d like to make the whole
process of applying for a visa to Spain easier for the citizens in Ho Chi Minh
City, in order to encourage the exchanges between the two countries.”
Loren Dsouza, VFS Global’s South
East Asia and Pacific head, said, “We’ve been privileged to be associated with
the government of Italy in 17 countries and serve the government of Spain
across 35 countries.” He added his company had 775 visa application centres
around the world.
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