Hansard

Visas

Volume 714: debated on Thursday 12 November 2009

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Lord Laird

To ask Her Majesty's Government to which companies they have contracted out visa work in Pakistan and India; and what annual payments are made to those companies. [HL6222]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord West of Spithead)

Outsourced visa services for UK visa applicants in Pakistan and India are contracted to VFS Global. The contractual arrangements are commercially sensitive.