VFS | Consular Cruise

Embassy Network | 30th November 2017

Consular Cruise family photo

Simonetta Tronu, Gloria Raspin, Linda Mezzullo and Roberta Cardamone (all Italian consulate)

Maruush Batbold (Mongolia) with Kathryn Martin (VFS) and Atul Marwah (VFS)

Anibal and Yesenia Gomez (Mexico)

Karen Simplis (Belize) with Antonio Joseph (Antigua and Barbuda)

Ana Lopez (El Salvador), Maria Gomez (Paraguay), Ghadeer Alrshoud (Jordan) and Marina Angioni (Paraguay)

Towera Mmodzi and Mary Akena (both Malawi)

Brazil Consul General Sergio Luiz Canaes, Angolan Consul General Vicencia Brito, Porguguese Consul General Joana Gaspar and Eduardo Sfoglia

Anirudh Singh (VFS), Embassy Group Director Elizabeth Stewart and Amit Vig (VFS)

Atul Marwah of VFS chats to members of the US Consulate

Caroline Stephant (VFS) in conversation with Sophie Tzelidis (Sweden) and Birgitta Rahm (Sweden)

Laetitia Somme and Chrystelle Boissiere (both France)

Consular cruise
To celebrate their 10-year anniversary in the UK, VFS Global decided to push the boat out, literally, with a magical Consular Cruise on the River Thames. Once on board guests enjoyed champagne, a sumptuous three-course meal and a jazz concert as a glittering London floated by.

VFS had every reason to celebrate. Anirudh Singh, who heads up VFS’s Europe division, told guests they now serve 21 client governments in Europe, processing approximately one and a half million visa applications a year. Three short videos showed consuls saw how VFS was constantly innovating to make the process faster and more flexible, taking applications closer to their customers. As the party boat drifted up and down the Thames one thing was clear – VFS is on course for even greater success in the future.

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