Picturesque view of Kiev, the capital city of Ukraine (Photo: Robert Anasch/Unsplash)
From January 4, 2022, Ukraine has mandated the implementation of biometrics into visa. Ukraine joins a growing list of nations that have made biometric visa compulsory.
VFS Global, a private company, has been offering visa services to travellers travelling to Ukraine since 2017, using a network of seven visa application centres across the country. It will be offering its services of biometric for all 26 categories of visa including tourism, work, business, family reunions and study.
“VFS Global has been the proud partner of Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2017 in India and is excited to extend its services to include biometric enrolment. This makes VFS Global the one-stop-shop for the complete visa application journey for our Ukraine visa customers,” says Pranav Sinha, head of South Asia, VFS Global. Apart from India, VFS Global offers Ukraine visa services in 46 countries across the globe through a network of seventy-seven visa application centres since 2017.
VFS says that to ensure safety of the applicants, it has established standardised protective measures to be followed across centres, including physical distancing and sanitisation, body temperature checks, use of masks and sanitisers, disinfecting high-contact surfaces, etc. Customers exhibiting Covid-19 symptoms, including high fever, cough and difficulty in breathing will not be permitted to enter the centre.
Apart from the safety measures in place, VFS Global also manages the online booking of Covid-19 RT PCR tests at government-approved medical laboratories or at home. This service has been rolled out in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Chennai, Pune and Kochi.
