Private company
VFS Global
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
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Outsourcing services company
VFS Global is a visa and passport administration outsourcing company for governments and diplomatic missions. Zubin Karkaria founded the company in 2001 while he was chief executive at Kuoni Travel.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersDubai1
- Websitewww.vfsglobal.com
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VFS Global is a visa and passport administration outsourcing company for governments and diplomatic missions. Zubin Karkaria founded the company in 2001 while he was chief executive at Kuoni Travel.2
Corporate structure
VFS Global is part of a group headed by Kuoni Travel. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Kuoni Travel Zürich, Switzerland
- VFS Global Dubai
- Novair Subsidiary · Stockholm
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2001Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.vfsglobal.com1
- X (Twitter)x.com/VFSGlobal1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/VFSGlobalOfficial1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/vfsglobalofficial1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCtTeJ2M-hGLaElSkmttpovQ1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/vfs-global-services1
- WikipediaVFS Global
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7906873
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataVFS Global on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaVFS Global on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsVFS Global logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- 4Wikimedia CommonsVFS Global photo by Suyash Dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0