greek visa application centres open in 8 indian cities

Embassy of Greece

New Delhi, India

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VFS Global www.vfsglobal.com

21 November, 2012 Press Release

Greek Visa Application Centres open

in 8 Indian cities The Embassy of Greece in New Delhi, India extended the facility for collection of visa

applications and delivery process to eight new Indian cities, with the appointment of

VFS Global, the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for diplomatic

missions and governments worldwide. VFS Global will offer the new visa application services

in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jalandhar, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Puducherry.

VFS Global already offers visa application services for the Embassy of Greece, in New Delhi. Applicants

seeking Schengen visa for Greece can now also avail of similar services offered at VFS Global operated Joint

Visa Application Centres at Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jalandhar, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and

Puducherry.

VFS Global will be responsible for accepting applications for Greek visas from applicants residing or legally

present in India. All applications will continue to be assessed and processed by the Embassy of Greece in

New Delhi, India.

The key features of these centres will be longer operating hours, dedicated website for easy access, visa

information including visa types, applicable fees and application status, professional and responsive staff

dedicated to handle visa queries, dedicated call centre unit and email support.

Applicants can also benefit from a host of other value added services such as photo-booth, photo-copying,

online tracking of status, SMS alerts and door-step delivery of passports. The service would attract a nominal

service fee, payable at the visa application centres at the time of submitting the application.

Quote from Greek Embassy official: “We are happy to extend the cooperation with VFS Global to eight

more cities in India. Over a period of many years VFS Global has proven to be a reliable partner and we

look forward to extend this not only to New Delhi but to other parts of the country as well.”

Speaking on the occasion, Mr Murali Raghavan, COO - South Asia and CIS, VFS Global said, “It is with

great pleasure we announce the opening of the Greek Visa Application Centres in eight new cities across

India. VFS Global is honoured to be associated with the Government of Greece in India since 2007, and also

have the privilege to be their trusted partner in eight other countries globally. We are committed to partner

the Government of Greece in offering new and diverse value-added services for its visa customers from

time to time. We invite applicants wishing to travel to Greece to visit our new state-of-the-art and well

equipped visa application centres and benefit from the renewed and additional services offered by the

Embassy of Greece in India, and VFS Global.”

For more information about the visa application centre, please visit www.vfs-gr-in.com

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http://www.vfs-gr-in.com/

Embassy of Greece

New Delhi, India

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Greek Visa Application Centre Details

CONTACT DETAILS

Helpline: +91 22 67866011| Email: [email protected] | Website: www.vfs-gr-in.com

BENGALURU

Address: Prestige Atrium, No 1, Central Street, Bengaluru - 560001

Submission Timings: 08:00-12:00 hrs and 13:00-15:00 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

Passport Collection: 08:00-12:00 hrs and 13:00-15:00 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

CHANDIGARH

Address: SCO 165-166, Sector 8 C, Madhya Marg, Chandigarh - 160018


Passport Collection: 15:00-17:00 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

CHENNAI

Address: New No 3, Old No 2, Sadasivam Street, Gopalapuram, Chennai - 600086



JALANDHAR

Address: Axis Tower, 3rd Floor, Plot No 1, Badri Dass Colony, BMC Chowk, GT Road, Jalandhar – 144001



mailto:[email protected]

http://www.vfs-gr-in.com/

Embassy of Greece

New Delhi, India

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KOCHI

Address: No 2A, 2nd Floor, South Point Hinton, Near North Police Station, Chittoor Road, Kacheripaddy,

Cochin - 682018



KOLKATA

Address: 3rd Floor, Om Tower, 32 Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700071


For Travel Agents: 08:00-11:30 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

Passport Collection: Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

For passports received from the Embassy on the previous day | 08:00-12:00 hrs and 13:00-15:00 hrs

For passports received from the Embassy on the same day | 13:00-15:00 hrs

MUMBAI

Address: 2nd Floor, Aurum House, Dadyseth Lane, Adjacent Lane to Babulnath Temple, Babulnath,

Mumbai - 400 007


For Travel Agents: 08:00-11:00 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)


NEW DELHI

Address: No 15 - 26, Block E, 2nd Floor, International Trade Tower, Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110019

Submission Timings: 09:00-16:30 hrs | Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

Passport Collection: Monday-Friday (except declared holidays)

For passports received from the Embassy on the previous day | 09:00-12:00 hrs and 13:00-15:00 hrs

For passports received from the Embassy on the same day | 13:00-16:30 hrs

Embassy of Greece

New Delhi, India

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PUDUCHERRY

Address: No 32, Eswaran Kovil Street, Puducherry - 605001



Service Fee: INR 807/- (exclusive of Embassy visa fees) in New Delhi and INR 1403/-* (exclusive of

Embassy visa fees) in Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Jalandhar, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai and

Puducherry.

*This includes two way courier charges for transfer of the visa applications to New Delhi and returning the

passports at the Schengen Visa Application Centres in the respective cities.

#VFS Global will be responsible only for accepting applications for Greek visas in India. All applications

will be assessed and processed by the Embassy of Greece in New Delhi, India.

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About VFS Global

VFS Global is the world’s largest outsourcing and technology services specialist for diplomatic missions and

governments worldwide. With 775 Visa Application Centres (VACs) located in 87 countries across five

continents as at 31 October 2012, VFS Global serves the interests of the diplomatic missions of 41 sovereign

governments. VFS Global’s worldwide operations are certified ISO 9001:2008 for Quality Management

System and ISO 27001:2005 for Information Security Management System by TÜV SÜD, one of the world’s

leading external and independent certification bodies. The company has successfully processed 53.42 million

applications since its inception in 2001.

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Media Contacts

VFS Global

Rustom Dhanbhoora: [email protected]

Percept Profile

Venisha D’souza: [email protected] | +91 99870 64627

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