ECONOMYNEXT – VFS Global, a partner in a consortium that carried out online visa service for Sri Lanka’s Department of Immigration has issued a statement after the island’s National Audit Office released a special report on the deal. The report said the VFS-IVS-GBS group that charged fees from tourists had not remitted at least 1.245 million dollars of value added tax and 127,970 social security levy charged from visa applicants. Visa and extra fees had been charged from tourists who were supposed to be exempt. Hundreds of SAARC region travellers who were supposed to get reduced priced visas had been…
VFS issues statement after Sri Lanka audit report on e-visa deal
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