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VFS Global renews contract for Germany visa services in ME
Gulf Today
|August 06, 2025
The German Federal Foreign Office has renewed its contract with VFS Global in the Middle East for an additional seven years.
Under this mandate, VFS Global will continue to provide Germany visa services through its centres in Algiers, Algeria; Manama, Bahrain; Erbil, Iraq; Amman, Jordan; Doha, Qatar; Kuwait City, Kuwait; Beirut, Lebanon; Muscat, Oman; and Abu Dhabi and Dubai, UAE, with additional operations in Nicosia, Cyprus; Yaounde, Cameroon; and Abuja and Lagos, Nigeria in the coming months.
This story is from the August 06, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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