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GBS Technology Services & IVS Global-FZCO and VF Worldwide Holding

1 recorded entry in 1 country: Sri Lanka.

1register entries
1country
2023 to 2024recorded date range
1adverse official findings
0favourable official findings

Entries by status

Funding recorded across these entries: Passenger or user fee: 1. These are entry counts, not contract-value totals.

Counts cover manually classified official records in 1 of 1 entries. Classification covers the records cited in these entries. Zero is not a finding of no adverse or favourable evidence. One audit report or judicial disposition counts once. Mixed decisions count in both groups.

CountryProgrammeVendorFundingStatusSigned
Sri LankaIVS-GBS and VFS electronic-visa services agreement
e-visa
GBS Technology Services & IVS Global-FZCO and VF Worldwide HoldingPassenger or user feeSuspended21 December 2023

Oversight record in date order

  1. Sri Lanka: 2 August 2024: Supreme Court interim orders suspended the outsourced visa system and directed use of the previous system. The audit records the cases as pending, not final judgments 1.
  2. Sri Lanka: 3 October 2025: National Audit Office found procurement and revenue-control deficiencies and USD 33,080 excess charges to 827 SAARC applicants. It recommended competitive selection, revenue accountability and recovery of collected taxes 1.
  3. Sri Lanka: 30 October 2025: IVS-GBS said it had not been given an opportunity to explain the audit observations, intended to respond to the auditor and reserved detailed submissions for the appropriate forum. This is a company response, not an audit reversal 4.