The government has signed a £140m outsourcing deal with supplier CSC to run the overseas visa application and issuing process.
Under the five-year contract, CSC will establish 15 visa application centres, as well as providing internet, email and call centres to a further 87 countries.
The deal was signed with UK Visas, a joint Home Office and Foreign Office agency and also includes the capture of biometric details such as photographs and fingerprints.
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