New Delhi, India, 7^th Feb 2023 - BLS International Services Limited a leading provider of visa and consular services, signed an agreement with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, to provide outsourcing Attestation & Apostille services.

Key government representatives and BLS executives, including Mr. Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director at BLS International Services Ltd., Shri Naresh Kumar, Director of the Consular Passport Visa (CPV) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Mrs. Charu Khosla, Chief Operations Officer of Strategic Marke, Shri Sandeep Kumar, Section Officer, Attestation and OI, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, Mr. Achal Uppal, Senior Manager, Government & Client Relations, BLS International Services Limited, New Delhi, India and Shri C. Doss Jeyakumar, Under Secretary of Attestation and Apostille at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, were present when the agreement was signed.

Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director at BLS International Services Ltd., said, “We are thrilled to partner with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, in delivering seamless Attestation & Apostille services to citizens. This collaboration aligns with our mission of providing world-class solutions for governments and institutions and showcases our commitment to supporting the foreign policy objectives of the Government of India. We are honoured to play a role in promoting India's interests globally and delivering efficient and effective services to its citizens.”
He further said, “The Ministry's engagement will enable us to participate in the creation and execution of India's foreign policy and to work closely with other governmental organisations and the Indian diplomatic corps to advance India's interests internationally”.

BLS International Services Limited is committed to delivering top-notch services, ensuring customer satisfaction, and is ready to make a significant contribution to the Attestation & Apostille industry.

About BLS International

BLS International Services Ltd. is a trusted global tech-enabled services partner for governments and citizens, having an impeccable reputation for setting benchmarks in the domain of visa, passport, consular, citizen, e-governance, attestation, biometric, e-visa and retail services since 2005. The company is recognized as “India’s Most Valuable Companies” by Business Today Magazine, “Best under a Billion’ company” by Forbes Asia and ranked among “Fortune India’s Next 500 companies”.

The company works with over 46 client governments including Diplomatic Missions, Embassies & Consulates and leverages technology and processes that ensure data security. The Company now has an extensive network of more than 27,000 centres globally with a robust strength of over 20,000 employees and associates that provides consular, biometrics and citizen services. BLS has processed over 62 million applications to date globally.

BLS International is certified with CMMI DEV V2.0 & SVC V2.0 along with ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management Systems; ISO 27001:2013 for Information Security Management Systems; ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems; ISO/ IEC 45001:2018 for Occupational Safety and Health; ISO / IEC 20000-1:2011 for IT Service Management; ISO 26000:2010 for Social Responsibility; ISO 23026:2015 for System Engineering and Management Requirements; ISO/IEC 28000:2017 for Supply Chain Management System; ISO/IEC 27002: 2013 for Management of Information Security; ISO 31000: 2018 for Risk Management; ISO 27001:2013 for Risk Management of Information.

BLS International is the only listed company in this domain with operations in 66 countries.

BSE: 540073; NSE: BLS; MSE: BLS. Website: www.blsinternational.com

For further information, please contact:

BLS International
Ekta Bhaskar
Global Head – Corporate Communications
Email: ekta.b@blsinternational.net