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- Terms & Conditions
This website is maintained for your personal use and viewing.
Access and use by you of this site constitutes acceptance by you
of these Terms & Conditions, which take effect from the date of
first use. Throughout this document, the terms 'we', 'us' and
'our' refer to Visa Facilitation Services (VFS) and the terms
'you' and 'your' refer to you the user.
Introduction
If you are not sure whether you require a visa to visit the United
Kingdom, you should check before making an application. You can
do this by using the questionnaire 'Do I need a visa' on the UKvisas'
website. If you are applying for an adoption visa, you should
consult our adoption helpfile. This site is not intended for UK
Overseas Territory applications. For further information you should
visit www.ukvisas.gov.uk.
This site contains electronic application forms that allow you
to apply for a UK visa or entry clearance over the Internet using
a secure connection. The correct application form and questions
will be generated depending on the answers you give. You will
be given the option to edit your answers at the end of the process,
but before final submission.
Declaration
Before final submission of the electronic application, you will
be required to confirm that you have read the Declaration by signing
in the box provided. You should do this by entering your name.
This Declaration must be signed by you, the applicant, personally,
and not by a representative or other person acting on your behalf.
An application for a person under the age of 18 may be completed
by the parent or legal guardian.
General:
Refund policy
The application processing fee once submitted are non-refundable
regardless of the outcome of the application.
Intellectual property
The names, images & logos identifying VFS, UKvisas, the FCO and
the HO are proprietary marks of those organisations. Copying our
logos and / or any other third party logos accessed via this website
is not permitted without prior approval from the relevant copyright
owner.
Hyper linking to us at VFS
You do not have to ask permission to link directly to pages hosted
on this site. However, we do not permit our pages to be loaded
to frames on your site. The VFS pages must load into the user's
entire window.
Hyper linking by us at VFS
We are not responsible for the content or reliability of websites
to which we link, nor should listing be taken as endorsement of
any kind. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of
the time and we have no control over the availability of linked
pages.
Virus protection
We make every effort to check and test material at all stages
of production. It is always wise for you to run an anti-virus
programme on all material downloaded from the Internet. We cannot
accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption, or damage
to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using
material derived form this website.
Disclaimer
The VFS website and material relating to Government information,
products and services (or to third party information, products
and services) is provided 'as is' without any representation or
endorsement made and without warranty of any kind, whether express
or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties
of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement,
compatibility, security and accuracy. We do not warrant that the
functions contained in the material contained in this site will
be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected
of that this site or the server that makes it available are free
of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability
of the materials. In no event will we be liable for any loss or
damage including, without limitation, indirect or consequential
use or damage, or any loss or damage including, whatsoever arising
from use of or loss of use of data or profits arising out of or
in connection with the use of the VFS website.
The Data Protection Act
The Data Protection Act Under the Data Protection Act, we have
a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. The
FCO is processing the personal data on these electronic application
forms and related data for the purpose of promoting and protecting
the interests of the UK and its citizens abroad. The data may
be disclosed to other UK Government Departments and public authorities
and companies assisting in the processing and production of your
visa.
VFS shall not disclose or allow access to any personal data provided
by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office or acquired by VFS during
the execution of the contract, other than to VFS personnel or
those otherwise lawfully concerned with the execution of the contract.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback. You can contact us by e-mailing.
Coments & Questions
If you send an email or letter to info@vfs.lk
asking for information, we may need to contact other Government
departments to find that information. If your question is technical,
we may need to pass it on to our technology suppliers. We do not
pass on any of your personal information when dealing with your
enquiry unless you have given us permission to do so. Once we
have replied to you, we keep a record of your messages for up
to 1 month for reference and audit purposes, after which it is
deleted.
What happens when I link to another site?
The VFS website contains links to other websites, both those of
government departments and of other organisations. This privacy
policy applies only to our site so you should always be aware
when you are moving to another site and read the privacy statement
of any site, which collects personal information.
Changes to this privacy policy
If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated
version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that
you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use
it, and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with
other parties.
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