Canada immigration chooses CSC for Canada visa services

Canada, 24th August: Computer Sciences Canada Inc. has been selected by Canada immigration department for handling Canada visa services from Latin America.

This has been revealed by Canada immigration department- CIC (Citizenship and Immigration Canada).

As per the announcement by the CIC, a two-year contract has been signed with CSC (Computer Sciences Canada Inc.), a subsidiary of CSC, for extending administrative services for facilitating submission of Canada visa applications from Latin America residents.

CSC expresses happiness for providing visa services to CIC—President of Canada operations for NPS(North American Public Sector) of CSC, Charlie Whelan expressed happiness for getting the opportunity to assist Canada visa services.

Whelan further asserted that their Canada visa application centers will work towards ensuring efficiency while providing best onsite client services.

The aim of CSC will be to eliminate any unnecessary backlogs leading to delays in the processing of Canada visa applications at Canada visa office of CIC, he further maintained.

Canada visa application centers in 15 countries--As per the agreement between CSC and CIC, the former will operate Canada Visa Application Centers in 15 nations throughout Latin America. All these visa application centers will be entrusted with handling applications for Canada temporary resident visas from Latin America residents.

In addition, the centers will also accept travel document and permit applications from Latin America residents wanting to travel to Canada. CSC is already providing visa services to Mexico residents since the year 2009 under a similar contract with Canada immigration department CIC.

Information services will be provided by Computer Sciences Canada for various Canada visa applicants through contact centers as well as web sites. The new services will become available in September this year.

Currently, CSC provides services in nearly 100 nations and in 20 different languages. CSC has successfully provided efficient visa services to around 40 million visa applicants and scheduled around 20 million appointments since its inception way back in 2000.

It is recognized as a leading name in extending technological business services and solutions the world over and has around 93,000 workers on its roll with an annual revenue of $16.2 billion for the year ending 1st July, 2011.