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Court circuit Embassy 5 February 2008

Embassy magazine editor Elizabeth Stewart opens the conference. Seated are speakers Marie Damour (US), Ajit Alexander (VFS), Eric Jacquemin (Belgium) and Mandy Ivemy (UK Visas)

Jiten Vyas (VFS) and Christabel Silva (VFS) chat to Sarah O'Halloran (Ireland)

Consuls listen to a presentation by Mandy Ivemy from UKVisas

Consuls get down to some intensive networking

Dutch consul Peter Matthieu asks Ajit Alexander (VFS) a question

Nikiwe Chinkanda (South Africa), Johannes Tiba (South Africa), André Padmore (Barbados) and Jean-Paul Bossuge (France)

Craig Pontifex (New Zealand), Brett Wilson (New Zealand) and Christabel Silva
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Embassy events organiser Elle Bracegirdle welcomes Johannes Tiba (South Africa)
Visa Services Seminar
Around 80 consults attended the Managing Visa Services seminar to discuss ways to meet the challenge of ever-increasing visa demand. To help them find a solution, consuls were given presentations from Eric Jacquemin, head of the Belgian Consular Services in London; Marie Damour, Chief of Visa Services at the US Embasssy; Mandy Ivemy, Director of Visa Services at the British Embassy in Moscow; and Ajit Alexander from outsourcing company VFS Global (to read the full report please click here).

Javier Mendoza (Ecuador), Andrea Concha (Chile), Manuel Condesa (Chile)

Anita Stankovic (Slovenia), Ida Uran (Slovenia) and Raluca Ion (Germany)

Marie Damour (US) and Xin Xiang (China)
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