Data Protection Notice

Who processes your information?
The entity responsible for processing data collected for your visa application is VF SERVICES (UK) LIMITED.

What information do we process?
This notice relates to all information which we collect from you in relation to your application for a Russia visa, including information you provide through printed and web site application forms and passports and other documents you provide. This information includes your name, address, and contact details, place of birth, passport details, employment details and travel details.

What purposes do we process your information for?
We use your information for the purposes of providing to you services relating to your visa application, and we also pass your information to the Embassy of Russian Federation in London and Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Edinburgh who use it to process your visa application. Your information will also be retained separately by the Russian Government in accordance with their data protection policies.

Where you make any payments to us by card, including credit or debit card, or any online or electronic means, then we may disclose your information to our payment processor, but only to the extent required for the purposes of payment processing. They will use it for the purposes of processing your payment.

Where do we process your information?
Your information is held by us in the United Kingdom. It will also be accessed and held by our call centre, currently based in Mumbai, India. Any transfers of your personal data to India are made in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1988.

Your right of access

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you have a right to have access to and to modify the information which relates to you. If you wish to exercise this right and to obtain communication of the information which concerns you; please contact VF SERVICES (UK) LIMITED at 5, Lower Belgrave Street, Victoria SW1W 0NR or email us at customerrelationsru@vfshelpline.com