COX & KINGS Global Services (CKGS), along with Dnata, has launched C&K Marhaba Dubai Visa (CNKMDV) and Marhaba Meet & Greet Services.
CNKMDV visa processing services to Dubai and Sharjah started on April 15 from the CKGS headquarters in Mumbai. CKGS has also set up 11 offices in India �?? in Delhi, Amritsar, Jaipur, Kolkatta, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kochi, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru.
These offices will process tourist and transit visas in three working days. Tourist visas are valid for 30 days after entry and cost Rs4,550 ($103). Transit visas cost Rs3,550 ($80) and are valid for 96 hours.
Cox and Kings Global Services CEO, Sanjay Bhaduri, said: “This facility will enable a large number of Indians travelling to Dubai to have a smooth and seamless experience. All they have to do is visit our offices or go online on www.cnkmdv.com.”
Approximately 65,000 Indian visitors travelled to Dubai last year, and it is growing 15 per cent annually. Bhaduri said: “We are targeting 50 per cent (of the number), mostly leisure and holiday travellers, to avail of our Marhaba services.”
The remaining 50 per cent of visa applicants are labour-oriented.
Marhaba offers a meet-and-greet near the aircraft, buggy service, personal escorts through passport control, assistance at the conveyor belt, porterage, customs and handover at the pick-up point, among others.
This is the first time that CKGS is providing visa services to a diplomatic mission other than India.
By Anand & Madhura Katti
