Buzzing Stock : BLS International signs contract with The Republic of Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs

BLS International will provide ePassport renewal services on behalf of The Republic of Philippines in Italy, Qatar and Malaysia.

BLS International, a trusted global tech-enabled services partner for governments and citizens, announced today that it has signed a contract with The Republic of Philippines Department of Foreign Affairs to provide ePassport Renewal services initially starting with Italy, Qatar and Malaysia.

BLS will provide ePassport renewal services on behalf of The Republic of Philippines in Italy, Qatar and Malaysia. With this, The Department of Foreign Affairs intends to ease the renewal process for Philippine nationals living overseas. The opening of ePassport Renewal Centers (PaRCs) in these countries will provide facilities to Filipinos to apply for ePassport renewals at a time and place of their convenience.

The Philippine ePassport Renewal Centres will serve the following advantages:

• Provide faster and more convenient ePassport renewal services.

• Provide automated and integrated online mechanism in day-to-day transactions.

• Simplify and shorten the overall application processing time.

This is in addition to the already robust portfolio of visa, passport, consular and citizen services offered by BLS International and reflects company’s focus on efficiency and continuous excellence in its operations.

On Thursday, the stock hit its 52-week high price . It zoomed by 7.96 per cent and was trading at Rs 220.50 per share on BSE.