Czech Republic to issue short-term visas through visa center

ArmInfo.The Consular Service of the Czech Embassy in Armenia is planning to transfer the function of issuing short-term visas to a visa center.  Petr Peruncik,  the Czech Ambassador to Armenia, reported on his Facebook page that "Czech Republic is going to use the services of a visa center.  In the near  future, a concession procedure for external provision of services for processing short-term visa applications in Armenia."

Tenders will only be submitted electronically through NEN (National  Electronic Instrument - https://nen.nipez.cz/profil/mzv ). An exact  link to the NEN website containing the method and conditions of the  concession proceedings, through which it will be possible to submit  tenders, will be published on the website Embassy of the Czech  Republic in Yerevan, Armenia at the moment the concession starts. 

Note that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic  regularly announces competitive procedures (concession tenders) for  the outsourcing of services for processing short-term (Schengen) visa  applications in various countries around the world.  This information  concerns a standard procedure in which the Czech Republic  (represented by the MFA) outsources the collection and pre-processing  of visa applications (e.g., document reception, biometric data) to  specialized external companies (visa centers). This is done to reduce  the burden on consulates and increase throughput for applicants.  In  recent years, such procedures have been launched or completed in  countries such as Qatar, Botswana, South Africa, Azerbaijan, China,  and Tajikistan.  These centers offer applicants greater flexibility  when submitting documents.