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<ul><li>UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) runs different types of visas application
centres in the UK and overseas. Over four 4 million visa and immigration applications
each year (visit, work, study, family, other)</li></ul><p>are processed in these centres.</p><ul><li>The
majority of application centres overseas are run by commercial suppliers (VFS Global
and TLS Contact) who employ their</li></ul><p>own personnel. In the UK, Sopra Steria
Ltd run application service points, again with their own employees. Biometric data
of customers is taken by supplier staff.</p><ul><li>There are several locations in
the UK - UKVI Service and Support Centres (SSCs) - in which biometrics are taken and
which are staffed by UKVI directly-employed personnel.</li></ul>
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