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KI’m at the visa office here at VFS Mumbai for a france visa. We missed a few printouts and were told get them from below. When I reached the place I was told it costed ₹150 for printouts upto 5 pages and ₹10 for every page after 5 pages
I wanted to know is this even legal? This in my opinion is outright exploitation and seems totally unfair.
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EOf course it’s legal. A business can charge whatever they want unless there is some government regulation. Like a samosa can be ₹5 or 20 or 200 at different places.
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SIt’s cost of convenience and opportunity cost for you. Most pricing is demand and opportunity based, not cost plus. Indians have this socialist mindset that government has put cap to movie, taxi, samosa pricing and what not.
That doesn’t mean that VFS isn’t a**hole. But it’s legal and almost sensible thing to for them as business.
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WFrom what i udnerstand, VFS’s code business model or user benefit is knowledge of the processes and legalities of visa and travel rules across the globe. The stationery/ photocopy store duties of making documentation copies for submission is not their responsibility, but rather a value added service. Some VFS offices/ branches have a vendor handle this section of duties and they too have similar charges, because they themselves are paying a rent for a sub-letted room or corner space in an office setup that belongs to VFS.
Best is to ask them for the list of documents on email, and then get them printed from your local xeroxwala shop and use one cheap organizer/ file type item to make your life easier.
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IThere’s no other options
VFS is in cahoots with the visa folks who deliberately do not disclose the proper documentation needed
And VFS gets cash
Because you need the visa badly
And they all know if you could apply for visa you can afford to pay 25 rupees per sheet for a needlessly colored print out
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