Disclaimer
United
Kingdom Application Center ( UK VAC ) is a service provided by VF Worldwide
Holdings Ltd through its
partners Abyaar
Modern Commercial Services Compan Ltd., in the Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia being the non judgemental part of processing visa
applications of applicants intending to travel to the United
Kingdom and is only responsible for the following:
1.
To receive from an applicant his/her passport, completed
visa form, supporting documentation (collectively, the "Documents") and the
applicable fees.
2. To submit the Documents to the
British Consulates /Embassy, on behalf of the
applicant.
3. To collect the relevant Documents
back from the British Consulates / Embassy, after completion of
all formalities, and return the relevant Documents back to the
applicant by hand delivery/courier to an address
provided by the applicant on the visa form.
Other
Conditions:
Notwithstanding anything else to
the contrary, the UK VAC / Consulates reserves the right to
ask for further documentation and/ or to refuse the visa
application.
In certain cases, the British Consulates / Consulates will hand over the relevant Documents
to the Applicants directly. In such cases, UK VAC shall not
be responsible for any loss or damage to the Documents, in any
manner whatsoever
It must be noted that the grant or
refusal of the UK visa is at the sole discretion of the
British Consulates / Embassy and UK VAC is neither
involved in the process nor is it liable or responsible in any
manner whatsoever for any delay in processing or grant or
rejection of the visa application of any applicant by the
British Consulates / Embassy.
While UK VAC takes
every reasonable precaution in handling the Documents of
applicants UK VAC shall not be responsible in any manner
whatsoever to the applicant for any documents which are lost in
transit by accident, theft, natural calamities (act of god) or any
other reason outside the control of, or not arising out of a
willful default of UK VAC.
The applicant agrees and accepts that UK VAC
neither controls the British Consulates / Embassy nor does
it control or operate the services provided by them. Hence, UK VAC will not be liable or responsible in any manner whatsoever
for the loss or damage of applicant's Documents due to any default
on the part of the British Consulates / Embassy.
The applicant
agrees and accepts that the courier acceptance and delivery service through
which the Documents are returned to the applicants by UK VAC is operated by a
third-party. UK VAC does not control or
operate any courier
company, neither does it control or operate any facility or
service provided by the courier company. UK VAC disclaims any and all liability for any loss or damage
caused to the applicant in the event that his/her Documents are
delayed/ misplaced/ lost/ damaged by the courier company, whether
such delay/ misplacement/ loss/ damage result from negligence,
accident or any other cause. In no event shall UK VAC
and/or its representatives be liable for any direct, indirect,
punitive, incidental, special, consequential damages or any
damages whatsoever due to such delay/ misplacement/ loss/ damage
of the Documents, including the applicant's passport. Without
prejudice to the aforesaid, UK VAC's and/or its
representatives sole and exclusive liability in case a passport is
lost or damaged in transit, is limited/restricted to the
reimbursement of the amount of fees charged by Minustry of
Interior or the replacement of a lost / damaged passport through
normal application procedure. Such reimbursement of the fee amount
will be made by UK VAC to the applicant only on the presentation
by the applicant of the payment receipt issued Minstry of
Interior.
The
applicant agrees that the foregoing limitation of liability is an
agreed allocation of risk between the parties and this limitation
of liability is and shall be an integral part of this disclaimer.
The application fees
once received by UK VAC from the applicant will not
be refundable under any circumstances, irrespective of whether or
not the desired visa is granted by the British Consulates /
Embassy to the applicant.
Advertising
material may accompany the relevant Documents at the time they are
returned to the applicant.
If the applicant does not wish
to receive any such advertising material along with the relevant
Documents, the applicant must intimate the UK VAC in
advance at the time of submitting the Documents. Please note that
advertising material accompanying the relevant Documents is not
endorsed by the
Government of United Kingdom.
UKVAC, in its sole
discretion, may change, amend, cancel or withdraw any or all of
the terms and conditions mentioned herein at any time without any
prior notice. No employee of UK VAC has any authority
whatsoever to change / amend / amplify or withdraw any or all of
the terms and conditions mentioned herein without the prior
written approval
of
UK VAC.
These terms and conditions shall be governed and construed
in accordance with the laws of United Kingdom. Any claims
or disputes arising in relation to the services provided by to the
applicant shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts in United Kingdom.
The applicant hereby
accepts and confirms that the applicant and/or his/her
representative,
prior to submitting the visa application, has read, understood and
agreed to be bound by, without limitation or qualification, all of
the terms, conditions and details provided herein.
Data
Protection Notice
Who
processes your information?
The
entity responsible for processing data collected for your visa
application Abyaar Modern Commercial Services Company Ltd.
What
information do we process?
This
notice relates to all information which we collect from you in
relation to your application for an UK visa, including information
you provide through printed and web site application forms and
passports and other documents you provide. This information
includes your name, address, contact details, place of birth,
passport details, employment details and travel
details.
What
purposes do we process your information
for?
We
use your information for the purposes of providing to you services
relating to your visa application, and we pass your information to
the British Embassy Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. who use it to
process your visa application. Your information will also be
retained separately by the Indian Government in accordance with
their data protection policies.
We
do not intend to use your information for any other purpose,
except that if you have given consent, we may use your information
for the purposes of sending you related marketing information
(such as airline advertisements), which is normally included by us
when we return your passport to you.
Your
right of access
In
accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, you have a right to
have access to and to modify the information which relates to you.
If you wish to exercise this right and to obtain communication of
the information which concerns you; please contact Abyaar Modern
Commercial Services Company Ltd., P.O.Box 40700, Jeddah 21511,
Saudi Arabia or email us at info@abyaar.com.sa.
