Assistance provided for processing visa applications – reg.

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....o Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (All), Director General (Service Tax), Director General (Central Excise Intelligence),         Director General (Audit), Commissioners of Service Tax (All), Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax (All). Madam/Sir, Subject: - Assistance provided for processing visa applic....

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....licant pays the service charge on his own (meaning such service charge is not borne by any business entity), the same cannot be considered as support service for business or commerce. 3. Visa facilitators, merely facilitate the procurement of visa and directly assist individuals who intend to travel abroad, to complete the immigration formalities. Visa facilitators collect certain statutory cha....

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....to rendering assistance directly to individuals  for obtaining visa, visa facilitators may also act as agents of recruitment or of foreign employer, in which case, service tax is leviable to the extent under the service of 'supply of manpower'.  In certain other cases, for example, a visa facilitator, may be rendering visa assistance to individuals who are employed in a business entity, ....