The ceremonial opening of visa outsourcing service took place in Tehran on 19 November 2017. Due to the increased number of touristic, business and cultural visa requests the implementation of  outsourcing services were aprooved  to satisfy higher number of applicants. The VFS Global Company  was choosen at the tender. H.E. Ambassador Svatopluk Čumba and Consul Zuzana Markova were part of the official opening of visa outsourcing center for the Czech Republic.