National — Sypha AI, an India-based artificial intelligence company, has entered into a strategic partnership with BLS International Services Ltd to develop AI-driven digital infrastructure for visa, consular and citizen service platforms across more than 70 countries.
BLS International provides outsourced visa and consular services globally. Under the agreement, Sypha AI will deploy its enterprise software engineering platform to modernise legacy systems managed by BLS that support government workflows. The companies said the focus will be on upgrading core systems rather than adding automation layers.
The partnership comes amid broader discussions on enterprise AI infrastructure in policy and industry forums, including the recent India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, where Sypha AI founder and CEO Shawn Chauhan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Chauhan said the collaboration aims to build secure and scalable public infrastructure using privacy-focused AI platforms developed in India. Shikhar Aggarwal, Joint Managing Director of BLS International, said AI technologies are reshaping visa and consular services, from automation to risk-based decision-making and personalised citizen services.
According to the companies, embedding AI within system architecture could help improve processing timelines, strengthen fraud detection and support risk-based profiling. They also cited increasing data localisation and privacy requirements across jurisdictions as factors driving the need for compliance-focused system design.
The companies said rising visa volumes and evolving regulatory standards underscore the demand for technology upgrades in the global visa outsourcing sector.
