India, Nov. 12 -- Artificial intelligence will make applying for a visa faster and smoother, but for now, it will not be the one deciding whether you get permission to travel, VFS Global founder Zubin Karkaria said at the 24th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit.

"It will make things frictionless. But it would not make decisions, especially for a person who's entering a country," said Karkaria, whose company processes visa applications for 71 governments. "It won't take the place of a visa officer."

Asked if AI could ever replace the human element in immigration, Karkaria did not rule it out. It would come down to legislation, he said. "In future, what will be the legislation of different countries allowing? Currently, the legislation of ...