Reopening of VFS Visa Application Centres in India

Many people are eagerly awaiting the reopening of VFS Visa Application Centres in India. Good News is that, many centres have resumed operations in most parts of India. However, their operating hours are limited and subjected to the local lock down restrictions. Below is a quick update on the Centres for European Countries that are open since September.

Sl. No.	Country	Visa Application Centre	Applications Accepted for	Date of Resumption of Operations
1	Netherlands	South Mumbai/ Hyderabad	Blue carpet (seaman) and re-entry visas	21 September
2	Netherlands	Kolkata	Limited category long and short stay	21 September
3	Netherlands	New Delhi	Passport Collection Services	21 September
4	Austria	South Mumbai	Student, visitor and work visa	21 September
5	Austria	Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi	Limited long stay category	21 September
6	Austria	New Delhi	Passport Collection Services	21 September
7	Ukraine	Hyderabad/ Mumbai	Business Visit (invitation minimum 90 days), Official Visit, Official Observer, Diplomatic Consular Missions and International Organizations, Spouse, Family Reunion with Foreigners, Study Visa, Work Visa, Private Visit	21 September
8	Denmark	Mumbai	D visa applications	21 September
9	Denmark	Kolkata/ Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad	Limited long stay category	21 September
10	Denmark	New Delhi	Long stay visa	21 September
11	Denmark	Kochi	Limited short stay category	21 September
12	Norway	Bengaluru/ Chennai/ New Delhi/ Hyderabad	Limited long stay category	21 September
13	Germany	Kolkata	limited applications for Transit Visas (C-Visa), Seafarers (C-Visa), Scholarship holders/PhD/Post-Doc Studies/Scientists (D-Visa)	17 September
14	United Kingdom	Ahmedabad/ Bengaluru (Global Tech Park only)/ Chennai/ Chandigarh/ Jalandhar/ Kochi/ Kolkata/ Mumbai (Mahalaxmi only)/ New Delhi (Shivaji Metro Stadium only)/ Pune	Phased resumption of Services	16 September
15	Luxembourg	Kolkata	Limited category long stay	16 September
16	Luxembourg	Mumbai	Limited Category ‘D’ visa	16 September
17	Luxembourg	New Delhi/ Hyderabad/ Chennai	Type D Visa	31 July
18	Luxembourg	Bengaluru/ Kochi	Type D Visa	3 August
19	Croatia	South Mumbai	Work permits, urgent travels, and limited other categories	16 September
20	Croatia	Kolkata	Limited category long and short stay	16 September
21	Croatia	Bengaluru	Exceptional case applications	16 September
22	Croatia	Chennai/ Hyderabad/ New Delhi	Limited long stay category	16 September
23	Latvia	South Mumbai	Student visa	21 September
24	Latvia	Kochi/ Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad	Limited category long stay	16 September
25	Latvia	New Delhi	Passport Collection Services	16 September
26	Switzerland	Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi	Limited category long stay	16 September
27	Switzerland	Bengaluru	Exceptional case applications	16 September
28	Poland	South Mumbai	D Visa Category	16 September
29	Poland	New Delhi	Limited category long stay	16 September
30	Lithuania	South Mumbai	Student Visa	18 September
31	Lithuania	Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kolkata/ New Delhi	Limited category long stay	16 September
32	Estonia	Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi	Limited category long stay and short stay	16 September
33	Estonia	New Delhi	Limited category long stay	16 September
34	Italy	Kolkata	Limited category long stay	14 September
35	Italy	Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi/	Limited category long stay	14 September
36	Italy	Bengaluru	Limited category	14 September
37	Italy	South Mumbai	Re-entry, seamen, student and emergency visa	14 September
38	Italy	New Delhi	Re-entry visa	14 September
39	Czech Republic	Mumbai/ Kolkata	Czech and EU family members Entry in the interest of the Czech Republic International transport workers Diplomats and Officials of International organisations Seasonal workers For employment in health and social services only in urgent emergencies For employment – food production workers only For employment – qualified workers only (if the conditions of these Programs ‘The High qualified worker’ and ‘the key and scientific workers’ are met)	8 September
40	Czech Republic	Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi	Long term category	4 September
41	Czech Republic	New Delhi	Passport passback services.	4 September
42	Portugal	South Mumbai	D (long stay) and E Temporary stay visa	7 September
43	Norway	Kolkata/ Bengaluru/ Chennai/ Hyderabad/ Kochi	Limited category long stay	3 September
44	Norway	Mumbai	Limited Category ‘D’ visa	3 September
45	France	South Mumbai/ Bengaluru/ Hyderabad	Student D visa category (long stay)	2 September
46	France	Kolkata	Student C and D visa	2 September
47	France	Chennai/ Kochi	Student and stay visa applications for spouses of French citizen and EU D visas	2 September
48	France	New Delhi	Student visa	2 September

Operating days and hours may vary for each centre. It is best to contact them for further queries & clarifications.

Source: VFS Global Website