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Schengen Type CVerified 16 Apr 2026Schengen short-stay business visa for Indian professionals doing business in Austria — sales meetings, establishing contacts, conferences, or trade events on behalf of a company outside India.
Professional filing · fee back if refused
Not included in our fee: a flight reservation (from ₹708) and a confirmed hotel booking (₹590 per hotel). Book them separately, only if your visa needs them:
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What you get
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Not part of our visa fee: each is bought on its own, with or without our visa service.
₹708 first traveller · +₹472 each additional traveller on the same reservation · GST included
A genuine airline reservation in each traveller's name. Issued close to your visa appointment, so it's live when you apply.
₹590 per hotel · GST included
Not bought online: contact us first on WhatsApp or by email with the city, dates and travellers, and we confirm the hotel and the price before you pay.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST.
Check the official requirements
Guide last reviewed 2026-04-16. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
The Austria Business Visa is given to those doing business in Austria such as making sales, establishing contacts, attending conferences/trade events on behalf of a company outside India. Maximum 90 days in any 180-day period.
What it costs
Paid directly to Austria / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 16 Apr 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Embassy fees are set in EUR by the Austrian Embassy — the actual INR charged at VFS varies with the daily exchange rate. VFS service charge is fixed in INR. All fees payable in Cash / Card / UPI (or Rupay). Fees are non-refundable in case the visa is refused. Approximate total for an adult short-stay visa: €90 + ₹2,524 (~₹12,289 at current rates).
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Austria applies the Schengen rules, so travel insurance is not a nice-to-have — it is a legal condition of the visa.
2 of 4 are compulsory for Austria
Where people slip: Flying into one city and out of another with nothing showing how you travel between them. Officers read the whole route, and an unexplained gap reads as a plan that does not hold together.
Book for ₹708 (+₹472 per family member)Where people slip: Free-cancellation bookings are accepted, but if the entire file is free-cancellation the officer sees a trip nobody has committed to. Some of it should be real spend.
Confirmed hotel booking, ₹590 per hotel: message us firstWhere people slip: Buying cover for the adults and forgetting the children. Every traveller needs their own EUR 30,000, infants included — a real refusal we have seen on a family of four.
What a Schengen policy must showWhere people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Austria. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe can arrange the flight reservation, the hotel and the itinerary for your Austria file — each sold separately.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight reservation and the confirmed hotel booking both come from us, and you deal with one team. Every booking is a real one under your own name. We do not sell travel insurance: buy the policy directly from an insurer.
None of them is part of our visa fee: each is bought on its own, at the price below, with or without our visa service.
Flight reservation ₹708 (+₹472 per extra family member) · Confirmed hotel booking ₹590 per hotel · Travel itinerary ₹1,499. GST included.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST. Confirmed hotel bookings are not bought online: message us first on WhatsApp or email info@sureshotvisa.com with the city, dates and travellers.
Tell us your dates — we will say which of these you actually need
What to gather
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Fully completed in English or German, signed by applicant
Valid 3 months beyond stay, 2 blank pages, ≤10 years old, no alterations on data page
ICAO-compliant, 35–45mm wide, white bg, ≤6 months old
For citizens of BD/BT/MV/NP/LK residing in India
OR Electronic letter of guarantee (EVE — Elektronische Verpflichtungserklärung) from the competent authority in Austria: bmi.gv.at Einreise/Visa portal
Permission from Austrian Labour Market Authority (AMS) — Entsendebewilligung / Anzeigebestätigung — to be obtained by the inviting Austrian company
Purpose of travel, duration, names of accompanying persons, transport and accommodation details
Airline reservation + proof of intra-Schengen travel if applicable
Hotel reservation / tour organiser letter for the entire stay in Austria / EU
Schengen-wide, €30,000 minimum, full trip + COVID-19 coverage. From 1 Jan 2026: approved Indian insurance companies only.
Salary certificate (last 3 months), employment contract + company NOC to leave. Mention official HR email on form OR business card.
GST certificate / Udhyog Aadhar Memorandum / Import Export Certificate / Certificate of Incorporation
Pension statements (last 3 months) OR property/business income proof
Proof of enrollment / registration
Stamped & signed by bank
Operational email, mobile, business card
Required · optional / if applicable
5 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Austrian host issues invitation
Austrian business partner issues invitation letter OR creates Electronic letter of guarantee (EVE) via bmi.gv.at Einreise/Visa/EVE portal.
Fill VAF + Declaration
Download Editable VAF + Declaration and Undertaking → complete + sign.
Book VFS appointment
At visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/aut/ — nearest centre.
Submit + biometrics
Originals + copies + invitation letter. Fingerprints + photo taken at VFS.
Decision
15 working days standard. May extend to 30 days for additional scrutiny or 45 days in exceptional cases.
Biometrics and the visit to the visa centre are yours to attend in person — no consultancy can do those for you. How we work
What works
7 levers that flip a borderline case.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
Each link opens the official Austria page on VFS Global (we never host third-party forms): pick your visa category there and use its "Download Form" section for the current version.
Answer 10 questions focused on business visa criteria. Business applications face different scrutiny — the embassy wants clear purpose, genuine business relationships, and verifiable host.
Who is inviting you to Denmark / the Schengen country?
What form will the invitation take?
How long have you had a business relationship with the Danish host?
How long is your business trip?
What's your role in your Indian company?
What's your Indian company's annual turnover?
Helps establish legitimacy of the business case.
How often do you travel internationally for business?
Have you used a Schengen visa before?
Any previous visa refusals (business or otherwise)?
Your return-to-India anchor?
Indicative only — final decision is always with the Embassy.
Frequently asked
No. Business visa covers meetings, conferences, training, and contract signings — but NOT receiving salary from an Austrian entity. For paid work, apply for a Work Visa (short term ≤90 days) with AMS permission OR a Residence Permit (>6 months).
An online declaration of guarantee submitted by the Austrian host via bmi.gv.at. It digitally confirms they are inviting you and taking financial responsibility for your visit — strongly preferred by the Embassy over paper invitations.
AMS = Arbeitsmarktservice (Austrian Labour Market Service). Their permission (Entsendebewilligung / Anzeigebestätigung) is needed when the business trip involves training, voluntary work, or project work that borders on actual employment.
Yes — for applicants with good travel history and recurring business needs. Mention multi-entry in your cover letter with supporting evidence of recurring trips.
Approximately ₹12,624 per adult: €90 (~₹10,100) embassy fee + ₹2,524 VFS service charge.
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A strong Austria file clearly explains your travel purpose, funds, and ties to India. We structure and submit everything properly — so your case is presented clearly and professionally.
Our professional fee · GST included
₹4,999GST included
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Everything below — included, nothing extra
Not included in our fee: a flight reservation (from ₹708) and a confirmed hotel booking (₹590 per hotel). Book them separately, only if your visa needs them:
Not sure you qualify? Start with a refundable ₹499 possibility report — an honest Yes / Maybe / No, credited to this fee. Read the full guide
Price is for our consultancy service only and includes 18% GST. No agency can guarantee a visa — the final decision rests with the visa authority.
Your fee, in one glance
Government, VFS, insurance, ticket and hotel costs are separate and charged at cost. Read what each item means, in full.
Before you file
Filed on a guessed checklist, the government fee is gone on a refusal and the refusal follows every future application. Filed after a consultant at our licensed firm has read the papers against each other, the file answers the officer's questions before they are asked. Same Austria rules, different outcome. How we do that is written once, in full, on the method page rather than repeated here.
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Source & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Austria website and Embassy of Austria. Last verified 2026-04-16. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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