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Schengen Type CVerified 16 Apr 2026Schengen short-stay visa for Indian government / intergovernmental delegates travelling to Austria for meetings, consultations, negotiations, or events held by intergovernmental organizations.
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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Visa refused — 100% of our fee back, initiated within 7 days. Embassy and visa-centre fees are collected by the authority and are not refundable by anyone. Refund policy
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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.
If the applicant's purpose of journey is for intergovernmental meetings, consultations, negotiations, or events held by intergovernmental / international organizations etc. Diplomatic and Official passport holders are exempted from submission of travel insurance.
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). Diplomatic and Official Passport holders are exempted from travel insurance requirement.
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/German, signed
Valid 3 months beyond stay, 2 blank pages, ≤10 years old, no alterations
ICAO-compliant, 35–45mm, white bg
From the Austrian ministry / authority / intergovernmental organization
Issued by the authority concerned (Indian government / MEA / organisation) confirming applicant's identity, purpose of journey (meetings, consultations, negotiations, events held by intergovernmental organization, international organizations etc.), period of intended stay, place of stay
Data pages, pages with evidence of previous visa, travel
From approved list of insurance companies OR other with minimum €30,000 coverage, valid in entire Schengen states. NOTE: Diplomatic and Official Passport holders are EXEMPTED from this requirement.
Required · optional / if applicable
5 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Obtain Verbal Note
Indian government/ministry/MEA issues Verbal Note confirming official purpose.
Secure Austrian Official Invitation
Austrian ministry/authority/intergovernmental organization sends invitation.
Fill VAF + Declaration
English/German, signed.
Book VFS appointment + submit
Streamlined processing for diplomatic/official passport holders.
Embassy decision
Typically expedited for official visits — apply 3+ weeks before travel.
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
4 levers that flip a borderline case.
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 to see your likelihood of approval. Embassies look for the same core factors across visa types — financial strength, clear purpose, genuine intent to return.
How clear is your purpose of visit?
How long is your planned stay?
Travel history to developed countries?
Any previous visa refusals?
Employment / income source?
3-month average bank balance?
Income Tax Returns history?
Travel bookings status?
Ties to India (reasons you'll return)?
Travelling with?
Indicative only — final decision is always with the Embassy.
Frequently asked
Diplomatic Passport holders are typically career diplomats. Official Passport holders are government officials on official duty. Both categories are exempted from travel insurance for Austria visa purposes.
No. The Verbal Note comes from the Indian government (your sending authority), while the Official Invitation comes from the Austrian receiving authority. Both are required.
Up to 90 days in any 180-day period under Schengen Visa C rules. For longer official postings, different visa categories apply.
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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
File-ready in 3–5 working days after documents
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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.
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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