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Schengen Type CVerified 20 Apr 2026Schengen short-stay business visa for Indian professionals attending meetings, negotiations, conferences, or contracts in Germany — up to 90 days.
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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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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.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-04-20. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Jurisdiction Notice — Germany Schengen Visa
All Germany Schengen visa applications accepted in India are forwarded to the German Consulate General, Mumbai, for decision — but you must apply at the VFS Application Centre that matches your place of habitual residence. Choosing the wrong jurisdiction means your appointment is cancelled and the application is refused at the counter.
Covered States (New Delhi jurisdiction)
Covered UTs (New Delhi jurisdiction)
Germany splits Schengen applications across Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Bengaluru consulates by residence. We can still guide you end-to-end — document checklist, appointment slot at the right VAC, and submission support. Contact us first before booking anything.
Germany asks for three company documents together, the certificate of incorporation, the GST registration and the company registration, and a file with two of the three is treated as incomplete. Some visit categories also need pre-approval from the Federal Employment Agency, and a missing approval where one was required is a refusal, not a query. The German side's invitation has to explain the relationship between the two companies and what will actually be done during the visit. The fee is €90, processing is 15 working days from arrival at the Consulate General in Mumbai, and the VIDEX form should be completed online before the VFS appointment.
What it costs
Paid directly to Germany / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 20 Apr 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Embassy fees are set in EUR by the German Consulate General, Mumbai — the INR charged at VFS varies with the daily exchange rate. The Schengen visa fee is €90 per adult (€45 for children aged 6–12, free under 6), charged in INR — INR 10,100 per adult from 27 August 2026 for all cities. VFS service charge of ₹2,022 (inclusive of CGST 9% + SGST 9%) is fixed. Fees are payable in Cash / Visa / Mastercard / Amex / Rupay / Demand Draft (in favour of VFS Global Services Pvt. Ltd) / UPI. All visa fees, VFS service charges, and value-added service fees are non-refundable regardless of visa outcome.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Germany 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 Germany
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 Germany. 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 Germany 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.
Printed with all barcode pages, signed.
Valid 3 months beyond return, 2 blank pages, issued within last 10 years.
White background, 70–80% face coverage, ≤6 months old.
Proof of intended means of transport and itinerary.
Must state: name of traveller, passport number, purpose of trip, duration, brief itinerary.
Submit ALL three in addition to the covering letter.
Must state: activities planned, business relationship between companies, products/services traded. For consultancy: confirmation letter from the German client.
ONLY required for stays over 30 days.
Signed invitation letter from the Schengen business partner on company letterhead.
ONLY for international staff exchange or contracts for work and services — rejection risk if required but missing.
Hotel reservations OR inviting company arranging accommodation (must be confirmed in invitation letter — then point 12 below can be skipped).
A reservation is enough; a paid ticket is not required.
If you are employed.
If you are a company owner / self-employed.
Pages in continuation must be separated — passbook copies not accepted.
If applicable. Single applicants need no civil status document.
Required · optional / if applicable
6 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Fill VIDEX online
Complete application at videx.diplo.de. Print with barcodes, sign.
Collect company documents
Covering letter on letterhead + Certificate of Incorporation + GST Registration + Proof of Company Registration. Invitation letter from German partner.
Check if FEA pre-approval is needed
If your trip involves staff exchange or work contracts, the German host must obtain Federal Employment Agency (Bundesagentur für Arbeit) pre-approval BEFORE you apply. Missing this = rejection.
Book VFS appointment
At visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/deu — select the VAC matching your residence jurisdiction.
Submit at VFS + biometrics
In-person submission. Pay €90 + ₹2,022. Optional: courier / SMS / premium lounge.
Decision from Mumbai Consulate
Application forwarded to German Consulate General Mumbai. Standard 15 working days processing.
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
8 levers that flip a borderline case.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
Each link opens the official page that issues the form (we never host third-party forms) — download or fill the current version there.
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
Trade Fair visa is for exhibitors and visitors of specific German exhibitions/trade fairs (Hannover Messe, IFA, Drupa, etc.) and requires an exhibitor/visitor pass. Business visa is for general business meetings, negotiations, and short consultancy — no trade-fair pass required.
Only for international staff exchange or contracts for work and services. Pure business meetings, sales, and negotiations do NOT need FEA approval. If unsure, ask the German host to clarify — they must obtain the approval, not you.
No — Schengen short-stay visas (Type C) cannot be extended inside Germany except in force majeure (serious illness, etc.). Plan your trip within the 90-day allowance.
Yes — if the German host provides a Verpflichtungserklärung (formal obligation letter) they take financial responsibility. You still need to show your own economic ties (employment, business ownership).
Residents of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, UP, Uttarakhand + UTs of Chandigarh/Delhi/A&N/Lakshadweep must apply at VFS New Delhi. Residents elsewhere apply at the VAC matching their state's jurisdiction (Mumbai / Chennai / Kolkata / Bengaluru consulate zones) — contact SureshotVisa for guidance.
15 working days from when the German Consulate General, Mumbai receives your file. Add 2 working days for VFS transport. Peak season can extend this. A booked flight ticket does NOT result in priority processing.
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A strong Germany 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 Germany 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 Germany website and Embassy of Germany. Last verified 2026-04-20. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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