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Schengen Type CVerified 20 Apr 2026Schengen short-stay visa for Indian citizens visiting family members, relatives, or friends in Germany — up to 90 days.
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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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 2026-04-20. 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.
The Germany Visit Visa (Family & Friends) is for Indian citizens visiting relatives or friends who are legally resident in Germany. The visit is sponsored or hosted by the German-based family member / friend. Maximum 90 days per 180-day period.
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.
Valid 3 months beyond return, 2 blank pages, issued within last 10 years.
White bg, 70–80% face coverage, ≤6 months old.
Purpose of visit, relationship to host, intended dates and itinerary.
Must include: host's address and contact details; intended period and duration of stay; proof of legal residence (passport/national ID first+last page + residence permit if non-German); traveller's name and passport number; purpose and itinerary.
Copy of passport/national ID (first and last page if Indian) + copy of residence permit (if non-German citizen).
Only if the child is not already the inviting person.
Host's confirmation + signature + address proof + passport/German ID copy. OR hotel reservations if not staying with host.
If host sponsors the trip.
If host has one — provides strong financial backing.
If employed / self-employed.
A reservation is enough; a paid ticket is not required.
Required · optional / if applicable
5 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Ask your host in Germany to prepare invitation letter
Host writes original signed invitation with all required details. Host sends scanned copy + hard copy (if possible) with passport/residence permit proof.
Fill VIDEX + sign declarations
Fill videx.diplo.de, print with barcodes, sign. Also sign the Declaration of True Information and Travel Insurance declaration.
Book appointment + gather documents
Book at visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/deu at the VFS matching your jurisdiction. Assemble host docs, financial docs, civil status docs.
Submit at VFS
In-person submission + biometrics. Pay €90 + ₹2,022. Optional services available.
Decision from Mumbai
15 working days standard processing. Passport returned at VFS or via courier.
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
9 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.
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Visit Visa — Family & Friends (Schengen Type C) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Frequently asked
Not mandatory — a simple invitation letter + sponsorship + host's bank statements can work. But a Verpflichtungserklärung (formal obligation letter from the local Ausländerbehörde) is the strongest financial proof and speeds processing.
Friends can invite you too — the German Consulate treats family and friend invitations under the same Visit Visa category. The host must be legally resident in Germany.
Include her Mutterpass (German maternity pass) with your application. This confirms the pregnancy timeline and strengthens your visit purpose.
Yes — the host just needs to be legally resident in Germany. Include a copy of the host's passport (first+last page if Indian) AND their German residence permit.
Yes — a minor can travel alone with notarized written consent from BOTH parents/guardians + passport copies of both parents. If one parent has sole custody, include the custody decree or death certificate of the other parent.
Yes — you must provide your own economic status proof (bank statements last 3 months) regardless of sponsorship. The Consulate wants to see that you have ties to India and aren't going to overstay.
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Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
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.
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.
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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