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Schengen Short-Stay, Type CVerified 30 Apr 2026Greece Schengen visa for Indians visiting family or friends in Greece. Apply via GVCW (NOT VFS). Requires relationship proof and host invitation.
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.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-04-30. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Greece — Apply via GVCW (NOT VFS Global)
One Greece Schengen visa unlocks all 29 Schengen countries during validity. As a full Schengen member, the visa standards mirror EU rules — but the application route is unique to Greece in India: only GVCW handles submissions, and only the Embassy in New Delhi decides outcomes.
A Greece Visiting Family & Friends Visa is a Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) visa for Indian visitors hosted by a relative or friend living in Greece. Valid up to 90 days within any 180-day period. Apply through GVCW — the Embassy of Greece, New Delhi processes every application.
What it costs
Paid directly to Greece / GVCW — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per GVCW, last verified 30 Apr 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Visa fees in INR follow the current exchange rate set by the Greek Embassy and may change without notice. Visa and service fees are non-refundable if the application is refused. Diplomatic passport holders are exempt from the visa fee. Insurance, courier, and other GVCW value-added services are charged separately at submission.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Greece 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 Greece
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 Greece. 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 Greece 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 and signed by the applicant.
Validity exceeding by 3 months the end date of the visa. At least 2 blank pages. Issued within the previous 10 years.
Color, white background, facing forward, ICAO specifications. Note: 35x40mm — slightly different from typical Schengen 35x45mm.
Flight reservation of return / round ticket. If multi-Schengen trip: intra-Schengen flight, train, or car-rental proof.
Hotel reservations, holiday-home rental, or campus residence. Sponsorship/accommodation form from host if staying privately. If multi-state Schengen: lodging in EACH state.
From Greek-Embassy-approved Indian insurer (post-01/10/2013). Covers repatriation + medical attention + emergency hospital. Diplomatic passport holders exempt.
Duly stamped and signed by the bank.
Acknowledgement receipts.
Including host's address, contact details, and intended period of stay.
Copy of host's passport / national ID / residence permit.
Apostilled from MEA. Required if spouse name not endorsed in passport.
E.g., birth certificate, family ID, etc.
Required when spouse travels together. If spouse name not endorsed in BOTH passports, apostilled marriage certificate is mandatory.
Plus copies of both parents' passports / IDs. Even if non-travelling parent has a valid Greek visa, notarized consent is still required.
Required when parent passport copies are not available — plus copies of both parents' ID cards.
Required · optional / if applicable
8 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Confirm Greece is your main Schengen destination
If your itinerary spends most time (or has its main purpose) in Greece, apply with Greece. If splitting time equally between Schengen states, apply through the country of first entry.
Fill the Schengen visa application form
Download from https://greece.gvcworld.eu/en/apply, complete fully, and sign.
Gather all required documents
Use the document checklist for your specific category. All financial documents must be ORIGINALS, stamped and signed by the issuing bank. Insurance must be from an approved Indian insurer.
Book your GVCW appointment (NOT VFS)
Visit https://greece.gvcworld.eu/en/ — Greece uses GVCW (Global Visa Centre World), not VFS Global. Choose your nearest centre.
Submit at GVCW + pay fees
Attend in person with all documents. Pay visa fee + GVCW service charge in INR (cash). Diplomatic passport holders submit at the Embassy directly, not GVCW.
GVCW forwards to Embassy of Greece, New Delhi
GVCW Delhi forwards directly to the Embassy. Non-Delhi GVCW centres first transit through GVCW Delhi (~5 extra calendar days), then to the Embassy the following day.
Wait for the decision (15–45 working days)
The Consular Authorities of Greece may call you for a personal interview. Track via GVCW website.
Collect your passport from GVCW
Once notified, collect from GVCW (or use GVCW courier-back service). Verify visa validity dates and entry type before leaving the counter.
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
3 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 Visiting Family & Friends Visa (Schengen Short-Stay, Type C) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Frequently asked
Two items: (1) the host's invitation letter with their address, contact details, and intended period of stay; (2) evidence of the host's legal residence in Greece — copy of passport, national ID, OR residence permit (current, not expired).
Yes. Both family and friend visits fall under this category. The paperwork is the same — just provide relationship proof if visiting blood relatives.
Yes. We coordinate with your host on invitation + residence proof, prepare your document pack, and handle GVCW submission. ₹499 consultation.
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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 Greece 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, GVCW, 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 Greece 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 GVCW Greece website and Embassy of Greece. Last verified 2026-04-30. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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