Medical Treatment Visa (Schengen Short-Stay, Type C)
Latvia Medical Treatment Visa (Schengen Type C) for Indian patients seeking treatment at Latvian hospitals — Riga's Stradins University Hospital, dental clinics, rehabilitation centres.
- Processing time
- About 2 weeks
- after you submit
No visa is ever guaranteed — the final decision always rests with the Latvia visa authority. We make sure your file is presented at its strongest.
Latvia — Schengen member · Embassy New Delhi · Hello Verify is MANDATORY before VFS
One Latvia visa = all 29 Schengen countries. But Hello Verify must come BEFORE VFS appointment.
All India applications are decided by the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia, New Delhi through VFS Latvia centres. India and Sri Lanka applicants cannot book a VFS appointment without first uploading their documents to Hello Verify and getting a confirmation slip — this is the single most-skipped step. For most categories, an OCMA invitation (from Latvia's Office of Citizenship & Migration Affairs at pmlp.gov.lv) is also mandatory and must be dated ≤6 months before application.
29 Schengen countries
Full Schengen member — Latvia visa unlocks the whole zone, not just Latvia.
Embassy New Delhi only
All India + Sri Lanka files decided by Embassy of Republic of Latvia, New Delhi.
10 working days (C) · 15 days (D)
Apply 2+ weeks before. Non-Delhi VFS centres add ~2 days for postal delivery to the Embassy.
The Hello Verify rule (India + Sri Lanka)
- Upload all visa-application supporting documents to Hello Verify for verification.
- Receive the Hello Verify confirmation slip — keep it; you must hand it to VFS at submission.
- Only then can you schedule the VFS appointment. Without pre-payment of VFS service charges (₹2,913) when scheduling, no slot is allotted. The slip is single-use — re-applying = redo Hello Verify.
VFS helpline: 022-67866025 · info.latviain@vfshelpline.com
Student visa applicants: all interviews are conducted via Video Conferencing — applicable across India. Separate ₹3,776 VC fee charged at appointment scheduling. Long-Stay D visas need €42,600 minimum insurance (vs €30,000 for short-stay) — note the higher coverage.
Note: SureshotVisa handles Latvia Tourist, Business, Cultural & Sports, Family/Friends, Medical Treatment, Airport Transit short-stay visas plus the Student (D) long-stay visa end-to-end through VFS. Employment (D) and Residence Permit (D) are informational only — those need a Latvian-side employer (with OCMA labour-market clearance) or an OCMA-issued positive residence-permit decision before VFS submission. Seafarer visas are carrier-driven (shipping company / maritime agency initiates) and informational on this site.
Processing
10 working days standard processing for…
Stay Duration
Up to 90 days in any 180-day period
Starting Fee
₹9,709
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12 VFS centres
Your whole Latvia Medical Treatment Visa,
handled for one honest price.
A strong Latvia 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.
All-in · 18% GST included · no hidden charges
File-ready in 3–5 working days after documents
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Everything below — included, nothing extra
- Document checklist
- Application form guidance
- Document review
- Cover letter
- Purpose of travel structure
- Financial proof review
- Sponsor document guidance
- Submission & appointment support
- Post-submission guidance
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
What the ₹14,999 fee covers for a Latvia file
- We work out what your case actually is, before touching a form
- We build the checklist around your profile, not a template
- We read your documents against each other, not against a list
- Financial proof review
- Purpose of travel structuring
- Cover letter / explanation support
- Return ties review
- Sponsor / invitation guidance
- Application form guidance
- Submission & appointment support
- Biometrics guidance
- Post-submission support
Government, VFS, insurance, ticket and hotel costs are separate and charged at cost. Read what each item means, in full.
Good to know before you apply
Rules that apply to every Latvia visa type — worth a quick read so nothing trips up your file.
- 1Embassy of the Republic of Latvia, New Delhi processes ALL India + Sri Lanka applications. Single jurisdiction across India.
- 2HELLO VERIFY IS MANDATORY: India and Sri Lanka applicants cannot schedule a VFS appointment without first uploading documents to Hello Verify and obtaining a confirmation slip. The slip is single-use — re-applicants must redo the Hello Verify process.
- 3OCMA INVITATION RULE: For most Schengen short-stay categories AND all Long-Stay D Visa categories, an invitation approved by Latvia's Office of Citizenship & Migration Affairs (OCMA / pmlp.gov.lv) is mandatory. The invitation must be dated NOT LATER than 6 months before the application date.
- 4VFS service fees + Video Conferencing fee (where applicable for student visas) MUST be paid through the contact centre / online at appointment scheduling. Without pre-payment, no slot is allotted.
- 5Photo specification: 35mm × 45mm (3.5 × 4.5 cm), no more than 6 months old, white or off-white background, full face non-smiling, no sunglasses / hat / cap / head covering (except for religious or ethnic reasons with all facial features clearly visible).
- 6Travel medical insurance: €30,000 minimum coverage for Schengen Type C (plus 15-day 'period of grace'), €42,600 minimum for Long-Stay D Visa (90 days), covering urgent medical attention + emergency hospital + medical transportation + repatriation.
- 7Indian passport must be valid 3 months beyond intended Schengen departure, ≤10 years old, with at least 2 blank pages.
- 8Apply at least 2 weeks (14 days) before travel. Non-Delhi VFS centres add ~2 days for postal delivery to Embassy.
- 9Student visa applicants are interviewed via Video Conferencing — applicable across India. Bookable on Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri (operational day varies by centre — check before booking).
- 10Indian Income Tax Return (ITR) acknowledgments are mandatory: 2 years for short-stay, 3 years for Employment / Long-Stay D categories (Form 26AS + Form 16/16A + ITR-V).
Who Can Apply
- Indian patients with confirmed treatment plan at a Latvian hospital / clinic
- Dental care, ophthalmology, cardiac procedures, rehabilitation, fertility treatments
- Accompanying close relatives (spouse / parent / child) attending the patient
Not eligible under this visa:
- Treatment expected to exceed 90 days — apply for Long-Stay D Medical Visa
What it costs
Government & VFS fees
Paid directly to Latvia / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Schengen Short-Stay visa fee — adult (Type C) | ₹9,709 |
| Schengen visa fee — child (6–12 years) | ₹4,855 |
| Schengen visa fee — child below 6 years | ₹0 |
| VFS service charge | ₹2,913 |
Visa fees are set by the Embassy of Republic of Latvia in INR and are non-refundable in case of refusal. The applicable INR fee tracks the current EUR / INR exchange rate and may change without notice. All VFS service charges are inclusive of CGST 9% + SGST 9%. As of 9 July 2018, VFS service fees + Video Conferencing fee (where applicable) must be paid through contact centre / online when scheduling an appointment — without pre-payment, no slot is allotted. The VFS service fee is in principle non-refundable, even if the applicant doesn't attend the appointment. Helpline: 022-67866025 / info.latviain@vfshelpline.com.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
What Latvia actually requires — and what it does not.
Latvia 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 Latvia
Flight reservation
The Latvia consulate wants a return itinerary with a real PNR covering your exact dates. It does not want a paid ticket, and buying one before a decision puts your money at risk for nothing.
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.
How to hold a flight without payingHotel booking
Accommodation for EVERY night of the stay. Not most nights — every one. A gap is a documented refusal ground under the Schengen code.
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.
Refundable hotel booking, explainedTravel insurance
Minimum EUR 30,000 medical cover, valid in every Schengen state, including repatriation and emergency medical evacuation, for the full period of stay. Regulation (EC) 810/2009 — this is law, not preference.
Where 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 the cover must actually sayTravel itinerary
A day-by-day plan matching your flights, your hotels and the country you applied to. Latvia must be your main destination or your first point of entry, or you are at the wrong consulate.
Where people slip: Spending more nights in another Schengen country than in Latvia. That gets a file rejected before it is even assessed.
The letter your itinerary attaches toWe arrange all four for your Latvia file.
We are a B2B travel agency as well as a visa consultancy, working with partners including Riya Travel — so the flight, the hotel and the policy all come from us, issued the same day, and you deal with one team instead of four. Every booking is a real one under your own name.
What to gather
Documents required
Having a document isn't the same as presenting it right — that's the part we handle.
Personal Documents
4 items- Visa application form (online, printed and signed)Required
- Two photos (35mm × 45mm, max 6 months old, white/off-white background)Required
Full face non-smiling, no sunglasses/hat/cap (except religious).
- Valid passportRequired
≥3 months validity beyond Schengen departure, ≤10 years old, 2 blank pages. Copies of bio-data + previous-visa pages.
- Hello Verify Confirmation SlipRequired
MANDATORY for India + Sri Lanka applicants — must be obtained BEFORE scheduling VFS appointment.
Medical-Specific Documents
6 items- OCMA-approved invitation from the Latvian healthcare institutionRequired
Dated ≤6 months before application. MANDATORY.
- Certificate from a medical doctor / medical institution confirming the need of specific treatment in LatviaRequired
- Official document of the receiving Latvian medical institution confirming treatment can be performed + patient acceptedRequired
- Proof of pre-payment of the treatmentRequired
- Any other correspondence between the sending Indian doctor and receiving Latvian medical institution
- Round trip air tickets confirmed by airlineRequired
Travel & Accommodation
3 items- Round-trip air tickets — confirmed by airlineRequired
For Tourism and Business — prepaid tickets with payment proof. For Cultural / Family / Medical / Seafarer — confirmed reservation acceptable.
- Proof of accommodationRequired
Prepaid hotel booking (direct from hotel — social booking platforms NOT acceptable for Tourist category) OR private accommodation invitation with OCMA approval. Hotel booking not required if accommodation included in OCMA invitation.
- Travel medical insurance — €30,000 minimum (Schengen-wide + 15-day 'period of grace')Required
Covers urgent medical attention + emergency hospital + medical transportation + repatriation. Insurance card alone is NOT sufficient.
Financial Documents
6 items- Original private bank account statement showing 3 months' movementsRequired
All pages duly stamped and signed by the bank with bank certificate.
- Indian ITR acknowledgement — last 2 assessment yearsRequired
3 years for Employment / Long-Stay D categories — include Form 26AS + Form 16/16A + ITR-V.
- If employed — Salary pay slips for last 3 months + employment contract + employer's leave-approval letter
- If self-employed / company owner — Certificate of registration of the company
- If sponsored — Sponsorship proof / sponsor's bank statement (last 3 months) / sponsor's salary slips / business registration
Plus reference in OCMA invitation where applicable.
- If retired — Pension statements for last 3 months + proof of regular income from property/business
Minor-Specific Documents (if applicable)
3 items- Minor with one parent — Notarized written consent from non-travelling parent (or court order if sole custody)
- Minor travelling alone — Notarized written consent from BOTH parents/guardians
- Copies of both parents' passports OR photo IDs
If unavailable — birth certificate of minor + parent ID copies.
Required · optional / if applicable
The journey.
8 steps from intake to approval. Curved spine on the right shows the natural pace — never as linear as government sites pretend.
- 01
Confirm Latvia is your main Schengen destination
Apply via Latvia if your itinerary spends most time (or has its main purpose) there. If splitting time evenly between Schengen states, apply through the country of first entry.
- 02
Get OCMA invitation (where required)
For most short-stay categories and all Long-Stay D Visas, the Latvian host (employer / family / event organiser / institution) gets the invitation approved by OCMA at pmlp.gov.lv. Invitation must be dated ≤6 months before application.
- 03
Upload documents to Hello Verify (MANDATORY for India + Sri Lanka)
Upload all visa-application supporting documents to Hello Verify for verification. Receive the confirmation slip — keep it; you must hand it to VFS at submission.
- 04
Complete the online application form + pre-pay VFS service charges
Online form via VFS Latvia India. Service fee ₹2,913 (+ ₹3,776 VC fee for student visas) MUST be paid online when scheduling — no payment, no slot.
- 05
Book your VFS appointment
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri operational days vary by centre — check before booking. Sri Lanka applicants book at vfsglobal.com/Latvia/Sri-Lanka.
- 06
Submit at VFS + biometrics + Hello Verify slip
Attend in person with all documents including the Hello Verify confirmation slip. Pay visa fee in cash/card. Biometrics captured at the centre.
- 07
Wait for the decision (10 working days standard)
Embassy of Republic of Latvia, New Delhi decides. Non-Delhi VFS centres add ~2 days for postal delivery. Track via VFS website.
- 08
Collect your passport from VFS
Once notified, collect from VFS or use courier. Verify visa validity dates and entry type before leaving the counter.
What works
3 levers that flip a borderline case.
- Get the Latvian hospital's certificate to specify the treatment cost in EUR — strengthens the financial-coverage narrative.
- Insurance must explicitly cover the planned procedure, not just emergency care. Confirm with your Indian insurer.
- If a family member is accompanying you, file BOTH applications together — clearer narrative + lower refusal risk.
What kills cases
Top 3 refusal triggers we see.
- 1Treatment certificate vague on duration / cost
- 2Insufficient pre-payment evidence
- 3Insurance excludes the planned procedure
Download official forms
Each link opens the official Latvia 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.
Latvia Schengen / Long-Stay Visa Online Application Form
Online form via VFS Latvia India. Print and sign before VFS appointment.
Hello Verify Document Upload Portal (MANDATORY for India + Sri Lanka)
All Latvia applicants from India and Sri Lanka MUST upload visa-application supporting documents to Hello Verify FIRST and obtain a confirmation slip. Without the slip, VFS cannot schedule an appointment. Single-use — re-applicants must redo the Hello Verify process.
Latvia Office of Citizenship & Migration Affairs (OCMA) — Invitation Portal
OCMA (Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde) is the Latvian government body that approves invitation letters for Schengen short-stays and decides residence permits for D visas. Invitations must be dated ≤6 months before the visa application date.
VFS application centres
Schengen Tourist Visa Eligibility Check
Answer 10 quick questions to see your likelihood of approval. This is not a guarantee — final decision is always with the Embassy — but it flags common weak spots so you can address them before applying.
What's the primary purpose of your trip?
How long do you plan to stay?
Have you previously visited any Schengen country?
Have you ever been refused a Schengen (or any country's) visa?
Past refusals must be disclosed — they show up in VIS database across Schengen countries.
Do you have confirmed travel bookings?
Reservations are enough — don't buy tickets until visa approval.
What's your current employment status?
What's your typical 3-month bank balance?
Schengen needs ~₹700/day covered. For a 10-day trip, minimum ₹70,000 stable balance.
How many years of Income Tax Returns (ITR) can you show?
What are your strongest ties to India (return-intent)?
Embassies want evidence you'll come back — not overstay.
Who are you travelling with?
Indicative only — final decision is always with the Embassy.
Frequently asked
Questions, answered straight
EU-standard care at significantly lower cost than Western Europe — Riga's Stradins University Hospital and various private clinics offer dental, cardiac, ophthalmology, and IVF care. English-speaking specialists are common.
Apply for the Latvia Long-Stay D Medical Visa instead. The OCMA decision-pathway and document set are different (residence-permit grade) — that long-stay D Visa is informational on this site.
Yes — we coordinate with the Latvian hospital on the OCMA invitation + treatment-cost certificate, prepare the financial-cover proof, and handle VFS submission. ₹499 consultation to start.
Reviewed by Sherbir Singh Grewal, SureshotVisa — a government-licensed consultancy (Licence 849/DC/PTA/PLA/LC-3/2024). Verify us.
How we get it done
Your Latvia Medical Treatment Visa, from your first message to your passport back.
7 questions about this visa specifically. The first two are open — tap any other to read it.
Refused? Our full service fee comes back.Government and visa-centre fees are the one part nobody can refund.
+What does the Latvia hospital have to send me?
A letter from the treating hospital or specialist confirming they have accepted you, what the treatment is, when it starts, roughly how long it lasts and what it will cost. It has to come from the treating institution — a general enquiry reply is not the same document. Alongside it, the referral or diagnosis from your doctor in India, so the file shows a continuous medical story rather than a decision to travel that a letter was found for afterwards.
+Who can travel with me, and how do we prove we can pay for it?
Most medical routes allow one or two attendants, usually close family, applied for at the same time and linked to your application. Funding is the part that gets questioned: the file needs to show the treatment cost covered — savings, insurance, employer or a sponsor's formal undertaking with their own income proof — plus the stay itself. Medical files are also the ones most often needed urgently, so tell us your treatment date first; it changes the whole plan.
+How long can I actually stay on a Latvia Schengen visa?
Up to 90 days in any 180-day period. The window rolls: on any given day the authorities count backwards 180 days and add up the days you were inside. It is not 90 days per country and it does not reset when you leave and come back. Entries are single, double, or multiple entry, as granted by the embassy. stay limited to 90 days in any 180-day period across the schengen area for type c visas. d visa entry is valid 90 days; residence permit takes effect upon arrival in latvia.. Getting this arithmetic wrong is how people end up overstaying without realising, which follows you into every future application.
+Should I apply to Latvia or to another Schengen country?
You apply to the country you will spend the most nights in. If the nights are equal across several, you apply to the one you enter first. Applying to the "easier" consulate when your itinerary says otherwise is a well-known refusal ground and, if the mismatch looks deliberate, it reads as misrepresentation rather than a mistake. Send us your itinerary and we will tell you which mission is the correct one for your trip — sometimes that is not Latvia.
+How long does a Latvia Medical Treatment Visa take, start to finish?
Three things sit between today and your trip: preparing the file properly, waiting for an appointment, and the mission's own processing. Latvia currently states 10 working days standard processing for Schengen Type C visas at the Embassy of Republic of Latvia, New Delhi. Apply at least 2 weeks before intended travel. Applications submitted at non-Delhi VFS centres take an additional ~2 days for postal delivery to the Embassy. For Long-Stay D Visas, processing is 15 calendar days from when the Embassy receives all stipulated documents from VFS Global; if additional information or inspection is required, the decision is made within 60 days. for the decision itself. We control the first, which is usually days. The middle depends on slot releases. The third is entirely the mission's and no consultant can shorten it — anyone telling you otherwise is selling something they cannot deliver. Tell us your travel date and we will tell you honestly whether it is realistic.
+How much of what I pay for the Latvia visa is actually your fee?
Most of it is not ours. The Latvia government fee (currently ₹9,709) goes to the mission and the visa-centre fee goes to VFS — both charged to you at cost, never marked up, and shown as separate lines on one GST invoice in the registered company name. Our service fee is the only part we set, and it is published rather than quoted case by case.
+How does SureshotVisa handle my Latvia Medical Treatment Visa, from first message to passport back?
You send what you have on WhatsApp and a licensed consultant says the same working day whether the case is ready. We build the file around your profile, check every document against the others, write the cover letter to match them, and hold the file complete so the first workable appointment can be taken the moment it appears. You attend biometrics; we track the file to the decision (Latvia currently states 10 working days standard processing for Schengen Type C visas at the Embassy of Republic of Latvia, New Delhi. Apply at least 2 weeks before intended travel. Applications submitted at non-Delhi VFS centres take an additional ~2 days for postal delivery to the Embassy. For Long-Stay D Visas, processing is 15 calendar days from when the Embassy receives all stipulated documents from VFS Global; if additional information or inspection is required, the decision is made within 60 days.). Government and visa-centre fees (₹9,709 for this visa) are charged at cost; our own fee is published, and if the visa is refused that fee comes back in full.
Before you file
A Latvia Medical Treatment Visa goes one of two ways.
Filed on a guessed checklist, the government fee is gone on a refusal and the refusal follows every future application. Filed after a licensed consultant has read the papers against each other, the file answers the officer's questions before they are asked. Same Latvia rules, different outcome. How we do that is written once, in full, on the method page rather than repeated here.
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View guideSource & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Latvia website and Embassy of Latvia. Last verified 2026-05-01. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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