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Schengen Short-Stay, Type CVerified 11 May 2026Apply for a Luxembourg Tourist Visa (Schengen Type C) from India through VFS. Vianden Castle, Luxembourg City UNESCO Old Town, Bock Casemates, Mullerthal — the Grand Duchy in 90 days or less. Applicant-only submission.
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.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-05-11. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
Luxembourg — Schengen member · Embassy New Delhi (84 Jor Bagh) · Authorization to Stay rules everything
All India applications are decided by the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, New Delhi (84 Jor Bagh, ND-110003) through VFS Luxembourg centres. The Embassy is the single jurisdiction for India + Bangladesh + Sri Lanka + Maldives. For Long-Stay D Visas (Work / Study / Family Reunification / Researcher / EU Blue Card), the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Luxembourg issues an Authorization to Stay (applied for at guichet.public.lu) BEFORE the D Visa — the original letter is required at VFS.
guichet.public.lu for the substantive decision. Once issued, the ORIGINAL Authorization triggers the D Visa at VFS. Field n°31 (Employment) or n°30 (Family Reunification) of the form is mandatory.(1) The Prise en Charge MUST carry the MAEE stamp from inside Luxembourg — sponsor-signed alone is not enough. (2) €0 visa fee for family members of EU/EEA/Swiss citizens under Directive 2004/38/EC (relationship certificate must be apostilled / legalised; VFS service charge still applies). (3) VAYD/ODMV doorstep biometrics available at ₹9,900 solo / ₹7,500 each for 2–10 applicants — useful for cities outside the 11 VFS hubs.
Note: SureshotVisa handles the 5 Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) categories — Tourist, Business, Visit Family/Friends, Cultural/Sport/Conference, Family of EU/EEA/Swiss — plus Airport Transit (Type A) end-to-end through VFS. Long-Stay D Visas (Work / Study / Family Reunification / Researcher / EU Blue Card / Investor) require an Authorization to Stay decision inside Luxembourg first — we handle the India-side VFS submission once that's in hand. Call us for category-specific guidance.
The Embassy of Luxembourg in New Delhi will return a file unprocessed if it arrives fewer than 15 calendar days before travel, and transit from VFS alone takes one to four days each way, so four weeks is the real minimum and six during the March to June peak. The adult fee is ₹9,650, a child of 6 to 12 pays ₹4,825, under 6 nothing. One refusal reason is specific to this country: an itinerary that shows Luxembourg as a single overnight stop on a larger Schengen trip, which tells the officer you applied to the wrong mission. A day-by-day itinerary with Luxembourg as the main destination, and a bank statement stamped by the issuing branch, are the two things to get right.
What it costs
Paid directly to Luxembourg / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 11 May 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Visa fees are set by the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in INR and tied to the EUR / INR exchange rate — they are revised every month-end. All fees and VFS service charges are non-refundable in case of refusal. VFS service charges are inclusive of CGST 9% + SGST 9%. Optional services: SMS Facility ₹400, Premium Lounge ₹3,600, Prime Time Collection ₹800, Prime Time Submission ₹3,500, VAYD/ODMV doorstep biometrics ₹9,900 (solo) or ₹7,500 each (2–10 applicants). Family members of EU/EEA/Swiss citizens applying under Directive 2004/38/EC pay zero visa fee — but the VFS service charge still applies.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
Luxembourg 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 Luxembourg
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 Luxembourg. 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 Luxembourg 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.
Schengen short-stay form for Type C; Long-Stay D form for Type D. Download from visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/.
Colour, full face, less than 6 months old, non-edited and no-filter. PASTED (not stapled) on the form. Name and surname written on the back.
Machine-readable (handwritten Indian passports issued after 01.04.2010 NOT accepted), issued within last 10 years, valid ≥3 months beyond Schengen departure (≥6 months for Long-Stay D), ≥2 blank pages.
Required only for non-Indian nationals living in India — present residence permit and any work / study authorisation.
Confirmed paid tickets are NOT required — reservations are accepted. Include intra-Schengen connecting flight / train / bus to Luxembourg. If travelling by car, mention the route.
Hotel booking confirmation, or for Visit Family/Friends — the signed/stamped Prise en Charge from the host (acts as accommodation proof).
From an Embassy-approved insurance provider. Covers accident / illness / emergency hospital / repatriation. Period of validity covers the entire trip. Multi-entry: sign an additional declaration for further journeys.
Mandatory for Tourist; recommended for Business / Cultural. Reinforces 'genuine traveller' narrative.
Must include the bank branch manager's name and signature.
Where applicable — supports financial sufficiency.
ITR-V + Form 26AS + Form 16/16A for cross-verification. Long-Stay D categories generally require 3 years.
For Visit Family/Friends, the Prise en Charge is the primary sponsorship instrument.
Direct hotel bookings preferred. Reservation accepted — paid ticket not required at submission.
Specific to Tourist category. Lists cities, attractions, and approximate time spent at each — strengthens the 'genuine tourist' narrative.
Confirms applicant's position, length of service, and that the leave/vacation has been granted for the trip dates.
Plus copy of the non-travelling parent's photo ID bearing their signature.
Plus copies of both parents' photo IDs bearing their signatures.
Substitutes for the consent of the absent parent.
Especially for Family Member of EU/EEA/Swiss applications.
Required · optional / if applicable
7 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Confirm Luxembourg is your main Schengen destination
Apply via Luxembourg 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.
Download and complete the Schengen visa application form
Get the form from visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/. Complete by hand or digitally, then date and sign. Paste the 35×45mm photograph on the form (do not staple).
Get supporting documents in order
Passport (machine-readable, ≥10-year validity rule, ≥3 months beyond return, ≥2 blank pages) + financial documents + ITR (last 2 years) + €30,000 Schengen insurance + accommodation + travel reservation + category-specific docs (Prise en Charge / invitation letter / etc.).
Book your VFS appointment online
Schedule at visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/lux/book-an-appointment. Tourist visa: applicant must attend in person — no representatives. Other categories accept authorised representatives or travel agents.
Submit at VFS in person + biometrics
Attend with all originals + copies, pay visa fee + VFS service charge (cash / Visa / Mastercard / RuPay). Biometrics (fingerprints + photo) captured at the centre — re-used for 59 months. Children under 12 are fingerprint-exempt.
Wait for the decision (15 calendar days standard; up to 45)
Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, New Delhi decides. Transit between VFS and Embassy is 1–4 days each way depending on the centre. Files received less than 15 days before travel can be deemed inadmissible and returned unprocessed.
Collect your passport from VFS
Once notified, collect from VFS or use the courier service (₹800 + optional ₹1,200 courier assurance). Verify visa validity dates, entry type, and stay duration 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
5 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 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; a paid ticket is not required.
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
It's the only Luxembourg category restricted to in-person submission — VFS Luxembourg India's policy for the Tourist category. Business / Family-Friends / Cultural / Long-Term categories accept authorised representatives, but Tourist applicants must attend the VFS appointment themselves with their biometrics, original documents, and visa fee.
15 calendar days standard at the Embassy of Luxembourg, New Delhi, counting from when the VFS centre delivers the file. Can extend up to 45 calendar days if additional documents or further checks are required. Transit between VFS and Embassy adds 1–4 days each way. Apply at least 4 weeks before travel — 6 weeks during the March–June peak.
Yes — Luxembourg is a full Schengen member, so the visa unlocks all 29 Schengen countries. Apply via Luxembourg only if it's your main destination (most nights or main purpose). For a France-Belgium-Luxembourg trip where Luxembourg is a side stop, apply via the country where you'll spend most time.
Yes — we handle the form, prepare the financial pack to Luxembourg-embassy standard, structure the day-by-day itinerary, confirm the hotel and insurance meet the criteria, and brief you for the in-person VFS visit (the applicant must attend personally for Tourist). ₹499 consultation to start.
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A strong Luxembourg 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.
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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.
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Source & Disclaimer
Data on this page is sourced from the official VFS Global Luxembourg website and Embassy of Luxembourg. Last verified 2026-05-11. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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