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Type AVerified 24 Apr 2026Information on the Netherlands Airport Transit Visa (ATV) for changing aircraft at a Schengen airport. Indian passport holders typically do NOT require an ATV — check before applying.
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Indian passport holders typically do NOT require an Airport Transit Visa to transit through Schengen airports, provided they remain in the international transit zone. The ATV requirement applies only to nationals of specific third countries. Verify your need using the Netherlands Worldwide visa advisor BEFORE applying. If you plan to leave the airport during a long layover, you need a regular Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) visa, not an ATV.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-04-24. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
An Airport Transit Visa (ATV) is required by nationals of certain countries who need to change aircraft at an airport in a Schengen country (for example, Amsterdam Schiphol). It permits the holder to remain only within the international transit area of the airport — it does NOT allow entry to Dutch territory or any other part of the Schengen area.
What it costs
Paid directly to The Netherlands / VFS — these are not our service fee, and we never mark them up.
Figures per VFS Global, last verified 24 Apr 2026. Fees change without notice — the official page is final.
Fees effective 1 April 2026 as published by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Payment accepted in cash, debit/credit card, or UPI at VFS. All fees (visa + service charge) are non-refundable, regardless of visa outcome. Schengen "low fee" of €35 applies only to citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus under visa facilitation agreements — not applicable to Indian nationals.
Flights · Hotels · Insurance · Itinerary
The Netherlands 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 The Netherlands
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 The Netherlands. 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 The Netherlands 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.
Filled ONLINE only.
<10 years old, 2 blank pages, valid 3+ months after departure from Schengen.
As applicable to your situation.
Original + colour copy. The final destination is the country you are travelling onward to AFTER transiting through the Schengen area.
Including information about onward journey to final destination after airport transit.
Required · optional / if applicable
6 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Check whether you actually need an ATV
Use the Netherlands Worldwide visa advisor with your nationality. Indian passport holders typically do NOT need an ATV.
Confirm your transit stays within the airport zone
ATV only covers the international transit area. Leaving the airport requires a Type C short-stay visa instead.
Complete the online application form
Fill online to receive the unique code. Print and sign.
Gather proof of onward destination + ticket
Your visa/residence permit for the final country and a confirmed onward flight ticket are mandatory.
Book VFS appointment and submit + biometrics
Apply at least 15 days before travel. Pay €90 visa fee + ₹1,855 VFS service charge.
Track + collect
15 days average, 45 days maximum. Cannot apply for or collect ATV on arrival at Schiphol — must be obtained before flying.
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
11 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 Netherlands Airport Transit Visa (Type A) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Frequently asked
In most cases, no. Indian nationals do not require an ATV to transit through Schengen airports as long as they remain inside the international transit zone. Verify your specific situation on the Netherlands Worldwide visa advisor before applying.
No. An ATV only covers the international transit zone. To leave the airport, you need a full Schengen Short-Stay (Type C) visa.
Arriving on one flight and boarding another onward flight without clearing Dutch immigration — i.e., staying airside the entire time.
No. The Netherlands does not issue transit visas on arrival. You must obtain it before you fly, or your airline will deny boarding.
Not explicitly mandated like other Schengen visas, but strongly advised to cover emergencies during any layover.
Confirmed onward flight ticket, valid visa or residence permit for your final destination, and the complete travel itinerary.
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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:
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.
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 The Netherlands 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 The Netherlands website and Embassy of The Netherlands. Last verified 2026-04-24. Always verify with the official embassy before applying — fees and requirements change without notice.
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