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Schengen Type CVerified 24 Apr 2026Apply for a Netherlands Business or Official Visit Visa from India. Covers meetings, conferences, training, trade fairs, and official visits. Complete fees, documents, and VFS application guide sourced from the Dutch embassy.
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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:
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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 2026-04-24. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
A Netherlands Business Visa is required if during any part of your visit you intend to conduct business or commercial activities — meetings, conferences, training, or trade fairs. This visa is issued ONLY to travellers who are NOT being paid for work by any entity within the Netherlands. If you intend to undertake paid work, you must apply for an MVV long-stay visa with a work permit instead.
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.
Must be filled ONLINE only. Handwritten forms are not accepted.
Not more than 10 years old, 2 blank pages, valid 3+ months after Schengen departure, signed.
Passport / Indian residence permit / visa / work permit.
Employer letter should confirm job title, salary, tenure, and that the trip is work-sanctioned.
Stamped and signed by the bank.
Strengthens case for ties to India.
Must include your personal details, duration of stay, where you will be staying, and reason for visit (meetings / conferences / training / business events).
On company letterhead, stating the purpose and details of your trip.
If you do not have an invitation, provide paid invoices, orders, annual report, or commercial register extract showing trade/employment relations with Dutch partners.
Required if travelling on behalf of an intergovernmental organisation or government body.
Hotel reservation for the full trip, OR original + legalised Proof of Sponsorship / Private Accommodation form if staying with a Dutch host.
Reservation in your name covering outbound and return.
Diplomatic passport holders are exempt.
Required · optional / if applicable
7 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Confirm purpose and obtain invitation
Get a formal invitation letter from the Dutch company/organisation covering your personal details, dates, accommodation, and purpose (meeting / conference / training / trade fair).
Complete the online Schengen application form
Fill online to receive the unique code. Print and sign. Handwritten forms rejected.
Prepare employer documents
Cover letter from your Indian employer on letterhead + NOC / leave approval + last 3 months' payslips, OR business registration + GST + ITR if self-employed.
Gather supporting documents
Flight reservation, accommodation proof (hotel or sponsorship form), bank statements stamped by bank, travel insurance €30,000+.
Book VFS appointment
Via the VFS Global Netherlands portal. Diplomatic/Official passport holders: walk-in 09:00–10:00 on working days.
Submit at VFS + biometrics + pay fees
Pay €90 + ₹1,855 VFS service charge. Biometrics taken unless given for a Schengen visa within the last 59 months.
Track + collect
Use track & trace code. 15 days average processing; up to 45 days maximum.
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
12 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 questions focused on business visa criteria. Business applications face different scrutiny — the embassy wants clear purpose, genuine business relationships, and verifiable host.
Who is inviting you to Denmark / the Schengen country?
What form will the invitation take?
How long have you had a business relationship with the Danish host?
How long is your business trip?
What's your role in your Indian company?
What's your Indian company's annual turnover?
Helps establish legitimacy of the business case.
How often do you travel internationally for business?
Have you used a Schengen visa before?
Any previous visa refusals (business or otherwise)?
Your return-to-India anchor?
Indicative only — final decision is always with the Embassy.
Frequently asked
A Business Visa (Schengen Type C, short-stay) is for non-paid business activities — meetings, conferences, training. If you will be paid by a Dutch entity for work performed in the Netherlands, you need a long-stay MVV with a work permit (TWV), not this visa.
Yes. Submit your admission ticket or congress registration along with supporting trade documents — paid invoices, contracts, orders from Dutch partners, annual report, or commercial register extract showing trade/employment relations.
Your personal details (name, passport number), exact dates and duration of stay, purpose of visit (meetings/training/etc.), where you will be staying, and the host company's contact details and signatory information.
Either. If the Dutch inviting party covers costs, this must be explicitly stated in the invitation letter. You should still be able to demonstrate some personal funds for emergencies.
Yes. Frequent business travellers often receive multiple-entry visas with longer validity after establishing a genuine travel record. The Orange Carpet Programme (for employees of registered companies) offers this as a standard benefit.
Your spouse must apply separately — most commonly under the Tourist Visa category, as they are accompanying rather than conducting business. Each applicant files an individual application with their own form, photos, and fee.
No. You can attend meetings, sign MOUs, and explore opportunities, but actually setting up operations or registering a business requires a self-employed or start-up residence permit.
Yes. We review invitations, draft cover letters, organise employer paperwork, verify insurance, book VFS appointments, and support submission. Message us and we quote our fixed fee before any work starts.
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A strong Netherlands 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.
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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