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Schengen Type CVerified 24 Apr 2026Apply for a Netherlands Visit to Family & Friends Visa from India. Covers visits to Dutch resident family, friends, and partners. Sponsorship form requirements, complete checklist, fees, and processing time.
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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.
Delivery. Usually within 30 minutes during office hours, Mon–Sat 10:00–18:00 IST.
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Guide last reviewed 2026-04-24. Fees, documents and appointment rules can change.
If you are travelling to the Netherlands to visit family or friends — including a partner, girlfriend, or boyfriend — you apply under this category. The central requirement is a Proof of Sponsorship and/or Private Accommodation form completed by your Dutch host, signed, and legalised at the municipality (gemeente) where they are registered. The visa is valid for up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
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. Handwritten forms rejected.
<10 years old, 2 blank pages, valid 3+ months after Schengen departure.
Host fills the form, signs it, and has it LEGALISED at the Dutch municipality (gemeente) where they are registered. Original must be couriered to you — no scans accepted. Arrange 4–6 weeks in advance.
If host is not a Dutch national, they must hold a valid Dutch residence permit.
If one person pays and another person hosts, BOTH submit separate forms.
Marriage certificate, photos, chat/call logs, or declaration of relationship — strengthens case for unmarried partners.
Even if host is sponsoring, your own ties to India are assessed.
Strengthens financial profile.
Diplomatic passport holders exempt.
Both parents' consent if child travels alone.
Required · optional / if applicable
8 steps from intake to approval — never as linear as government sites pretend.
Ask your Dutch host to prepare the sponsorship form
Host downloads the Proof of Sponsorship / Private Accommodation form, fills it, signs it, and legalises it at their gemeente (Dutch municipality). The gemeente will assess whether the host meets the minimum income threshold. Allow 4–6 weeks.
Collect the original legalised form
Host must courier the ORIGINAL to you — scanned copies are not accepted. Also obtain a colour copy of the host's Dutch ID/passport/residence permit.
Complete the online Schengen application form
Fill online, print, sign.
Gather ties-to-India documents
Employer NOC, payslips, bank statements (stamped), ITRs. These are assessed even when a sponsor is involved.
Buy travel medical insurance (€30,000+)
Valid across all Schengen for the whole trip, including arrival and departure days.
Book flight reservations and draft cover letter
Flight reservation in your name; cover letter explaining the relationship to the host and the reason for the visit.
Book VFS appointment and submit
Submit in person with all documents. Biometrics taken (if not given in last 59 months). Pay €90 + ₹1,855 VFS service charge.
Track + collect
15 days average, 45 days maximum. Track via the VFS website using your track & trace code.
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.
We're actively building per-visa quizzes. For now, the best way to assess your eligibility for Netherlands Visit to Family & Friends Visa (Schengen Type C) is a 1-on-1 consultation with our team.
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Frequently asked
Any Dutch national, or a foreign national with a valid Dutch residence permit, who is registered with a Dutch municipality. Tourists or others on short-stay visas cannot sponsor you.
It is the official form your Dutch host completes, signs, and has legalised at the gemeente (Dutch municipality) where they are registered, before sending the ORIGINAL to you. It confirms that the host is inviting you and, if applicable, covering costs of stay, medical care, and repatriation.
Yes. The Visit to Family & Friends category covers partners regardless of marital status. A relationship declaration plus communication history (photos, chat logs, joint travel) strengthens the application.
No — the legalised sponsorship/accommodation form replaces the hotel reservation. However, if you'll travel to other Schengen countries too, you need hotel bookings for those.
Students can sponsor if they hold a valid Dutch residence permit and can demonstrate sufficient income (part-time job, scholarship, parental support). Student sponsorships are more carefully scrutinised — pair with strong financial backup from your own side.
Yes. The category covers friends and partners, not just family. The personal relationship and communication history should be clearly evidenced in the invitation.
Ideally 4–6 weeks in advance, as municipal legalisation takes time. The form must be sent to you in original (not scanned).
Yes. We coordinate with your Dutch host on the sponsorship form, assemble ties-to-India documents, draft the cover letter, and handle VFS 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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