A Schengen visa costs an Indian adult about ₹15,300 in total — the €90 consulate fee plus the VFS Global service charge, travel insurance and photographs. This page itemises every one of those lines in rupees, shows what a couple and a family pay, and lets you work out your own Schengen visa cost from India in the calculator further down.
Most of that money never reaches us. We have laid the page out so you can see which parts are fees you cannot avoid and which part is optional — because the question people actually arrive with is not what a Schengen visa costs, but how much of it they can skip.
Schengen visa costs verified 10 September 2026, at €1 ≈ ₹110.70. Consulate fees are set in euros and VFS Global charges in India change without notice, so every rupee figure on this page moves with the exchange rate. Confirm before you budget.
A Schengen visa costs an Indian adult €90 in consulate fees — about ₹9,960 — and roughly ₹15,300 in total from India once the VFS Global service charge, travel insurance and photographs are added. Children aged 6 to 11 pay €45. Children under 6 pay no visa fee at all.
That total is the honest answer to what most people mean when they ask about Schengen visa cost for Indians: not the consulate fee alone, but everything you actually hand over between deciding to go and getting your passport back.
Here is the full Schengen visa cost breakdown from India, line by line, and who receives each rupee. Three of the five lines go to somebody other than us.
| What you pay for | Who receives it | Schengen visa cost per person from India |
|---|---|---|
| Schengen visa fee — adult and child 12+ | The consulate, collected by VFS Global | €90 ≈ ₹9,960 |
| Schengen visa fee — child 6 to 11 | The consulate, collected by VFS Global | €45 ≈ ₹4,980 |
| Schengen visa fee — child under 6 | — | Free |
| VFS Global service charge in India | VFS Global | ~₹2,500 |
| Travel insurance, minimum €30,000 cover | Your insurer | ~₹2,500 |
| Photographs, 35 × 45 mm | Photo studio | ~₹300 |
| Total Schengen visa cost from India, per adult | None of this Schengen visa cost goes to IMAD Travel | ~₹15,300 |
| IMAD Travel service fee — optional | IMAD Travel | from ₹3,500 |
| All-in Schengen visa price with our assistance | — | ~₹18,800 |
Hold on to the ₹15,300 line. That is money an Indian applicant spends whether they walk into VFS alone or ask anyone for help. Only the last row is ours, it is optional, and it is the only figure on this page you can choose not to pay. If you are comparing what different agents charge for a Schengen visa from India, compare that row and ignore the rest — the rest is identical wherever you go.
If you want the paperwork side rather than the money side, our Schengen visa requirements guide for Indians covers the documents, and our Schengen visa assistance page explains what the desk actually does.
The Schengen visa fee in Indian rupees is about ₹9,960 for an adult and ₹4,980 for a child aged 6 to 11, at €1 ≈ ₹110.70. The consulate sets the fee in euros and VFS collects the rupee equivalent at their own rate on the day you pay, so the exact figure on your receipt will differ by a few hundred rupees either way.
This is the single most misread number in Schengen visa pricing for Indians. The euro amount is fixed across the whole zone and has not moved; the rupee amount moves every week. A blog quoting ₹8,900 is not wrong about the fee, it is quoting an old exchange rate.
| Applicant from India | Schengen visa fee in EUR | Schengen visa fee in INR (approx) |
|---|---|---|
| Adult, and any child aged 12 or over | €90 | ₹9,960 |
| Child aged 6 to 11 | €45 | ₹4,980 |
| Child under 6 | — | Free |
| Holders of certain family-of-EU-citizen categories | Waived | Free |
Pay attention to the rate on the day, not the rate in the article. If the rupee weakens by two rupees to the euro between reading this and paying, an adult Schengen visa fee rises by roughly ₹180. On a family of four that is ₹700 you had not planned for — small, but it is the reason we date this page rather than leaving the figures floating.
Yes. The Schengen visa cost is identical across all 29 Schengen countries — €90 for adults, €45 for children 6 to 11, free under 6. The €90 fee has applied since 11 June 2024 and has not changed since. France does not cost more than Portugal. Germany does not cost more than Greece. There is no cheaper Schengen country to apply through.
What does change from one country and one Indian city to the next is everything around the fee.
| Identical for every Schengen country | Varies by country and by Indian city |
|---|---|
| The Schengen visa fee itself — €90 / €45 / free | The VFS Global service charge, set per contract |
| The €30,000 travel insurance minimum | Optional VFS extras — prime-time slot, lounge, courier return |
| The 90-days-in-180 stay limit | Whether biometrics are captured again or reused |
| The core document requirements | Appointment waiting time, which costs nothing and can cost you the trip |
So “which Schengen country is cheapest for Indians” has no useful answer on price. The country you apply to is decided by where you spend the most nights — and applying to the wrong consulate to save a service charge gets refused on jurisdiction before anyone opens your file. That refusal costs you the whole non-refundable amount, which is the most expensive way to save ₹500 we know of.
For most Indian travellers they are the same thing, and the price is the same. When people in India search for Europe visa fees or Europe visa price for Indians, they almost always mean the Schengen short-stay visa — the one that covers France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Austria, the Netherlands and 22 more on a single sticker. The Europe visa cost for an Indian is therefore the €90 Schengen fee, about ₹9,960.
The distinction matters in exactly one situation: parts of Europe are not in the Schengen area, and they price separately.
| Where you are going | Which visa you need | Visa cost for an Indian applicant |
|---|---|---|
| France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Greece, Austria, Netherlands and 21 others | Schengen short-stay visa | €90 ≈ ₹9,960 |
| United Kingdom | UK Standard Visitor visa — separate application | Priced separately by the UK, not covered here |
| Ireland | Irish short-stay visa — separate application | Priced separately by Ireland |
| Turkey | Turkish e-Visa or sticker visa — separate | Priced separately by Turkey |
So a Europe trip that includes London genuinely costs more in visa fees than one that does not, because it is two visas rather than one. That is worth knowing at the planning stage rather than the booking stage. Everything else on this page — the Schengen visa price for Indians, the VFS charge, the insurance — applies to the Schengen half.
No. A long-validity multi-entry Schengen visa costs exactly the same €90 as a single-entry one. There is no premium for a 1-year, 3-year or 5-year multiple-entry Schengen visa, and no separate 10-year Schengen visa fee — the consulate decides the validity it grants, and the price does not change with that decision.
This surprises almost everyone who asks, and it is worth understanding because it changes how you should prepare rather than how you should budget.
Our Schengen visa requirements guide covers what a file needs to look like to be considered for longer validity.
The VFS Global service charge in India — about ₹2,500 per applicant — pays for the visa centre itself: the appointment system, biometric capture, document handling and returning your passport. It is charged on top of the Schengen visa fee, it is collected per person including children, and it is not refundable if your visa is refused.
VFS also sells optional extras at the counter in Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi and every other Indian centre. None of them change the decision on your application:
Buy them if the convenience is worth the money to you. Do not buy them believing they improve your chances, because they do not, and nobody at the counter will tell you otherwise.
Schengen travel insurance costs an Indian applicant roughly ₹2,500 per person for a two-week trip. The policy must cover a minimum of €30,000 in medical treatment and repatriation, be valid in every Schengen state, and cover the full trip including the days you arrive and leave. It is a document requirement, not an optional add-on — a file without it is incomplete.
Four things move that price:
| What drives the Schengen insurance cost | Effect on the Schengen visa insurance price |
|---|---|
| Trip length | The single biggest factor. A 30-day policy costs materially more than 14 days |
| Traveller age | Premiums rise sharply above 60, and again above 70 |
| Cover level | €30,000 is the minimum the consulate accepts. Higher cover costs more and is not required |
| Declared conditions | Declared ones raise the premium; undeclared ones can void the policy exactly when you need it |
Two mistakes we see often enough to name. Buy the policy after your dates are fixed, not before — insurance covering the wrong dates fails the same way a hotel booking covering the wrong nights does. And do not buy the cheapest policy that says €30,000 without checking it covers repatriation and every Schengen state. A policy valid in France but not Switzerland is not a Schengen policy, whatever the price comparison site called it.
Children under 6 pay no Schengen visa fee. Children aged 6 to 11 pay €45, about ₹4,980. From 12 they pay the full adult fee of €90. Every child still pays the VFS service charge, insurance and photographs whatever their age, so a free visa is not a free application.
| Age at date of application | Schengen visa fee | VFS charge | Insurance | Photographs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6 | Free | Payable | Payable | Payable |
| 6 to 11 | €45 ≈ ₹4,980 | Payable | Payable | Payable |
| 12 and over | €90 ≈ ₹9,960 | Payable | Payable | Payable |
Age is counted on the date you apply, not the date you fly. A child who turns 12 between the appointment and the flight pays the child fee. A child who turns 12 the week before the appointment pays the adult fee — a difference of about ₹4,980 that depends entirely on when you book the slot. If your child’s birthday falls close to your appointment window, that is worth a minute of arithmetic before you pick a date.
Children travelling without both parents also need a birth certificate and notarised consent from the parent staying behind. That costs nothing at the consulate but does cost a notary’s fee, and it is the document most often missing from family files.
You pay the Schengen visa fee at the VFS Global centre on the day of your appointment, in Indian rupees, at the rate VFS applies that day. Card, cash and UPI are accepted — those three, and nothing else. You do not pay the consulate directly and you do not pay in euros.
Three practical points that save arguments at the counter:
Five things push the real Schengen visa cost above the ₹15,300 baseline, and the first one is larger than the other four put together.
None of that is negotiable. The only line you have genuine control over is the first, and the way to control it is a file that does not get refused.
No. Neither the Schengen visa fee nor the VFS Global service charge is refunded on a refusal. You are paying for an application to be assessed, not for a visa. An Indian applicant who is refused loses about ₹12,500 per person — ₹9,960 in visa fee and ₹2,500 in VFS charge — plus whatever the insurance and photographs cost.
That is the entire argument for getting a file right the first time rather than the second. It is also why we look at a case before taking any money: if we cannot see a path to approval, saying so costs you nothing, and pushing the application through anyway would cost you ₹12,500 and a refusal stamp that makes the next one harder.
A family of four from India — two adults and two children aged 8 and 4 — pays about ₹46,100 in total Schengen visa costs, or about ₹60,100 with our assistance for all four applicants. Here are three worked examples at the rate on this page.
| Who is travelling | Total Schengen visa cost from India | With IMAD Travel assistance |
|---|---|---|
| One adult, two-week trip | ~₹15,300 | ~₹18,800 |
| Couple — two adults | ~₹30,500 | ~₹37,500 |
| Family — 2 adults, 1 child aged 8, 1 child aged 4 | ~₹46,100 | ~₹60,100 |
| Family — 2 adults, 2 children aged 6 to 11 | ~₹51,100 | ~₹65,100 |
The four-year-old in that family pays no visa fee but still pays the VFS charge, the insurance and the photographs — which is why a free child visa only takes about ₹9,960 off a family total, not a whole applicant’s worth.
If you are budgeting the whole trip rather than just the visa, the visa is a small share of it. Flights, hotels and the daily spend will dwarf these figures, and the visa cost is the one part that does not vary with how you travel.
Our Schengen visa service fee starts at ₹3,500 per applicant and covers the eligibility review, document preparation and checking, the cover letter and itinerary, booking the VFS appointment, and following the application through to the decision. It is separate from every other figure on this page, and it is the only one that is optional.
You do not need us if you have held a Schengen visa before, your employment and finances are straightforward, you are travelling to one country, and you have the time to assemble the file carefully. Plenty of Indian travellers apply successfully on their own every week. We would rather say that than take ₹3,500 for work you could do yourself in two evenings.
It usually pays for itself if you have been refused before, you are self-employed or recently changed jobs, you are travelling to several countries and the main-destination rule is not obvious, you are applying for a family, or your dates are tight enough that a second attempt is not possible. In those cases the ₹3,500 sits against roughly ₹12,500 per person you lose on a refusal.
And visa-only is a real option here. If you are planning the trip yourself and want nothing but the application handled, that is a service on its own — no package, no flights, no pressure to buy anything else. If you would rather hand over the flights or the whole itinerary as well, we do that too. You pick which parts, and the visa work is identical either way.
Anusha runs our Schengen desk. She will tell you which of those two paragraphs describes you before any money changes hands — message her on WhatsApp at +91 63003 03169 and describe your trip in a line or two. If the honest answer is “do it yourself”, that is the answer you will get.
Last verified: 10 September 2026, at €1 ≈ ₹110.70. Schengen visa fees, VFS Global service charges and insurance premiums change without notice — confirm current figures with us or with VFS Global before you budget.
The calculator below works out the total Schengen visa cost for your own group. Put in the number of adults and children with their ages, and it adds the visa fees, the VFS service charge, insurance and photographs, then shows the figure with and without our assistance so you can see exactly what the optional part is.
It is free, it does not ask for your phone number, and nothing you enter reaches us.
Estimate only. The visa fee (€90 adult / €45 child 6–11) is set by the European Commission and is the same for all 29 Schengen countries; rupee figures depend on the day’s exchange rate. Government and VFS fees are paid directly to the consulate / VFS. Insurance varies with trip length. Updated 10 September 2026 at €1 ≈ ₹110.70.
About ₹15,300 per adult in total — ₹9,960 visa fee, ~₹2,500 VFS Global service charge, ~₹2,500 insurance and ~₹300 photographs, at €1 ≈ ₹110.70.
€90 for an adult, which is about ₹9,960, and €45 for a child aged 6 to 11, about ₹4,980. VFS collects the rupee equivalent at their rate on the day you pay.
Yes. The Schengen visa cost is €90 for adults everywhere in the zone. Only the VFS service charge and optional extras vary.
For most trips, yes — a Europe visa usually means the Schengen short-stay visa, priced at €90. The UK, Ireland and Turkey are outside Schengen and charge separately.
No. A long-validity multi-entry Schengen visa costs the same €90. The consulate decides the validity from your travel history, not from a higher fee.
The Schengen visa fee is free under 6, €45 (about ₹4,980) from 6 to 11, and the full €90 from 12. Age counts on the application date, not the travel date.
No. An Indian applicant loses about ₹12,500 per person on a refusal — the visa fee and the VFS charge are both non-refundable.
About ₹2,500 per applicant for the appointment system, biometrics, document handling and passport return. It is separate from the visa fee and also non-refundable.
Roughly ₹2,500 per person for two weeks at the required €30,000 minimum cover. It is part of the Schengen visa cost, not an optional extra. Trip length and traveller age move it most.
About ₹46,100 for two adults and two children aged 8 and 4. The under-6 pays no visa fee but still pays the VFS charge, insurance and photographs.
In rupees at the VFS centre on your appointment day. Cash, card and UPI are all accepted. Photograph the receipt before you leave the counter — it carries your tracking reference.
None is cheaper — the Schengen visa fee is identical everywhere. You must apply to the country where you spend the most nights; applying elsewhere to save a service charge gets refused on jurisdiction.
No. If you have travelled to Schengen before and your finances are straightforward, applying yourself is entirely reasonable. Assistance earns its fee mainly on refused, self-employed, multi-country and family cases.
From ₹3,500 per applicant, covering eligibility review, document preparation, the cover letter, the VFS appointment and follow-through to the decision. Visa-only is fine — there is no requirement to book a package or flights.
Want this costed for your exact trip? Get a free 15-minute Schengen eligibility check — no payment up front. WhatsApp +91 63003 03169.
