Visa Information
VISA TYPES
Select the visa type that is right for you to see important information on visa fees, documents required, forms, photo specifications and processing times.
Short Term Visa
Short Stay visa entitles an applicant, who does not hold a residence permit, to stay in Denmark for an uninterrupted period or a total of successive periods of stays that does not exceed 90 days in every 180 days period.
Family members of EU/EEA nationals
You may be entitled to an accelerated visa procedure free of charge if as you meet the following criteria:
- you are a family member of an European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) citizen; and
- that EU/EEA citizen is travelling to or is residing in a member state other than that of which he/she is a citizen; and
- you are accompanying the EU/EEA citizen or planning to join him/her in the Schengen State of destination.
If you think you are entitled to an accelerated visa procedure you will need to show proof that you meet these criteria when you submit your visa application
Biometrics
When you come to the VFS Global Denmark visa application centre to deliver short term visa application, you will need to have your biometric data recorded. You should remove any henna on your fingertips, or allow it to fade, as this may prevent us from getting a clear scan.
Every applicant who is applying for the Schengen visa for the first time must visit the visa application centre in person. Children of less than 12 years need to visit but are not require to have fingerprints, only a photograph.
Storing of biometric features
Biometric features (fingerprints and facial images) are stored by the Immigration authorities. If you are granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 10 years. If you are not granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 20 years. If you become a Danish citizen, your fingerprints and facial image will be deleted.
Read more about the storing of biometric data
Travel Medical Insurance
Applicants must provide proof of travel medical insurance covering the full time of their intended visit. The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the Member States. The minimum cover shall be EUR 30,000.
Information for all applicants
You are responsible for ensuring that the information in the issued sticker is correct. When you receive your sticker, please verify it immediately.
If the sticker contains inaccurate details, inform the Danish Mission or the ESP immediately in order to have it corrected. The Danish Mission will correct the mistake and issue a new sticker without demanding an extra fee.
Applicants should check that all details on the sticker are correct (e.g. name, validity dates, passport number etc.).
In general, you are responsible for ensuring that you meet foreign entry requirements and that your travel documents, such as passports and visas (transit, business, tourist, and otherwise), are in order and any other foreign entry requirements are met.
The Danish Mission is not liable for expenses related to e.g. change of flight ticket, new flight ticket, hotel etc. due to inaccurate details in the issued sticker.
Tourist / Non Professional Visa
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Overview
Application is applicable in case you are travelling for tourism.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- The fee is non-refundable
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
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Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Note
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
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Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
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Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
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Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Business Visa
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Overview
Business visa application is applicable in case you are travelling for business purposes.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
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Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Check list for Business VisaNote:
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
-
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
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Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Red Carpet
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Overview
Red Carpet - Business visa application is applicable in case you are travelling for business purposes in Red Carpet list.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
If you are a Red-Carpet applicant, please visit one of the Visa Application Centres (on operational days) between submission hours and your submission will be entertained without the need of taking an appointment.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here
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Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
-
Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Check list for Red Carpet VisaNote:
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
-
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
-
Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Visiting Family And Friends
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Overview
Application is applicable in case you are travelling for visiting Family and Friends.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
-
Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Check list for Visiting Family and FriendsNote:
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
-
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
-
Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Transit Visa (Seamen)
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Overview
Transit Visa (seamen) application is applicable in case you are a seaman.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
-
Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Note:
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
-
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
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Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
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Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Transit Visa
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Overview
Airport Transit Visa application is applicable in case you have to change flights without leaving the airport. An airport transit visa entitles the holder to enter the international transit area of the airport, but not the territory of the Denmark.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
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Documents Required
You must normally meet the following basic conditions at the time of submitting application for visa
Note:
- Your passport or other form of valid travel document must be valid for three months past the visa expiration date. Moreover, the passport or travel document must have been issued within the past 10 years.
- You must hold a travel insurance policy to cover possible expenses in connection with a return for health reasons or death, indispensable medical treatment or acute hospitalisation during your stay. The insurance policy must cover all Schengen countries, and the minimum policy coverage is €30,000. The insurance policy must be valid for the same period as the visa. The validity of the visa may be shortened if the insurance policy does not cover the entire. For the list of Travel Insurance, Please click here.
- Proof of means of transport.
- Proof of lodging
- Fully completed application form appropriate to the type of visa with one recent original passport-size colour photograph
- Proof of financial means. You must have the necessary means to pay for your stay and return trip.
- Children under 18 traveling without one or both parents or without a legal guardian must provide an affidavit for travel signed by both parents or by the parent or legal guardian not traveling and also a copy of passport's 1st and last page of parent.
- Please carry original documents at the time of submission and submit only photocopies of all documents, as we do not guarantee the return of any original documents. However, note that we reserve the right to request the original of any document provided at any point during visa processing.
- English translations must accompany the documents not originally in English.
- Colour photocopy of the valid passport (all pages of the passport) is required. If there are any valid visa for USA/UK/Canada/Australia and any Schengen visa (issued in last three years) in the old/cancelled passport than colour photocopy of those pages are also required.
- All documents should be provided in A4 size.
- The applicants must allow for a processing time of minimum 15 days. Excluding the VFS handling time back and forth to the Royal Danish Embassy.
Important
All minors must be accompanied by both parents or legal guardians and sign the application form in front of a VFS officer. Except in cases where, the child is traveling with one parent to visit the other parent, who is residing in DenmarkFor information only, list of supplementary documents:
Commission Implementing Decision -- Annexure Commission Implementing Decision -
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
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Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Airport Transit
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Overview
Airport Transit Visa application is applicable in case you have to change flights without leaving the airport. An airport transit visa entitles the holder to enter the international transit area of the airport, but not the territory of the Denmark.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
-
Documents Required
You must normally meet the following basic conditions at the time of submitting application for visa
Note:
- Your passport or other form of valid travel document must be valid for three months past the visa expiration date. Moreover, the passport or travel document must have been issued within the past 10 years.
- You must hold a travel insurance policy to cover possible expenses in connection with a return for health reasons or death, indispensable medical treatment or acute hospitalisation during your stay. The insurance policy must cover all Schengen countries, and the minimum policy coverage is €30,000. The insurance policy must be valid for the same period as the visa. The validity of the visa may be shortened if the insurance policy does not cover the entire. For the list of Travel Insurance, Please click here.
- Proof of means of transport.
- Proof of lodging
- Fully completed application form appropriate to the type of visa with one recent original passport-size colour photograph
- Proof of financial means. You must have the necessary means to pay for your stay and return trip.
- Children under 18 traveling without one or both parents or without a legal guardian must provide an affidavit for travel signed by both parents or by the parent or legal guardian not traveling and also a copy of passport's 1st and last page of parent.
- Please carry original documents at the time of submission and submit only photocopies of all documents, as we do not guarantee the return of any original documents. However, note that we reserve the right to request the original of any document provided at any point during visa processing.
- English translations must accompany the documents not originally in English.
- Colour photocopy of the valid passport (all pages of the passport) is required. If there are any valid visa for USA/UK/Canada/Australia and any Schengen visa (issued in last three years) in the old/cancelled passport than colour photocopy of those pages are also required.
- All documents should be provided in A4 size.
- The applicants must allow for a processing time of minimum 15 days. Excluding the VFS handling time back and forth to the Royal Danish Embassy.
Important
All minors must be accompanied by both parents or legal guardians and sign the application form in front of a VFS officer. Except in cases where, the child is traveling with one parent to visit the other parent, who is residing in DenmarkFor information only, list of supplementary documents:
Commission Implementing Decision -- Annexure Commission Implementing Decision -
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
-
Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Study/sports/cultural Visa
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Overview
Application is applicable in case you are travelling for Study/Sports/Culture Visa purpose.
A visa normally grants you the right to stay in the entire Schengen region. The Schengen countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
A visa allows you to stay a maximum of 90 days in any 180-day period in Denmark and is normally valid for the entire Schengen region.
Decisions about visa applications must normally be made within 15 days (from the day Embassy receives it, excluding submission time at VFS). In some cases applications will require further enquiry or documentation. So processing time in these cases might prolong. Applicants might also be asked to appear for an Interview at the Embassy.
A visa does not allow you to work in Denmark unless the Immigration Service has explicitly granted you this right.
For more information on Visa, please click here -
Visa Fees
Visa Category Visa Fee in EUR* Tourist Visa / Non Professional Visa 90 Business Visa / Conference Visa 90 Airport Transit Visa / Transit Visa / Seaman Visa 90 Child b/w 6- 12 Yrs. ( only in short stay visa) 45 *exchange rate of the date of application will apply
Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in India Fees in INR VFS Service Fee 1335 (Euro 15) Premium Lounge 3560 Courier Service 1068 SMS 356 Form Filling Assistance 2225 Postal Application 1958 Additional VFS Charges for Applications submitted in Bhutan Fees in BTN FEES IN EURO Service Fee: 2403 27.00 Please Note:
- All VFS Fees can be paid by Cash/Card/UPI
- The fee is non-refundable
- Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
-
Documents Required
Please print out the checklist and prepare the required documents accordingly, also prepare an additional copy of your passport ID page for Passport Collection.
Note:
- Kindly make sure that your application contains sufficient, correct and adequate information. All information must be correct and reflect your planned trip.
- In case any document is missing on submission date, additional documents can be submitted only by applicants themselves at VFS within 3 business days.
- Applicant can be asked for additional documents or may be called for an interview if deemed necessary by the Embassy.
-
Photo Specifications
Photograph Quality
- The photographs must be:
- No more than 6-months old
- 35-40mm in width
- Close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70 -80% of the photograph
- In sharp focus and clear
- Of high quality with no ink marks or creases
- The photographs must:
- Show you looking directly at the camera
- Show your skin tones naturally
- Have appropriate brightness and contrast
- Be printed on high quality paper, and at high resolution Photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo-quality paper.
Style and lighting
- The photographs must be:
- Be colour neutral
- Show your eyes open and clearly visible-no hair across your eyes
- Show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- Be taken with a plain light-coloured background
- Be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
Glasses and head covers
-
If you wear glasses:
- Be colour neutral
- The photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames - wear lighter framed glasses if you have them)
- Make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes.
- Head coverings :
- Are not permitted except for religious reasons, but your facial features from bottom of chin to top of forehead and both edges of your face must be clearly shown.
Expression and frame
-
Your photographs must:
- Show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible), looking at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed.
-
Processing Time
Decisions about Schengen visa applications must normally be made within 15 days. In some cases applications will require further enquiry. In these cases, the maximum processing time is 30 days. In exceptionally difficult cases the processing time can be up to 45 days. In certain situations, the Danish embassy will be required to ask the Danish Immigration Service to process an application. The application is sent via the Immigration Service’s electronic case handling system.
Application processing time counts from the time an admissible application is submitted at a diplomatic mission or a Visa Application Centre. 'Admissible' means that the mission has decided that the Schengen conditions for submitting an application have been met.
When the file is referred to the Danish Immigration Service, the Embassy will share the reference number of your file with you. This number enables you to contact the Immigration Services in order to check on the status of your file.
Contact details for the Danish Immigration Service: T: +45 35366600 - Monday - Wednesday: 09:00 - 15:00 , Thursday: 12:00 - 17:00 , Friday: 09:00 - 12:00 , email, visa@us.dk.
The Embassy of Denmark will inform you in each instance in writing, by telephone or orally about the decision that is taken concerning your visa application.
Citizens of certain countries or categories of certain citizens are subject to prior consultation in one or more Schengen countries before a visa may be issued. The processing time in these cases will usually be minimum 10-12 days.
See list of these nationalities and categories of persons (annex 16 to the Visa code Handbook) (CONTENT SOURCE: NEW TO DENMARK)
-
Online Form
From the 03 September 2019, you should fill in your visa application and pay the application fee online using https://applyvisa.um.dk/. After you have applied and paid the visa fee online, you must print and sign the cover letter from ApplyVisa and hand in supporting documents and supply biometrics at the Visa Application Centre: http://dk.vfsglobal.co.in/contact_us.html
If you need help with filling in your Schengen visa application and pay online, VFS may help you with this. If you don’t need assistance, please fill in the visa application and pay online via https://applyvisa.um.dk/ before turning up at the visa application centre to submit your documents. This will speed up your submission time. VFS has one PC available at every center for applicants who have forgotten to fill in their visa application and pay the application fee online.
Long Term Visa
Residence and work permit application procedure at The Denmark Embassy in New Delhi
The Denmark Embassy in New Delhi is pleased to introduce a new facility in order to meet the increasing demand for residence and work permit applications.
This site provides information on procedures applicable to all nationals who wish to apply for Residence and Work permit for Denmark, Greenland and Faroe Island.
NEW MANDATORY ONLINE FEE PAYMENT FOR RESIDENCE AND WORK PERMITS PER 01 JULY 2019
From the 01 July 2019, you must pay the embassy fee online before going to VFS to have your biometrics taken and/or submit your application for a residence permit. You should pay the fee using this link: https://dys.um.dk/permit/. After you have paid the visa fee online, you must print the payment confirmation and bring it with you to VFS along with any other required documents.
Application procedure
The VFS Global Denmark Visa Application Centre in New Delhi, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore, Cochin, Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Thimpu (Bhutan) will accept all long term applications from all nationals and their dependents:
- Work (Positive List/Pay Limit Scheme/Fast Track Scheme)
- Accompanying family members
- Researchers
- Trainees
- Religious workers
- Start-up Denmark
- Studies
- Au pairs
- Interns
- Family Reunification
- Greenland and Faroe Islands
VFS Global will submit all such applications to The Denmark Embassy in New Delhi.
Long Term applications accepted at the Denmark Visa Application Centre in New Delhi will be submitted on the next working day to the Embassy. Applications accepted at other locations will be submitted after two working days to The Denmark Embassy in New Delhi.
Please note Applicants applying outside Delhi (Pan India) need to pay mandatory courier charges which is Euro 3 (INR 267) it includes two-way courier charges pertaining to the transfer of visa applications to New Delhi and sending back to regional VFS Visa Application Centers.
For Submission timings, please click here
When you come to the VFS Global Denmark visa application centre to deliver a residence/ work permit application, you will need to have your biometric data recorded. You should remove any henna on your fingertips, or allow it to fade, as this may prevent
us from getting a clear scan.
Every applicant who is submitting a residence permit application must attend the visa application centre in person. Children of less than6 years need to attend, but are not require to have
fingerprints or signature recorded, only a photograph.
Applicants should bring Original + unstapled, color copies of
- All Supporting Documents
- All Pages of the passport
In a standard format (A4 Size). All copies must be in the same format.
On-line applications and applications submitted by the company in Denmark
If your application is submitted in Denmark/on-line, you will be informed by the Danish authorities that you must contact VFS within 14 days in order to have your biometric data recorded.You must bring a print of the confirmation letter that the application was submitted on-line, as well as your original travel document. (The confirmation letter has information about the case order ID, the application type and more).
As the application form is already submitted in Denmark (on-line) you don’t have to bring the application and the supporting documents.
Forms
On Newtodenmark you can find printable application forms and online forms (digital self-service) needed in connection with an application to the immigration authorities.
Fees
Fee for applicants applying at The Denmark Visa Application Centres in India & Bhutan is payable in Cash and fee for applicants applying in Nepal is payable in demand draft.
Applicants can instantly track the status of their application by clicking on Track your Application
For more information about long-term application processing time at Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, please visit Newtodenmark
D-Visa
The Danish Embassy New Delhi will continue to issue D-Visas to applicants who receive permission for a residence permit. The D-Visa will allow the applicant to travel to Denmark within a prescribed time frame.
In Denmark, the applicant has to register with the local authorities (Borgerservice) within 5 days in order to receive a CPR-number and be covered by the Danish social security system. The applicant will then automatically receive the residence permit (in form of a plastic card) by mail within approximately 4 weeks.
The new procedure is in accordance with EU regulations.
Holders of a D-visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen Member State and holders of a valid travel document may travel for up to 90 out of any 180 days within the territories of the Member States.
Residence cards with biometric features
If you are granted a residence permit in Denmark, you will be issued a residence card in Denmark with biometric features (facial image and fingerprints) stored on a microchip embedded in the card.
The residence card is documentation that you hold a residence permit in Denmark.
When you submit an application for a residence permit, your biometric features will be recorded. The features are incorporated into the residence card and are used for identification and identity verification. Biometric features are stored in a database maintained by the Immigration authorities.
Storing of biometric features
Biometric features (fingerprints and facial images) are stored by the Immigration authorities. If you are granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 10 years. If you are not granted a residence permit, your fingerprints and facial image will be stored for 20 years. If you become a Danish citizen, your fingerprints and facial image will be deleted.
Read more about the storing of biometric data
For further information on Residence & Work Permit applications, you can contact the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration or Embassy of Denmark
Information for all applicants
You are responsible for ensuring that the information in the issued sticker is correct. When you receive your sticker, please verify it immediately.
If the sticker contains inaccurate details, inform the Danish Mission or the ESP immediately in order to have it corrected. The Danish Mission will correct the mistake and issue a new sticker without demanding an extra fee.
Applicants should check that all details on the sticker are correct (e.g. name, validity dates, passport number etc.).
In general, you are responsible for ensuring that you meet foreign entry requirements and that your travel documents, such as passports and visas (transit, business, tourist, and otherwise), are in order and any other foreign entry requirements are met.
The Danish Mission is not liable for expenses related to e.g. change of flight ticket, new flight ticket, hotel etc. due to inaccurate details in the issued sticker.