Netherlands Tourist Visa – India Consulates Overview
Compare Tourist visa requirements across all consulates in India. Select your city below for detailed documents, fees, and processing times.
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Tourist Visa by Consulate Location
Delhi
Updated: 11/15/2025
Personal Documents
Valid Passport
Must not be older than 10 years also it must be valid for at least THREE MONTHS longer than the intended stay. The passport must also have at least TWO BLANK PAGES to affix the visa and should be along with all old passport booklets. Handwritten passports, Passports with observation and passports of 20-year validity are NOT acceptable.
Signed Visa Form
Online visa form to be filled and duly signed by the passenger only https://consular.mfaservices.nl/schengen-visa/short-stay.
Photograph
Passport Size Photos, (Fresh ones i.e. NOT used earlier for any visa) in matt finish (Latest one passport size, coloured with white background, dimensions (35mmX45mm) with 80% face coverage) without glasses, hat/cap or any other head covering.
Signed Cover Letter
Personal Covering Letter addressed to The Visa Officer, Embassy of Netherlands, with mentioning duration of visit, purpose of visit, expenses clause .Details of all Applicants with name, passport number, If applicable.
Travel Documents
Hotel Confirmation
Confirmed Hotel as per the ticket (with hotel Name, Address, Telephone number and Email. Id).
Air Ticket Reservation
Return ticket, covering all the sectors. With live PNR and travel date after 25 days of submission.
Day to day Itinerary
Daily schedule of the trip.
Travel Insurance
It should be as per Schengen specification, matching with ticket dates with risk coverage of Euro 30,000. For downloading the list of Approved Insurance Companies and detailed information on Travel Insurance please visit our visa forms section of our website. Travel Insurance should have special condition The geographical area for this policy stands changed to worldwide.
Fees
Rs. 8180/-(Adult) Rs. 4090/-(Child) VFS charges Rs 1636/- (to be paid online)
Processing
In most cases, you will be informed within 15 calendar days whether your application has been successful. It can take up to 45 days to decide on your visa application. NOTE Please note that above is only an indicative processing time which is based on the current trend. Actual processing time may vary and is at sole discretion of the Visa Consular of the Embassy/Consulate. Special Instructions: Mandatory online pre-payment service fees introduced in India From 02 July 2018 onwards, applicants for a Netherlands visa must book an appointment and pay the VFS service fee online before going to a VFS visa application center to submit their application and biometric data (fingerprints and photograph). From this date, appointments to submit applications will only be confirmed once payment is complete. Note: VFS SERVICES IS NONREFUNDABLE if applicant is not going for the bio-metric on the appointment date then NEED TO BOOK NEW APPOINTMENT AND HAVE TO PAY THE VFS SERVICE CHARGES AGAIN.
Mumbai
Updated: 11/9/2025
Personal Documents
Valid passport
Must not be older than 10 years also it must be valid for at least THREE MONTHS longer than the intended stay. The passport must also have at least TWO BLANK PAGES to affix the visa and should be along with all old passport booklets. Handwritten passports, Passports with observation and passports of 20-year validity are NOT acceptable.
Signed Visa Form
1 Online visa form to be filled and duly signed by the passenger only https://consular.mfaservices.nl/schengen-visa/short-stay .
Passport Size Photos
2 Photograph (Fresh ones i.e. NOT used earlier for any visa) in matt finish should be latest with 80% face coverage and white background (3.5mm x 4.5mm) without glasses, hat/cap or any other head covering.
Signed Cover letter
Personal Covering Letter addressed to The Visa Officer, Embassy of Netherlands, with mentioning duration of visit, purpose of visit, expenses clause .Details of all Applicants with name, passport number, If Applicable
Travel Documents
Confirmed Hotel bookings
Confirmed Hotel as per the ticket (with hotel Name, Address, Telephone number and Email. Id)
Confirmed Air Tickets
Return ticket, covering all the sectors. With live PNR and travel date after 25 days of submission
Day to day Itinerary
Daily schedule of the trip
Travel Insurance
It should be as per Schengen specification, matching with ticket dates with risk coverage of Euro 30,000. For downloading the list of Approved Insurance Companies and detailed information on Travel Insurance please visit our visa forms section of our website. Travel Insurance should have special condition The geographical area for this policy stands changed to worldwide.
Fees
Rs. 8180/-(Adult) Rs. 4090/-(Child) VFS charges Rs 1636/- (to be paid online)
Processing
-: In most cases, you will be informed within 30 calendar days whether your application has been successful. It can take up to 45 days to decide on your visa application. NOTE Please note that above is only an indicative processing time which is based on the current trend. Actual processing time may vary and is at sole discretion of the Visa Consular of the Embassy/Consulate. Submission Time: As per the time given on the appointment letter Collection Time: 1600 hrs to 1700 hrs Special Instructions: Note : Mandatory online pre-payment service fees introduced in India From the 02 July 2018 onwards, applicants for a Netherlands visa must book an appointment and pay the VFS service fee online before going to a VFS visa application center to submit their application and biometric data (fingerprints and photograph). From this date, appointments to submit applications will only be confirmed once payment is complete. Note: VFS SERVICES IS NONREFUNDABLE if applicant is not going for the bio-metric on the appointment date then NEED TO BOOK NEW APPOINTMENT AND HAVE TO PAY THE VFS SERVICE CHARGES AGAIN.