Directions · Austria
Austria applications from the UAE go through the VFS Global centres in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Appointments are released without notice and taken within minutes — we watch the calendar so you do not have to refresh it.
Open for requestsNew direction · monitoring starts on your request
These are our own measurements, not estimates. Where we have watched more than one centre on this route, each is shown separately — they do not behave the same.
Measured by us
11
Calendar checks
0
Openings caught
never
Last opening
The same visa, the same fee — the difference is which building you attend, and how the calendar there has actually behaved.
| Centre | Calendar checks | Openings | Last opening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai | not watched yet | — | — |
| Abu Dhabi | 11 | 0 | — |
The categories VFS Global accepts on this route. They are the same at every centre listed above.
| Visa type | Processing |
|---|---|
| TRANSIT VISA | 15 working days |
| TOURIST VISA | 15 working days |
| BUSINESS VISA | 15 working days |
As published by VFS Global. The fee depends on category, age and nationality, so the tables are reproduced rather than reduced to a single figure. The application centre charges its own service fee on top.
| CHARGE TYPE | AMOUNT | REMARKS |
|---|---|---|
| Visa Fees | AED 386 | For each application |
| Children between 6-12 years | AED 193 | For each application |
| Nationals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cape Verde, Ukraine. Citizens of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Montenegro and Serbia NOT holding biometric passports | AED 150 | For each application |
| Children between 6-12 years for Nationals from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cape Verde, Ukraine, Citizens of Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), the Republic of Moldova, Georgia, Montenegro and Serbia NOT holding biometric passports | AED 150 | For each application |
| Service Fee | AED 122.66 |
Rarely, and without warning. Across 11 calendar checks we caught 0 openings. We have not recorded one yet on this route. That is a measurement of our own monitoring, not an estimate, and it is why refreshing the page by hand almost never works: the window is minutes wide and it does not announce itself.
Either. VFS Global publishes the same visa categories, the same fees and the same processing times for all of them on this route, so the only real difference is travel time on the day. We watch every centre listed above and take whichever opens first, unless you tell us one is out of the question.
VFS Global publishes this for the route: Usually, processing time for visa applications is 15 working days (starting from the time when the Embassy or Consulate received the application, not including the transportation time), counting from when all requested documents have been submitted. That clock starts at your appointment, not at your request to us - which is exactly why the appointment date is the part worth fighting for. An appointment six weeks out pushes the decision six weeks out with it.
Two separate things. The consular fee and the centre's service charge go to VFS Global and the consulate on the day - the published fee tables are above, and the amount depends on category, age and nationality. Our own fee is separate, quoted per request, and charged only after an appointment is booked and confirmed. If nothing opens, you owe nothing. Booking through the official system is free; what you are paying us for is the watching and the paperwork.
No password, and the verification code stays with you. VFS now sends a one-time code at the confirmation step, and you are the one who reads it out at that moment - it takes a few seconds and it means nobody is acting as you behind your back. Any service asking you to hand over an account password on a web form should worry you, whoever it is.
No, and anyone who does is selling you something they do not control. The consulate decides how many appointments exist and when they appear; we control only how fast they are noticed and taken. What we can promise is the shape of the deal: we watch, and you pay if and only if an appointment ends up booked in your name.
Refreshing the booking page dozens of times an hour is what triggers the "unusual activity" and "permission issue" errors people run into - we have documented what each of those codes actually means. We work within what the account can take, which is the whole point of doing it with tooling instead of by hand at 3am. Your application is submitted through the official system like anyone else's.
The same country of application, a different destination — or the same visa, applied for from somewhere else.
We watch these calendars continuously and book the moment an appointment opens. You pay after the booking is confirmed — if nothing opens, there is nothing to pay. We never ask for your VFS password, and the code from your email stays with you.