Directions · Malta
Malta 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
We have not published monitoring figures for this route — so instead of numbers, here is what is officially documented.
What we can tell you about this route
Monitoring on this route starts when you place a request. We will not quote you odds we have not measured.
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 | not watched yet | — | — |
The categories VFS Global accepts on this route. They are the same at every centre listed above.
| Visa type | Processing |
|---|---|
| Tourist | 15 days |
| Visiting Family and Friends in Malta | 15 days |
| Business | 15 days |
| Airport Transit (A) | 15 days |
| Study | 15 days |
| Official visit | 15 days |
| Medical | 15 days |
| Sports And Cultural | 15 days |
| Working in Malta | 15 days |
| Study in Malta | 30 calendar days |
| Family reunification | 30 calendar days |
| Family reunification to join a EEA citizen (parent) | 30 calendar days |
| Family Reunification To Join A EEA Citizen (Spouse) | 30 calendar days |
| Family Reunification To Join A EEA Citizen (Children) | 30 calendar 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 (all applicable taxes included) |
|---|---|
| Visa (Type C Adults 12 years old and upwards) | AED 360 |
| Visa (Type C - Children between 6-11 years old) | AED 180 |
| Visa (Children under 6 years old) | AED 0 |
| Visa Fee as per Directive 2004/38/EC for family members of EU/EEA nationals | AED 0 |
| Visa (Type C) for citizens of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Belarus (Children from 0 to 11 years old are exempt from fees) | AED 140 |
| Visa (Type C) for citizens of Cape Verde | AED 270 |
| Visa (Type C - Children between 6-11 years old) for citizens of Cape Verde | AED 135 |
| VFS Service Fee | AED 120 |
| Charge Type | Amount (all applicable taxes included) |
|---|---|
| Short Stay - Age above 12 years | AED 360 |
| Short Stay - Age between 6 - 11 years | AED 180 |
| Short Stay- Nationals from Armenia and Azerbaijan | AED 0 |
| Short Stay - Gambia Nationals | AED 140 |
We have not measured this route yet, so we will not quote you a number - the figures on our other pages are recorded, and inventing one here would make all of them worthless. What this route does have is 2 centres - Dubai and Abu Dhabi - each with its own calendar, and 14 visa categories to choose between, with a published processing time of 15 days. The pattern everywhere we do measure is the same: appointments appear without notice, in batches, and are gone within minutes. Monitoring here starts when you place a request, and nothing is owed until one is booked.
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: The standard processing time for the decision on visa applications is 15 days. If in individual cases an extended review is carried out, the processing time may be extended to 45 days. The application should be submitted at least 15 days before the planned trip. 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; on this route VFS states a service charge of AED 120 per application on top of the consular fee, and the consular fee itself depends on category, age and nationality - the published tables are above. 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.