VFS Global has confirmed that the Austria Schengen Visa Application Centre in Mumbai moved to the Urmi Axis Building, Mahalaxmi West, on 2 January 2026. The Economic Times broke the story on 8 January, noting that all future biometrics, document submissions and passport collections must take place at the new site.
The shift affects a high-volume post that last year processed roughly 14 percent of India’s Schengen applications. Travel-management companies are warning that applicants who arrive at the old Nariman Point office will lose their appointment slot and must re-book—a process currently running three weeks out in peak wedding-season months.
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VFS says capacity has been expanded from 18 to 26 counters, with dedicated lanes for tour operators and corporate-bulk submissions. A new premium lounge offers same-day courier return of passports for an added ₹3,000, a service popular with executive travellers.
Because location changes are not automatically updated on the EU’s Visa Information System (VIS), mobility teams should email appointment confirmations with the revised address to travellers and ensure drivers have correct drop-off coordinates. Companies sponsoring assignees for long-stay D visas should note that only short-stay C (Schengen) files are handled at the VFS site; work-permit dossiers still go to the Austrian Embassy in Delhi.
The move aligns with VFS’s broader “hub-and-spoke” strategy to cluster Schengen processing in India’s top three metros by mid-2026, promising shorter queues but longer surface commutes for some applicants.
The shift affects a high-volume post that last year processed roughly 14 percent of India’s Schengen applications. Travel-management companies are warning that applicants who arrive at the old Nariman Point office will lose their appointment slot and must re-book—a process currently running three weeks out in peak wedding-season months.
VFS says capacity has been expanded from 18 to 26 counters, with dedicated lanes for tour operators and corporate-bulk submissions. A new premium lounge offers same-day courier return of passports for an added ₹3,000, a service popular with executive travellers.
Because location changes are not automatically updated on the EU’s Visa Information System (VIS), mobility teams should email appointment confirmations with the revised address to travellers and ensure drivers have correct drop-off coordinates. Companies sponsoring assignees for long-stay D visas should note that only short-stay C (Schengen) files are handled at the VFS site; work-permit dossiers still go to the Austrian Embassy in Delhi.
The move aligns with VFS’s broader “hub-and-spoke” strategy to cluster Schengen processing in India’s top three metros by mid-2026, promising shorter queues but longer surface commutes for some applicants.
Source: The Economic Times
