Visa Assistance

Estonia

Visa requirements, fees, validity and documents for travel to Estonia.

1 visa type
Starting from €22
Checked 28 Sept 2026

1. Visa Types

Open a type to see processing time, stay, fees, and documents.

Processing time

Embassy New Delhi: within 15 working days of a complete file; up to 45 calendar days if more checks. Lodge from 6 months before travel (9 months for seafarers), not later than 15 days before

Stay period

Up to 90 days in any 180-day period. Type C can be single or multiple, validity up to five years.

Validity

As issued, up to five years for a multiple-entry C.

Visa Fees and Charges

Adult Schengen C — Embassy visa-fee and MFA. Not refunded if refused. Pay in INR at VFS (cash or online when booking) or card/bank transfer at the Embassy.

€90

Child 6–11 — Embassy visa-fee and MFA

€45

Child under 6 — Embassy visa-fee and MFA (no visa fee)

€0

VFS service — Embassy visa-fee: EUR 22 in INR. Children under 6 exempt from the service fee.

€22

Entry	Label	Fee
—	Adult Schengen C — Embassy visa-fee and MFA. Not refunded if refused. Pay in INR at VFS (cash or online when booking) or card/bank transfer at the Embassy.	€90
—	Child 6–11 — Embassy visa-fee and MFA	€45
—	Child under 6 — Embassy visa-fee and MFA (no visa fee)	€0
—	VFS service — Embassy visa-fee: EUR 22 in INR. Children under 6 exempt from the service fee.	€22

About This Visa

Indian ordinary-passport holders need a Schengen C. Usual staff path: fill https://eelviisataotlus.vm.ee/ (Schengen C-visa), print and sign, then lodge at VFS Global in India. VFS is the only accredited intake for Indian passports. The Embassy in New Delhi decides. Honorary consuls cannot take or examine visa files. Do not send the file through a travel agent or a third person.

Do not use www.vfsglobal.com/estonia/india or visa.vfsglobal.com/ind/en/est — they do not load. Book the VAC named on the Embassy India pages. Embassy: no cash. Incomplete files are not taken at VFS.

Documents Required

Embassy of Estonia, New Delhi — tourism

Signed eelviisataotlus form (twice if the tourism checklist asks). Minors: guardian signs; apostilled birth / custody papers as on the checklist
Passport: issued within 10 years, 2 blank pages, valid 3 months after leaving Schengen. Indian citizens: old passport, or FIR / cancellation proof
Photo 35 × 40 mm, under 6 months, colour, white background, no software corrections, face 70–80% of height
Insurance min. EUR 30,000, whole Schengen, at least the first trip. Use the Embassy’s approved India insurers list
Funds: EUR 70 per day in Estonia. Tourism checklist originals on A4 — 3 months stamped bank statements, ITR last 2 assessment years; employed: 3 months salary slips and salary-account statements; self-employed: registration / partnership / proprietorship plus personal and business accounts; retired: 3 months pension
Hotel, holiday home, or campus booking. Several Schengen stops: lodging in each. Staying with family/friends: host sponsorship / private accommodation
Cover letter: purpose, why Estonia, dates, places. Itinerary. Return flight booking — do not buy tickets before the visa
Travel-agency certificate if it is an organised trip. Passport biodata and last-page copies. Students: college ID and school letter
Minor not with both parents: notarised consent as on the tourism checklist, plus parent passport copies

2. Good to Know

Rules and notes that apply to every visa type

How to apply

https://eelviisataotlus.vm.ee/ — Schengen C, email, print, sign. Wrong data: fill a new form. Keep the application number.
Book VFS as the Embassy India pages say (10+ centres). Appointment only; 15 minutes early. Each person in a family books their own slot. Missed slot: new booking after 24 hours. Henna or injured fingertips: wait until prints will scan.
Pay the visa fee in INR at VFS (cash or online when booking) plus EUR 22 service (under 6 exempt). Embassy lodgement: card in EUR/INR or bank transfer at least 5 working days ahead (no cash).
Biometrics at VFS unless fingerprints are already in VIS from the last 59 months. Under 12: no fingerprints.
File window on the 2023 pages: from 6 months before travel (9 months for seafarers) and not later than 15 days before. Status: VFS — do not email the Embassy for tracking.

Who can apply

Indian ordinary-passport holders living in India: VFS in India if Estonia is the main Schengen destination (or first entry if days are equal).
The Embassy in New Delhi also takes Indian passports and non-Indian passports of people who permanently live and work in India (where-to-submit: over a year for non-Indian passports). Staff holiday files: VFS.
Not a resident of India: apply in the home country. New Delhi will not take that file.
D-visa / residence: Embassy appointment only — VFS cannot take D-visa files.

Embassy

Embassy of Estonia, New Delhi
C15, Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021
+91 11 4948 8650 · embassy.delhi@mfa.ee
Visa/consular: consul.delhi@mfa.ee
Visa info line: +91 11 4948 8659 — Tuesdays and Fridays 14:30–16:30
Consular section: Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays (except Indian and Estonian bank holidays). Book on the Embassy registration site.
Complaints on Embassy or VFS conduct: konsul@mfa.ee (not for appeals against refusal).

Honorary consuls are not visa counters.

How to track

VFS, the centre that took the file. The Embassy asks applicants not to send status emails. Consultation with other Schengen states, if it applies, is done by the Embassy (up to seven calendar days) — no extra step for the applicant.

Photo and uploads

Photo 35 × 40 mm. Under 6 months, colour, white background, no software corrections
Digital photo and fingerprints at VFS from 2 Nov 2015 unless VIS already has prints from the last 59 months