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Schengen visa appointment availability in the UAE

Live status for the 11 Schengen routes we poll at VFS Global centres in the UAE. When a date opens, @UAEVFSBot posts it on Telegram.

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APPOINTMENT BOARD · UAE

NO OPEN DATES RIGHT NOW

Last check: 51s ago · 11 routes, 2 citiesEvery country and city ↓
Open dates now
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routes · 4 on a waitlist
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routes · 2 cities
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Live data

Which Schengen countries have appointments in the UAE right now

The current state of every route we poll at VFS Global centres in the UAE, so you do not have to log in to each portal to check.

“Dates open” is shown only when the earliest date is today or later; open dates can go within minutes. “No recent data” means the last check is more than six hours old or failed — it is not the same as “no dates”. The list covers the 11 routes on @UAEVFSBot's free tier, which we poll for everyone; paid routes are checked for subscribers and are listed with their prices below. Data as of UAE time.

Cities

Pick the centre you apply at

Each city page lists every destination that centre handles, free and paid, with the latest dates and when each route was last checked.

How it works

Appointment tracking in three steps

  1. Join the channel

    Open @UAEVFSBot in Telegram. No registration, payment or account.

  2. Leave the checking to us

    Our bots check the VFS Global portals for the routes on the board throughout the day.

  3. Book it yourself

    When a date opens you get a Telegram message, and you book it on the official VFS Global website with your own details.

Free

What @UAEVFSBot covers

The free Telegram channel posts new dates for Belgium, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Portugal and Switzerland — the routes on the board above. No registration, payment or account.

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Paid

Paid alerts and auto-booking from the UAE

23 destinations from the UAE are available on paid plans. Routes outside the free tier are checked for subscribers rather than for everyone, so they have no public status on this page — we do not show a route we have not just checked as “no dates”.

Personal alerts

AED 110/ 30 days

Telegram alerts for the route you choose, including routes the free channel does not carry. One payment, active for 30 days.

Alerts only · no passport details needed

Auto-booking

AED 200/ applicant

AED 200 for each additional applicant.

We watch the route and book the appointment on the applicant's behalf.

Needs the applicant's passport details.

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Explained

How Schengen visa appointments work in the UAE

Who takes the application

All 24 Schengen countries we track in the UAE take applications through VFS Global, at centres in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or both (France, for one, decides every UAE application in Abu Dhabi). VFS Global collects the documents, fingerprints and fees; the embassy or consulate makes the decision. Appointments are booked on each country's own VFS Global page, so a France appointment and a Germany appointment are two separate calendars.

Which country you apply to

The country where you will spend the longest, or the main purpose of the trip if the stays are equal; with no main destination, the country you enter first. UAE residents apply here because the Visa Code has applicants apply where they legally live — see how to apply for a Schengen visa from the UAE.

When to look for a date

You can apply up to six months before you travel and no later than 15 days before. On busy routes the appointment is what decides your timing, so start looking as soon as your dates are fixed — right now 4 of the 11 routes we poll show a waitlist instead of a calendar.

Why the calendar is often empty

Each centre releases a limited number of appointments, with no published schedule, and cancelled bookings return to the calendar as they happen. Dates that appear on a busy route can go within minutes, which is why we check the routes on this board throughout the day and post new dates on Telegram as we find them. The VFS Global booking guide covers the portal, the waitlist and the options when nothing is free.

What to bring

A passport valid at least three months beyond your return, your UAE residence visa and Emirates ID, the application form, travel insurance with at least €30,000 cover, bank statements, a salary certificate or employer letter, and your flight and hotel bookings. Each country's checklist has the final word; the country guides for Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic, Belgium, Austria, Malta and Sweden go through them.

Our statistics

How often new dates appear on the routes we check in the UAE

Every time new dates appear on a route we check, our monitors record it. These were the busiest routes over the last 90 days; each route page has its own pattern.

RouteReleasesTypical gap
Dubai → Netherlands160 · 71 daysabout 8 hours
Abu Dhabi → Netherlands137 · 71 daysabout 9 hours
Dubai → Austria112 · 51 daysabout 8 hours
Dubai → Hungary100 · 47 daysabout 6 hours
Dubai → Germany79 · 44 daysabout 12 hours
Dubai → Greece79 · 39 daysabout 7 hours
Abu Dhabi → Hungary60 · 35 daysabout 15 hours
Abu Dhabi → Greece60 · 32 daysabout 10 hours
Dubai → Switzerland56 · 39 daysabout 19 hours
Dubai → Czech Republic50 · 37 daysabout 24 hours
Abu Dhabi → Austria45 · 28 daysabout 14 hours
Abu Dhabi → France31 · 24 daysabout 24 hours

A release is a moment our monitors saw new dates appear after a spell with none. A release that reaches several appointment categories counts once, and a category counts at most once every three hours; how long the dates stayed open is not measured. Past releases describe the pattern so far, not a promise of the next one.

Guides

How to apply for a Schengen visa from the UAE

Step-by-step guides for UAE residents: the application, the documents, the fee, and how to get an appointment when the calendar is empty, with a guide for each of the 15 Schengen countries that receive the most applications in the UAE.

All UAE guides

A–Z

Every destination you can book at VFS Global in the UAE

The 32 destinations we track at VFS Global centres in the UAE, with the city each one is booked from. Each country links to its availability across every city we track; each city code links to that route's own page.

Schengen countries · 24

Other destinations · 8

FAQ

Questions about UAE appointments

Who handles Schengen visa appointments in the UAE?
Every UAE route Visa Catcher tracks — France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal and the rest — is booked through VFS Global. The board on this page shows the routes we check continuously; paid routes are checked for subscribers.
Is @UAEVFSBot free?
Yes. There is no registration, payment or account. Join the channel in Telegram and it posts new appointment dates for the routes on its free tier. Paid plans are for routes outside the free tier, personal alerts, or auto-booking.
What does “No recent data” mean on the board?
The last check for that route is more than six hours old, or the check failed. It is not the same as “No dates”: we only say a route has no dates when a recent check found none.
What does “Waitlist” mean?
The VFS Global portal is offering a waitlist for that route instead of bookable dates. The board shows it separately from routes with open dates.
Can I apply for a Schengen visa from the UAE?
Under the EU Visa Code (Article 6) you apply to the consulate responsible for where you legally reside, so UAE residents apply here with a valid UAE residence visa. Proof of residence usually means your Emirates ID and residence visa page, plus a tenancy contract (Ejari) or a utility bill.
Do you book the appointment for me?
The free channel only tells you a date has opened; you book it yourself on the VFS Global website. Auto-booking is a paid service in which we book on the applicant’s behalf, and it needs the applicant’s passport details.

Visa Catcher is an independent appointment-tracking service, not affiliated with VFS Global or any embassy, consulate or government. Appointments are booked only on the official VFS Global website.

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