Fill Schengen Visa Application Online — Free, No Upload

The Schengen visa application is the harmonized form for short stays (up to 90 days in any 180) across the Schengen area. You fill it in advance, print it, sign it, and submit it with your documents at the consulate or visa center of your main destination country.

This form asks for a lot: passport details, home address, employer, travel history, family information. Filling it here means none of that leaves your device — the official template loads into your browser, you complete it locally, and the PDF is generated on your machine.

• Harmonized form per the EU Visa Code, hosted on this site
• Fill at your own pace, print single-sided, sign by hand before submission
• Flattened on download, metadata wiped
• Zero bytes uploaded — passport and personal data stay on your device

Note: several countries (France, Germany and others) additionally run their own online application portals that pre-fill this form. Check your destination consulate's website — if a portal is mandatory, use it; this page gives you a clean, private way to prepare and review the form's content offline.

New to the process? Our Schengen form guide covers picking the right consulate, the €30,000 insurance rule and the dates that must match across all your documents.

1. Pick the right consulate. Apply at the consulate (or its visa center, e.g. VFS/TLScontact) of your main destination — the country where you'll spend the most nights. No main destination? The country of first entry. Applying at the wrong consulate is a top rejection reason.
2. Fill Sections 1–10 (personal data). Names exactly as in the passport's machine-readable zone, date and place of birth, nationality, passport number and dates, home address, occupation and employer.
3. Fill the travel sections. Purpose of travel, main destination, entry/exit dates (must match your bookings), number of entries requested, and fingerprints history (whether you've given them for a Schengen visa in the last 59 months).
4. Add sponsor/inviter details if applicable. Visiting someone? Their name and address. Business trip? The inviting company. Hotel stays? First hotel's name and address.
5. Prepare the supporting documents. Travel medical insurance covering at least €30,000 across the Schengen area, flight and accommodation bookings, proof of funds, employment letter — exact lists differ by consulate, check yours.
6. Print, sign, submit. Print single-sided, sign in the two required places (page with declarations + the final field; a parent signs for minors), and bring everything to your appointment.

1. Applying at the wrong consulate. The application goes to the main destination (most nights), or first entry if there's no main one. Consulates check itineraries — a mismatch can mean refusal to accept the application.
2. Insurance that doesn't meet the bar. It must cover at least €30,000, be valid in all Schengen states (not just your destination) and cover the entire trip. Cheap policies often fail one of the three.
3. Dates that don't match. The form, flight bookings, hotel reservations and insurance must tell one consistent story. Even a one-day mismatch between the form and the insurance certificate invites questions.
4. Name not matching the passport. Copy your name from the passport's machine-readable zone, including middle names if printed there. Transliteration differences (“Aleksandr” vs “Alexander”) cause delays.
5. Photo that fails ICAO specs. 35×45 mm, plain light background, no glasses glare, recent (under 6 months). Visa centers reject photos at the counter.
6. Missing second signature. The harmonized form has signature fields in two places — applicants often sign the last page and miss the declaration signature earlier in the form.