Austria Tour Packages

Austria is in the Schengen area, so an Indian passport holder travels on a Schengen visa. The details below come from the Austrian Embassy in New Delhi and Austria's own consular rules — they are not the same in every Schengen country, and the timing rules in particular are worth reading before you book.

Fee and processing, as Austria publishes them Austria publishes the Schengen visa fee as €90, and €45 for children aged six to twelve, with under-sixes and certain study and research categories exempt; the Embassy states consular fees are paid in Indian rupees at the current exchange rate. It also states that the processing time for an admissible Schengen application should as a rule not exceed 15 calendar days, that prior consultation with other Schengen states is required for some nationalities and can add up to seven calendar days, and that times may currently be longer than usual. Fees and timeframes are set by the authorities and change — confirm both when you apply. Final visa decisions remain with the relevant authorities. On timing, be careful how the fifteen-day figure is read: it is the standard decision period, generally fifteen calendar days after an admissible application has been received, and it is not a guaranteed end-to-end visa timeline. Further scrutiny or consultation between Schengen states can extend it, and appointment availability, biometrics and passport return all add time on top. Apply well in advance rather than to the minimum — applications can generally be lodged up to six months before travel, and that is the end of the window to plan to.