Hand in your documents

You must bring with you:

• a printout of the application form (schengen.pdf) received by email;
• the checklist and the documents listed.
• Your passport (must be valid for at least three months after your planned departure from the Schengen area)
• Photograph (must comply with international standards)
• Your travel health insurance policy
  • You should be covered for at least EUR 30 000, including expenses in connection with repatriation for medical reasons, treatment in medical emergencies and/or emergency hospital treatment, and death
  • Your insurance should be valid in all Schengen countries
  • It should cover the whole of your planned stay in the Schengen area
  • It should as a rule be purchased in your home country. If this is not possible it may be purchased in another country.

The application process will start once all the required documents have been submitted.

Missing documents may delay the application process.

Submit your application and all the required documents to one of the VFS Global Application Centers representing Norway.

• VFS Global Ghana
• VFS Global Cameroon
• VFS Global Côte d’Ivoire
• VFS Global Nigeria – Abuja and Lagos
• VFS Global Senegal

Biometric identifiers

All applicants are required to visit a VFS Application Center in person. You cannot send someone else to submit on your behalf. At that time, the following biometric identifiers of the applicant shall be collected:

• a photograph, scanned or taken at the time of application
• 10 fingerprints from all persons over the age of 12

If you submitted your fingerprints to a Schengen country during the last 59 months, the fingerprints shall be copied to the new application and you are not required to submit fingerprints again. However, you may request to have your fingerprints collected again if you are unsure whether the fingerprints can be reused. If the Embassy is unable to copy your fingerprints from a previous application, you must return to VFS to give your fingerprints again.

Admissibility

If you have lodged the application no later than 15 days and up to 6 months (9 months for seafarers) before your planned departure date, and the application contains

• an application form,
• a travel document,
• a photograph,
• biometric data of the applicant and
• visa fee,

the application is admissible. Please note that in addition to these mentioned basic elements of your visa applications, further requirements of supporting documents must be handed in.