Visa Application Guidelines

Please select the checklist that matches the purpose of your visit:

• Business visa checklist
• Private visitor visa checklist
• Tourist visa checklist
• Suggested providers for travel medical insurance

If you bring original documentation to your appointment, you must also bring a copy if you wish to keep the original. Once a case has been processed, all associated documentation is shredded.

Please note that documentation is accepted only in the following languages:

• English
• French
• Danish

The Schengen countries in Canada have agreed on a harmonized list of documents, which you can access here. Please note that requirements between the various Schengen countries will vary slightly, so please ensure you follow the checklists outlined in the bullet points above.

Please follow the application process outlined on the website of our official service partner, VFS Global.

Appointment Booking
All Schengen visa applications, without exception, must be submitted via our outsourcing partner, VFS Global. You can book your appointment here.

For assistance:
Call VFS Global: 1-403-668-2982  (Live agent Monday to Friday 8am-5pm EST)

Email VFS Global: [email protected]

To book an appointment please click here for the VFS Global booking module.

You can reach VFS Global via phone, email and chat:

Phone number: 1-403-668-2982 

(Live agent Monday to Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm EST, interactive voice response available 24/7.)

Email: [email protected]

VFS Global is present in the following cities:

Edmonton
Unit #1802, Tower 102A (Inside City Centre)
10025 - 102 Avenue NW
Edmonton, AB
T5J 2Z2

Opening hours:

Submission hours: Monday - Friday - 9:00am to 2:00pm EST

Prime time appointments: Monday - Friday - 8:00am to 9:00am EST

Passport collections: Monday - Friday - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EST.

Please do not show up for your appointment more than 10 minutes in advance.

Please note that cash payments are not accepted at this application centre.

Ottawa
2211 Riverside Drive, Unit 403
Ottawa, ON
K1H7X5

Opening hours:

Submission hours: Monday - Friday - 9:00am to 2:00pm EST

Prime time appointments: Monday - Friday - 8:00am to 9:00am EST

Passport collections: Monday - Friday - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EST.

Please do not show up for your appointment more than 10 minutes in advance.

Please note that cash payments are not accepted at this application centre.

Toronto

415 Yonge St, Unit 801 

Toronto , Ontario
M5B 2E7

Opening hours:

Submission hours: Monday - Friday - 9:00am to 2:00pm EST

Prime time appointments: Monday - Friday - 8:00am to 9:00am EST

Passport collections: Monday - Friday - 2:00pm to 4:00pm EST.

Please do not show up for your appointment more than 10 minutes in advance.

Please note that cash payments are not accepted at this application centre.

Vancouver
580 Hornby Street, Unit 440
Vancouver, BC
V6C 3B6

Opening hours:

Submission hours: Monday - Friday - 9:00am to 2:00pm PT

Prime time appointments: Monday - Friday - 8:00am to 9:00am PT

Passport collections: Monday - Friday - 2:00pm to 4:00pm PT

Please do not show up for your appointment more than 10 minutes in advance.

Please note that cash payments are not accepted at this application centre

Changes to Visa Processing for Citizens of Russia

As of September 16th 2022, the visa-facilitation agreement between Schengen and Russia has been fully suspended. This means that Russian citizens applying for a visa must pay the full €80 processing fee and are no longer entitled to expedited processing time.

The bilateral visa agreements can be used if the visitor plans to spend more than 90 days in the Schengen region.

The bilateral agreements allow certain nationals to travel to Denmark and the other Nordic countries visa exempt for up to 90 days per every period of 180 days on the condition that the 90 days visa exempt period according to the Schengen rules has been spent outside of Denmark and the other Nordic countries prior to the visit to Denmark.

The bilateral visa agreements are valid for visits to Denmark and the Nordic countries only.

Denmark has bilateral agreements with Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and USA.

Canadian nationals who plan to take advantage of the bilateral agreement should note that they should not enter the Schengen region through Denmark or any of the Nordic countries. If they spend any amount of time in Denmark and/or the other Nordic countries in the first 90 days of their visa exempt period according to the Schengen agreement, they cannot claim the following 90 days visa exempt period for Denmark and the Nordic countries.

As passports will not be stamped when travelling between the Schengen countries, we highly recommend that documentation such as bus/train/flight tickets to Denmark as well as hotel receipts and anything else that can document the stay in Denmark and the Nordic countries, is kept handy in case the border police at the Schengen border will ask about the stay.

If you have any questions to the above, please contact the Royal Danish Embassy in Canada before finalising your travel plans.

Excerpt of the Danish law - in Danish only:

'Justitsministeriets kundgørelse om pas- og visumforhold
Herved offentliggøres Justitsministeriets oversigt over udlændinge, som pr. 1. januar 2012 er fritaget
for pas og visum, samt oversigt over godkendte grænseovergangssteder, jf. § 4, stk. 4, § 5, stk.
4, § 10, stk. 9 og § 14, stk. 2, i bekendtgørelse nr. 475 af 12. maj 2011 om udlændinges adgang her
til landet (udlændingebekendtgørelsen).2 3...'

Page 16: '...V. Ophold i Danmark efter tre måneders ophold i et andet Schengenland
Uanset at de pågældende måtte have opholdt sig i et andet Schengenland forud for indrejsen i Danmark, har statsborgere fra Australien, Brasilien, Canada, Chile, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, Sydkorea og USA, som Danmark har bilaterale visumfritagelsesaftaler med, ret til frit at indrejse og opholde sig i Danmark i indtil tre måneder i løbet af en seks måneders periode regnet fra datoen for første indrejse i Danmark eller et andet nordisk land. I de nævnte tre måneder fradrages den tid, hvori udlændingen inden for seks måneders perioden har opholdt sig i Danmark eller et andet nordisk land.'