France visa processing time from Chennai: about 7 days right now
France visas from VFS Chennai are taking about 7 days right now. Most passports from applications made on 12 Oct 2026 are now out. People who applied 1½ to 3 months ago waited about 10 days (median), 9 in 10 within 19 days.
Based on 27 passports we've seen dispatched by BlueDart, only 15 of them old enough to count, so treat it as a rough guide · Updated
Anyone waiting for a Schengen visa from India who wants to see how fast the embassies are returning passports. We show overall progress from courier data. We can't show the decision or status of your own application; for that, use VFS tracking or contact the embassy.
From BlueDart's public tracking. VFS sends passports back by BlueDart, and each shipment carries the applicant's VFS reference number, which follows a fixed pattern (country, city, application date and serial). We check references in that pattern on BlueDart's tracking page several times a day, so every passport listed here is a real, dispatched shipment. You can check any of them yourself with "Verify on BlueDart".
Several times a day. France updates at 11:30 AM, 6 PM, 12 AM, 1 AM and 3:30 AM IST, Tuesday to Saturday. Most new dispatches appear after midnight, when the courier picks up the day's passports. Couriers don't pick up passports at weekends, so on Sunday it updates only at 6 PM and on Monday not at all; Monday's passports appear from 12 AM that night.
Usually because the day isn't over: most of a day's passports appear in the 12 AM update, after the courier picks them up. Some days really are quiet, for example around a holiday or when the embassy sends fewer passports back. If your own passport was dispatched and still isn't here the next morning, tell us with your reference number.
It's the latest application date for which about 70% of a typical day's passports have been dispatched. Some people who applied on or before that date are still waiting, so it isn't a cutoff.
Your reference number contains your application date. For example, NLDBLR170826004901 means Netherlands (NLD), Bangalore (BLR), applied 17 Aug 2026 (170826), serial 0049, first person on the file (01). Under "By application date", tap your date's bar to see every passport dispatched from that day. Switch to Boxes to see which serial numbers haven't been seen yet.
Each box is one application, numbered by the 4 digits after the date in the reference number. Green means at least one passport on it has been dispatched. "Not seen yet" is a number below the highest one dispatched that we haven't seen: that application may still be with the embassy, collected in person, withdrawn, or the number may never have been used. "Possible on a busy day" (dashed) is a number above the highest one seen, up to how many applications the centre takes on a busy day, so it may not exist at all.
The embassy doesn't work strictly in date order, and each day's applications go out over several weeks. So later dates moving doesn't mean yours was skipped. See what applicants found →
In calendar days, weekends and holidays included, from the day you applied at VFS. Under the EU visa rules the embassy should decide within 15 days, and can take up to 45 in individual cases. Applicants report that embassies rarely answer questions about an application before day 45. Answers from applicants at the 45-day mark →
Usually, yes. Many applicants see EES turn OK a day or two before VFS or the courier shows anything. Check with dates inside your planned trip: outside your visa's dates it shows Not OK even when you have one.
Not on its own. Applicants here have received approved visas while EES still showed Not OK, and others saw it turn OK only the day after their passport was dispatched. The decision is in your passport, so wait for it. Read what applicants saw with EES →
It depends where you collect it. Passports collected in person at VFS Delhi, Chennai or Kolkata never go by courier, so they can't show up here. If you collect at another centre, your passport is sent there by courier, so it usually shows up.
It happens rarely, usually when the courier record is missing or late. If that's you, with your reference number and we'll look into it.
No. VisaTrackr is an independent, free tool. We're not connected to VFS Global, any embassy or any courier company.
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🙌 Helpers of the week (10–17 Oct) Thank you to the people who took time to help others this week: 1. Krish walked Rushil through the EES check step by step: which dates to enter, where the passport number goes, and what OK can and can't tell you View comment → 2. HK shared the Dutch embassy's phone number and how the call works once 45 days have passed: they raise a signal, and you call again if nothing comes within 10 days View comment → 3. random_pelican shared the NetherlandsWorldwide number, and that they can't do anything before 45 calendar days View comment → 4. Aayush kept Swiss applicants posted: EES turned OK one day, and the passport was dispatched the next View comment → 5. DS got a Swiss visa while EES still said NOT OK, a reminder that NOT OK doesn't always mean a refusal View comment → 6. NM came back with a full timeline: a multi-entry visa after 46 days, no email from VFS, and a reminder that waits close to 45 days are normal right now View comment → 7. SD found that EES showed NOT OK with no dates entered, and OK once the arrival date was filled in View comment → 8. Divya explained that you can email VFS to switch from courier to self-collection (about ₹850), which is usually faster View comment → 9. daisy told a worried group that she applied on 4 Sep from VFS Mumbai with no travel history, and got her visa on 3 Oct View comment → When you're anxious about your passport, a reply from someone who's been through it means a lot. 🙏
I have been to Europe twice and my husband far too many times but this never happened. It's taking Netherlands 30 odd days to respond. Austria Schengen came in 15 days. I was so sure, I had booked non refundable KLM flights and now with just 2 days left, I cannot do anything. This is extremely frustrating.
My husband and I submitted our visa applications in Mumbai on 11th September, and this is the first time we’ve experienced such an unreasonable delay despite having travelled twice before. We are now past the fifth week since submitting our applications, with absolutely no update, and our travel date of 16th October has already passed. Processing applications within the promised timeframe should be basic, especially when we pay for the service without any guarantee of a return.
Did anyone's EES got updated and still not dispatch message from embassy?
I had + 1 day for dispatch post the EES update!!
Do they dispatch passports on Monday? As my travel is on 20th Oct Night
I applied for my Netherlands Schengen visa at VFS Bangalore on 4th September 2026, and my application reached the Embassy on 8th September 2026. However, I have not received any updates on my application so far, and my travel date is 18th November 2026 has. Could you please let me know the current status of my application and advise me on what I should do next?
Woww. You applied quite early. You don't have to worry imo. You'll get the results before your travel date
I could see other applications which was applied on the same date, been processed. But not mine.
After how long does the passport get dispatched once the EES turns okay?
What was your application date?
Did you opt for courier? I somehow feel people who opted for additional services are getting a response, but people who didn't have zero updates. Like I applied on 11 sep, and it's dead silence since then
Hi everyone application date - 28th September, EES change to ok on 13th October. Got passport today with approved visa for 90 days. Thank a lot to @visatrackr for this portal. Thanks everyone and best wishes for your visa..
I don’t know if there’s some glitch with site or some issue with my internet. I can’t see update of 14th Oct.. Daily it goes around 12:00am.
Hi VS, you are right. I am checking whether VFS has not updated shipments or there is an issue in the site.
I received my decision on 2/10 still I didn't gety visa card any information known
Guys did anyone vfs status changed today?
Did it change for anyone?
Not yet for me at least. 7th sep batch. Flight on 16th oct.
I applied for a Polish Type D work visa through VFS Delhi on September 15th; today marks the completion of 29 calendar days and 20 working days. My application status still shows as "under process."
Thanks a lot everyone for your wonderful help and have been grateful for this website. Hats off to the creator 💯 I finally received my passport today after 44 days of wait application date - 01/09/2026 Off to Amsterdam now !!!! 🎉 🎉 Good luck to all those who are waiting You all will get through 🫶🏻
I got my Ess ok passport dispatched Thank you @visatracker Application date 31 August
Hi Jaspreet let us know about your visa when you got your passport.
Anyone applied on 10th sept as a tourist visa and got their passports back
Ok pls let me know if you receive any update @VS Have you applied as a tourist?
@ NV, not tourist. Mine is visiting family. How about urs?
Anyone applied on 10th sept from blr and got their passports back?
I applied on 28 August 2026 still pending on VFS website it's showing your application is in under process from August 31 onwards not change the status not get any update related to the process
we are also having the exact issue. we are supposed to travel today
Okay yes even I call several time to VFS just the representatives telling keep waiting today you will get update tomorrow you will get update same repeating everytime I can't understand what's going on why they take this much time
Hi guys. Could someone help me understand how long it takes to get the visa from Delhi embassy to Bangalore once the VFS sends email that Visa application has been processed? Are weekends included or they don’t ship on weekends?
They ship everyday. Regardless of Holidays, if they dispatched it yesterday, you will receive it by afternoon today. BlueDart is pretty fast here
Hi, if anyone has recieved their visa for netherlands from vfs delhi (applied on 1st,2nd september) can you share your status? If it was rejected or not? My travel dates were 1-10 oct and i applied on 1st september, really worried if they will reject it as my travel dates have passed so any help is appreciated
they may not reject - you may still get the visa. Several people whose travel date has passed have got their visa's. Mine has not come- I applied at VFS Bangalore on Aug 28 - and reached embassy on 31st Aug.
1 September file received in embassy still not get any reply
Why aren't passports showing of 14th sept but only after and before that day ...we have a travel on 14th oct but our visas havent come yet
After crazy wait , my Visa has been finally dispatched and I can’t thank you guys enough for the detailed updates and responses! @visatrackr team! THANKS a lot and this is the only place where I could rely daily and my continuous tracking ends here for now. Even now VFS doesn’t show any update , after paying so much, all I could rely is on this website. Kudos to you guys ❤️
Congrats!! Onwards and upwards 🤜🤛
On Aug 31st!
So we are saying backlogs nearing 40 days, Kolkata is stuck for this week, but they have updated their website saying average processing time is 18-21 days.
Has anyone's status got changed to dispatch on VFS Today?
embassy folks are not processing Visa in any particular order.. i have applied for business visa.. its been 45 days no news. my colleague also applied for business way,his passport was delivere today on 55th day but was rejected.. I would like to know if anyones status on VFS got updated to Dispatch for 09/10/2026 today..
It's really annoying
France visa processing from Chennai
France receives one of the highest volumes of Schengen visa applications from India. Processing times can vary significantly between seasons, with summer and Christmas holiday periods seeing the longest queues. Paris remains the top destination, followed by Nice, Lyon, and the French Riviera.
France Schengen Visa Processing Time from Chennai, India
Applications at VFS Chennai are waiting about 7 days right now, 3 days less than the France average across India (10 days). That makes it the quickest of the 7 France centres with enough recent data. We've seen 27 passports returned from VFS Chennai since 29 Jun 2026, 1% of all the France passports we track. Most of them left on Thursdays and Fridays. The latest dispatch we saw was on 15 Oct 2026, and the newest application date with a passport out is 12 Oct 2026.
Every number here comes from BlueDart courier dispatches: when the embassy finishes an application, the passport goes back through BlueDart, and we check those shipments several times a day.
Want to compare processing speeds across VFS centres? Compare all cities for France or view the all-India aggregate.