Luxembourg visa processing time from Mumbai
We don't have enough completed Luxembourg visa applications from VFS Mumbai yet to say how long they're taking. We've seen 21 passports dispatched so far. See all of India or compare centres.
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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. Luxembourg updates at 11:30 AM, 6 PM, 12 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 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. 🙏
Hey fam, I am waiting for my visa and my travel is on 23rd. All it says is this: Your visa application with reference number: NLD/DEL/180926/0019/01 has been dispatched to the Dutch Embassy in New Delhi. Your application will be further processed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Netherlands.You will receive an automatic e-mail once your application has been processed. Any suggestions what to do here? :/
Based on the current trends you can wait till 22nd and reschedule the flights i think. Its normally taking around 40 days for the application.
Yeah, but still this doesn’t add up. And also there is no process or option to expedite or make changes etc
They worked so hard today. Sent whole lot of 3 passports for Mumbai.
Thanks you. Day 39 ,but still the same.. i didn't opt for courier so I'm assuming I won't get the tracking on this site?
If you opted for self pick up then no you won’t get tracking here. But you can track via VFS website
Hey everyone, I applied for my study visa from Bangalore on September 14th. Has anyone who applied on, before, or after that date received an update yet?
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
Submission date - 1st Oct for Netherlands ,from Bengaluru, If I want to withdraw my passport for urgent other country travel, how many days does it take for it to come back to me ? Also if anyone has done it , if you can share the procedure , really appreciate it !
A friend of mine had to withdraw his passport for similar reasons, so he emailed the embassy. He got a response the next business day and got his passport back within 5-6 days.
I applied for a tourist visa for Switzerland on 28th September, reached embassy on 30th. By when do you think i can receive the approval? I linked the tourist visa with that of my husband's short term work visa. Travel date 17th October.
As per the standard timelines, you should receive it by 20th. But it can get to you quicker too! Hoping for the best!
Dispatched from VFS Delhi today, so hopefully will receive it tomorrow. Really close call.
Let me start by saying how amazing this site has been in helping track the applications. Now my situation, both my wife and I applied for our Schengen Visa to Netherlands together on 08.09.26. Mine has been dispatched on 13.10.26 (EES is okay so I am assuming it is approved). However my wife's is still not dispatched. We were under the same reference number except for the last digit (mine was 01 l, hers was 02) Is this normal?
Hi JJ, let us know about your visa when you get your passport.
I got my Passport yesterday with the approved VISA. My wife's is still not processed. Anyone else with similar experience please share
No Netherlands dispatches yet tonight (14 Oct) Our 11:30 PM and midnight checks found no Netherlands passports dispatched on 14 Oct, in any city. It isn't the tracker: tonight's checks found Germany (534), Switzerland (237), Austria (77) and France (34) passports dispatched on 14 Oct as usual. On most nights Netherlands passports show up on Blue Dart between about 10:45 PM and 1 AM, so they may just be late. We'll check again after the 1 AM run and update here. If nothing comes by morning, it means the embassy sent no passports back to VFS on 14 Oct.
Can they take their jobs any less seriously
Update, 1 AM: the 1 AM run is done. Only 2 Netherlands passports were dispatched on 14 Oct (1 Delhi, 1 Mumbai), against the usual 200–400 a day. So it looks like the embassy sent almost none back to VFS today. The tracker is working fine. Tomorrow evening's run will show the next batch.
Hi Applied for Netherlands Schengen on 16th Sep from Blr. Travel planned for 17th Oct. With onward travel to US on 22nd Oct. Since I could not miss the us trip requested for passport withdrawal at vfs blr 2 days back. It was dispatched yesterday as per the tracker. Though EES is not Ok, hoping that the visa is issued. Wish me luck 🍀
Hi Aditi best wishes for your visa.
@Aditi , I have my trip planned to japan on 29th , pls let me know the withdrawal process?
I have had two Schengen visas before [both this year, one for work (March) and the other for tourism (July)]. I applied for a Netherlands visa on September 28, 2026, for work travel scheduled to begin on October 25, 2026, from Delhi, as I have been here for some time. I have an H-1 B, a job in the US, and Canadian PR, so I was hoping the process would be seamless, given my travel history. Unfortunately, there has been radio silence since my application. Any idea what could be the holdup?
Not sure but i believe that very early applications either are the straightforward rejects or maybe the orange carpet
Hi KD as per my observations they are not processing application in orders. I also have valid b1/b2 and canada visitor visa. I have also applied on September 28. Waiting for the response.
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.
Hi guys! EES just turned OK today at 11:10. Any idea when the passports will be dispatched?!
Mine turned ok as well
Update: VFS status changed to dispatched via courier
Has anyone had their EES status turn OK from NOT OK but still their visas have not been dispatched or updated or processed?
Anyone applied on 10th sept from blr and got their passports back?
EES okay today , application date -28th September switzerland
Mostly today bruh or by tomorrow for sure
My travel date is in December
Really surprised by 14sep applications pace - passport dispatches before and after this day are high but for 14Sep (my application date from Delhi), dispatches remain low.
Same
Just saw the update from 6 to 8 passports dispatched of 14th sept applications. Let's see today guys.
They barely moved today wth is going on!!
Yeah there have been 0 passports dispatched on 12th october??? Why? 😭 Was their office shut or something?
Okay nevermind the site got updated. Mine still not dispatched though. 😭
Our France Schengen visa application is still under processing at the embassy. We applied on September 24 at VFS Kolkata, but there have been no further updates. Our travel dates are October 18th - 28th October and we’re getting worried. Has anyone who applied around the same time received their visa or had a status update?
We also applied on Sep 24 for France from Kolkata. No update yet. Our travel date is in 1st week of November. Fingers crossed.
I had applied for a netherlands visa on 3rd September and my travel is due to start from 20th Oct. Its been 38 days. The application process also seems extremely random because they’re dispatching passports from my date (3rd September) but doing it at random instead of in a linear way. I am hoping I will get the visa soon tho. but is there a way I can go and do self collection of my passport at the VFS Bangalore office, even though I had not opted for self collection? That may be faster?
No I haven’t received any email asking for any documents. I’m just confused on the steps they follow to choose applications because passports from my date have been dispatched at absolutely random serial numbers. It’s been 38 days now and I’m unsure and anxious of how much longer I’ll have to wait for. 😭 And I know passport comes from Delhi but would home delivery in Blr be faster or self pickup at Blr VFS be faster?
You can email Vfs and opt for self collection. They charge a few for changing from courier to self collection (around ₹850). Yes, collection is generally faster.
Hi i applied for italy type c work pemit on 17 sep at Jalandhar when i can recieve a update?
Hi, we're an independent tracker, not VFS or the embassy, so we can't check individual applications. A few 17 Sep passports were dispatched from Jalandhar on 8 Oct, but most passports going out right now were applied in July, so many applications are taking around 10 weeks. For your own file, please check with VFS. Hope it comes soon!
Luxembourg visa processing from Mumbai
Luxembourg processes a small volume of Schengen visa applications from India, primarily for business travel to the country's financial sector. Processing times are generally fast due to low volumes, making it one of the quicker Schengen visas to obtain.
Luxembourg Schengen Visa Processing Time from Mumbai, India
We've seen 21 passports returned from VFS Mumbai since 22 Sept 2026, 3% of all the Luxembourg passports we track. Most of them left on Wednesdays and Fridays. The latest dispatch we saw was on 16 Oct 2026, and the newest application date with a passport out is 30 Sept 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 Luxembourg or view the all-India aggregate.