Slovakia visa processing time from India: about 7 days right now
Slovakia visas from India are taking about 7 days right now. Most passports from applications made on 12–15 Oct 2026 are now out. People who applied 1½ to 3 months ago waited about 20 days (median across all VFS centres), 9 in 10 within 22 days.
Based on 472 passports we've seen dispatched by BlueDart · 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. Slovakia 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.
Data looks wrong, or have an idea?
From applicants who've been through the process
Join the conversation
Pinned
🙌 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. 🙏
What time does it get updated? Applied on 18th sept and travel is on 19th oct Monday
Hi team, I applied for Switzerland tourist visa on 9th October, have received initial confirmation emails and now it’s under process, by when can I expect my visa to arrive? Has anyone applied around the same dates?
Hi I applied on Sep 09 at Bangalore so far didn’t get updates almost 36 days passed why this much time taking ?
As per current trend you may get the update in this week.
Hope so
My travelling is on 19th october is there any chance to get my visa
When you applied?
Applied on 25th sept, reached to embassy on 29th sept, no update since then. Ees also shows not ok Flight is on 22 oct Worried af
Why are there no passports dispatches or Pune on 9th or 12th to any later dates? I applied on 9th oct for Switzerland visa, I see a lot of other cities have processed a few from the same dates but just not Pune.
5 of us applied on 4 September and our travel is on 4 October night. Our status is still showing that the application is under processing, and we are extremely worried because of the 2 October holiday and the weekend. Been speaking with Embassy in New Delhi and VFS, but both are of no use. Suggest how to proceed
Finally only one of our passports got dispatched through bluedart on 14th Sep, rest 4 applications no progress yet, but ESS shows OKAY for us and for the passport that got dispatched today too.
@VisaTrackr Got my passport delivered now to my house. My serial number is 23 from 4 Sep applications, but strangely not updated anywhere yet, neither here nor on the VFS website, only ESS turned okay
gave my biometric and documents on 30th Sept, still waiting, had to delay my onward travel got the same swiss schengen last time in 8 calendar days, its been 15 today this time around, still no passport
Hi Anmol, I got message today that my passport is dispatched. My application date was 28th September. So may be this week you will get the update.
VFS just emailed: your application is processed and in transit from the New Delhi Embassy to the VFS Operation Center. Lets see when i can go pick it up
I just got a mail from VFS saying my application is in Transit from Embassy to Application centre. EES still shows not okay. Should I be worried? Is my visa rejected?
Does EES get updated before the dispatch?
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..
Update: the 14 Oct Netherlands passports have come They were late on Blue Dart. They weren't showing at our 1 AM check (finished 1:07 AM), and Blue Dart showed them before our 3:30 AM run, which found 310 Netherlands passports dispatched on 14 Oct: Delhi 92, Hyderabad 50, Bangalore 46, Mumbai 41, Chennai 23, Ahmedabad 14, Pune 12, Jalandhar 11, Kochi 9, Lucknow 5, Kolkata 4, Chandigarh 3. Most are from applications made 31 Aug – 4 Sept. All Netherlands city pages are up to date now.
Hi All, My Family applied for visa at Chennai on 10th of September and it is submitted to Delhi on 14th of September . Status remains same from then that it is processing in Netherlands And their travel date is 22nd of October. Should we count the calendar days from visa appointment date or from the time of passport submitted to Delhi date. Could you please help. Thanks in advance.
I feel page is not getting refreshed , couldn't see 14th oct
View comment → Refer this update.
NDL Embassy has not dispatched any passports on 14th Oct
When does this site gets updated
Every night around 12 to 1 am
Netherlands visa request from Mumbai submitted on Sept 9, application no.32, 01 and 02 - 2 passport delivered today. Those are not shown on this website.
Application Date - 1st September Any Updates Guys? 43 days already.
I applied on 14th Sept from VFS Delhi , got message that it got dispatched to ambassy on 15th sept , after that i didn't get any updates. My travel date is 21 oct , will i get my passport back before that?
VFS status says my passport is dispatched but here it's not showing
@VisaTrackr how i can check corrier tracking
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
Anyone got mail or ees update related to visa dispatch today?
How can you track through EES? Can someone please guide me?
Checked on VFS site around 5 pm but there is no email yet
Slovakia visa processing — all cities
Slovakia processes Schengen visas from India with generally quick turnaround times. Bratislava and the High Tatras attract visitors, though volumes are lower than neighbouring countries. The embassy maintains efficient processing, particularly during off-peak months.
Slovakia Schengen Visa Processing Time from India
We track Slovakia passports returned from 3 of the 5 VFS centres in India, 472 passports since 25 Jun 2026. Delhi returns the most, 90% of them. Most of them left on Wednesdays and Thursdays. The latest dispatch we saw was on 19 Oct 2026, and the newest application date with a passport out is 15 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.
This page aggregates data from all 5 VFS centres in India that process Slovakia visa applications. For city-specific data, select a city from the dropdown above or visit the city comparison page.