How fast can I get my passport back from VFS Global?

My U.S. visa application was approved during my interview at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on October 2, 2025. Before the interview, I selected the Premium Delivery (home address delivery) option, but the payment failed due to a system error. After the interview, I successfully completed the payment (I...

My passport, which has already been approved with a visa, has been waiting at the VFS Ankara office for the past five days. Although the shipment has been prepared, my passport still hasn’t been handed over to the courier company. Because of this delay, we’re experiencing a serious inconvenience, an...

On July 17, 2025, I applied for a Denmark tourist visa through VFS Global in Beyoğlu, Istanbul, and at the time I was informed that the process would take about 15 days. However, despite much more time having passed, my application is still under review and I have received no result. I tried multipl...

Good day, I am Semih Sertan Y****, the father of Sofia Y****. My daughter’s application UID is 793382848 and her passport number is U37906812. On June 30, 2025, I sent her documents via UPS Premium delivery to the VFS Global Ankara address. Her document submission appointment was scheduled for July ...

Our visa application at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara on July 6th was approved. We opted for the Premium Delivery service for passport return and paid ₺1,010 per person. On June 19th, we received a tracking email with a reference number from the GTSPremium Delivery address. Since then, despite countles...

I am a European Union (EU) citizen, and I recently submitted a short-term (Schengen) visa application on behalf of my wife through VFS Global in Izmir, as we planned to travel together to the Netherlands. Since I, an EU citizen, would be accompanying her, the application was submitted under the stat...

On April 25, I submitted my application for a Netherlands visa through VFS Global. Since then, I’ve been trying to track my application status using the provided reference number, but the system keeps giving an error and does not recognize my case. What’s even more worrying is that I have no idea w...

On March 18, 2025, I applied for a Dutch business visa through VFS Global Beyoğlu as part of a group of six people. Within two weeks, five members of the group received their approved visas and passports back. But today is May 8, and I’m still waiting—52 calendar days later—with no explanation from ...

I submitted my UK visa application through VFS İzmir on March 4, 2025, and I’ve been stuck in total uncertainty ever since. A friend who applied on the same day via VFS Istanbul already received their passport back on March 20. Meanwhile, I still have no idea what’s going on with mine. To make thin...

I applied for a UK visa through VFS Global with the priority service on December 20, 2024. When I called UKVI, they informed me that my visa decision had been made and that I could collect my passport on December 30 or 31, 2024, or January 2, 2025. Today is January 2, 2025, and I still have not rece...

On 14.11.2024, my husband and I applied for a visa for the UK from the TLS Contact Bursa visa application center. The employees at the center said that our passports would be sent within 3 weeks. Of course, during this period, TLS Contact Bursa branch was closed and transferred to VFS Global. I rece...