I am having trouble making an appointment for a Schengen visa with VFS Global, how can I solve this situation?

For approximately the past three months, I have been trying multiple times a day to book Bulgaria Schengen visa appointments through the VFS Global Turkey portal for Bulgaria (Edirne application center). However, I constantly encounter either “system error” messages or “no appointments available” no...

I have been trying to apply for a Netherlands Schengen visa through VFS Global, but I keep encountering 401 and 500 error messages on the appointment selection screen. This problem occurs regardless of which city or VFS center I choose, so I am unable to proceed with booking any appointment at all. ...

I have been trying for a long time to book a Poland D-type Erasmus visa appointment through the VFS Global Ankara application center, but for weeks I have been unable to find any available appointment slots in the system. On one occasion, even though I managed to catch an available slot at the exact...

Approximately three weeks ago, I started trying to book an appointment through VFS Global for a Polish visa for my Erasmus program, but I have not been able to find any available slots. Despite checking regularly, the system consistently shows no appointments, which is putting my Erasmus plans at se...

For about two months I have been trying to get an appointment through VFS Global for a France visa from both Istanbul and Izmir application centers, but due to constant system errors I have not been able to finalize any appointment. The system repeatedly shows different errors such as “account block...

I applied for a Switzerland Schengen tourist visa through VFS Global Ankara and would like to formally report serious systemic and technical issues I experienced during the appointment booking process. After being placed on the waiting list for two days, I received an email stating that I could book...

I have been trying to get an online appointment for a short-term tourist Schengen visa for France via VFS Global Istanbul for about the last three months, but I constantly encounter system errors and cannot create an appointment. Almost every time I try, I receive a different warning and cannot comp...

On 10/12/2025 at 14:15 I had a visa appointment through VFS Global Gaziantep for the Netherlands Consulate, booked under the category “Short Term Other”. When I was making the appointment, there was no clear explanation in the system that this category was intended only for married or retired applic...

I registered on the waiting list of VFS Global Turkey for a Switzerland visa at the Istanbul center and have been waiting for more than a month without receiving any concrete information about my appointment date. I applied on 2 November with the intention of visiting Switzerland, and my trip is sch...

I've been logging into the online appointment system 40-50 times a day, including weekends, for about a month to apply for a tourist visa from the VFS Global Netherlands Istanbul visa application center. However, I haven't seen any appointment openings during this time, and because I log in so frequ...

My name is Donatus A*** M***. I applied for admission to the University of Coimbra in Portugal and was accepted into the Engineering Department. For over a month now, I have been trying to book an appointment with VFS regarding my visa process, but it keeps saying there are no available appointment ...

I have been trying for several days to book an appointment for an Austrian visa through VFS Global Izmir, but the system constantly shows “no available appointments”, and I can’t find any open time slots at all. I also see that many others have been unable to get appointments for months, and this si...

For the past three months, I have been trying to secure a Netherlands visa appointment through the VFS Global Istanbul application center, but it has been impossible. Every single day, I log into the system multiple times, yet no appointments ever appear. Many of my friends and colleagues are facing...

For the past three months, I have been trying to secure a Netherlands visa appointment through the VFS Global Istanbul application center, but it has been impossible. Every single day, I log into the system multiple times, yet no appointments ever appear. Many of my friends and colleagues are facing...

I’ve been trying to book a visa appointment for the Netherlands through the VFS Global system, but no matter what I do, I keep running into the same frustrating issue: Applicant information. Form label. Label 28 error. The platform simply doesn’t let me proceed with the booking. I’ve tried using di...

After spending days trying to secure an appointment, I was finally able to book a Netherlands visa slot through VFS Global. Unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my control, I now need to reschedule that appointment. However, the system won’t allow me to make any changes. Every time I try to r...

Dear Sir/Madam, I, Roland S*** K***, an Associate Professor at Kumasi Technical University, am writing to formally lodge a complaint regarding the unavailability of visa appointment dates at the VFS Global Centre in Accra, Ghana, for a Schengen visa. I am scheduled to travel to Poland from June 30 t...

I’ve been trying to schedule a French visa appointment via VFS Global, and am told there are no available slots for over a week, which hinders my travel plans. How to resolve? I have been told by others who have the same problem, can't make travel plans if I dont have a visa, this should not be happ...

I’ve spent days trying to book a France Schengen visa appointment through the VFS Global website, and I still haven’t been able to even access the system properly. The site constantly throws error messages claiming I’m making mistakes—despite the fact that I’m carefully following every step. I sit ...

Dear VFS Global Support Team, I am extremely frustrated with the experience I am having while trying to schedule my France visa appointment through your system. While using the VFS Global platform, my account became locked, and I received the following message: "Your account has been locked. Please...

I’m trying to book an appointment for a France visa application, but I keep running into an error during the form submission process. The error message I receive says: “Applicant information. Form label. Label28 / Applicant information. Messages. Error messages. Message64”* This is completely unclea...

I urgently need help with rescheduling my Netherlands visa appointment through VFS Global. We initially booked the appointment for a family visa application, but we were later informed that the required support letter would be delayed. Because of that, I’ve been trying to postpone the appointment, b...

Hello, I urgently need help with managing my family’s France Schengen visa appointment through VFS Global. We initially booked a visa appointment, but we now need to change the appointment type to première demande (first-time application). Unfortunately, the VFS system doesn’t allow this type of mod...

The incompetence of VFS Global: When I went to my appointment, they refused to accept my documents because they claimed the nationality selected was incorrect and should have been a different country. I repeatedly told them I had selected Turkey, but they didn't accept it. There are three different ...

Good afternoon! I need help as I have read through all the frequently asked questions and have not found a solution to this problem. I completed the application form and paid for the standard visa service, and I was redirected to the website https://atlantis-abs-uk.vfsglobal.com/handshake/landing, w...