You must bring a signed printout of the application to the nearest VFS office. The next step is for you to make an appointment at VFS, to submit your documents.

Please click here to open VFS Appointment System and make appointment.

Please submit all documents in A4 format color copies. For information about required documents, please click here.

When you submit your application at the VFS office, VFS will review your application and supporting documents and verify the information you submitted according to the original documents, take your picture and collect fingerprints if needed. Then VFS will deliver the application, passport(s) and supporting documents to the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow.

The Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of Iceland in Moscow will review the application, verify the documents and make a decision on the application based on the documents submitted. If needed, the Embassy staff will contact applicants and request further documents or request an interview over the phone or in person at VFS (video interview) or the Embassy of Iceland. The results of such interviews might affect the decision made on applications.

The application processing time is generally 15 days, excluding the transfer of applications to/from VFS. In exceptional cases, when additional documents are required the processing time can be extended to 30 days and in extraordinary cases, when consultation with the Icelandic Directorate of Immigration is needed, it can be extended to 60 days. To get information about the status of your application, please contact the VFS office where you submitted your application. See further information below.

When an application is approved and visa is issued, the Embassy sends the passport back to the VFS office where the application was submitted. The applicant can then collect the passport. For further information, please contact the nearest VFS office (see below).

If your application does not get approved, the Embassy will forward the application to the Icelandic Directorate of Immigration, which will review the application and make a decision whether to approve and grant visa or refuse the application. If the application gets refused, applicants have the right to appeal the decision by sending a letter to the Immigration and asylum appeals board (see below).

Applicants may send feedback on the quality of the services provided by the VFS visa application center to the Department of Central Schengen Visa Processing at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs by email to: visa[at]utn.is

LIST OF VFS OFFICES IN RUSSIA