Dear Valuable Clients,
Please find below the holiday schedule for various embassies and visa application centers for the upcoming festive season and New Year. Kindly take note of these dates and plan your visa submissions and travel accordingly.
Holiday List 2024-2025
Algeria
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
Denmark
• Embassy closed from 25 December 2024 to 01 January 2025. Resumes on 02 January 2025.
• Applications submitted on 23 and 24 December 2024 will be sent to the embassy on 02 January 2025.
Ukraine
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
Dominican Republic
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
Switzerland
• Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Jaipur commences operations on 03 January 2025.
• 01 and 02 January 2025 are holidays.
Egypt
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
South Africa
• High Commission in New Delhi and Visa Application Centers in East and North India (Delhi, Gurgaon, Kolkata, and Jaipur) closed from 23 December 2024 to 01 January 2025 for the festive season.
Slovenia
• Embassy closed from 23 December 2024 to 03 January 2025. Resumes on 06 January 2025.
Portugal
• Embassy in New Delhi closed on 24 and 31 December 2024.
Poland
• 27 and 30 December 2024: Applications for visa reconsideration only accepted directly at the Consular Section of the Embassy.
• 31 December 2024 to 02 January 2025: No applications accepted.
• Applicants with submission deadlines during this period can apply on 03 January 2025.
Morocco
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
Moldova
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
• 02 January 2025: New Year
• 07 and 08 January 2025: Orthodox Christmas
Georgia
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
• 02 January 2025: New Year
Italy
• VFS Application Centre's in New Delhi closed on 24, 27, 30, and 31 December 2024.
• VFS Application Centre's in Jalandhar and Chandigarh closed on 23, 24, 27, and 30 December 2024.
• Application review may take longer due to Christmas holidays and yearly procedural closures.
Japan
• VFS Japan Delhi Visa Application Centre closed from 30 December 2024 to 03 January 2025.
• No visa applications accepted at Bhutan, Chandigarh, Lucknow, and Gurgaon on 23, 24, 26, and 27 December 2024.
• Applicants can collect processed passports during working hours as per VFS Japan website.
Lebanon
• 25 December 2024: Christmas
• 01 January 2025: New Year
Thailand
• Visa Application Centre in Chennai accepts applications until 16 December 2024.
• Centre's in Bangalore, Cochin, and Hyderabad accept applications until 13 December 2024.
• No visa applications accepted at any VFS Thailand centre's from 17 December 2024.
• E-Visa implementation effective 01 January 2025.
Turkey
Application Centre holiday closures:
• Hyderabad: 25 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
• Delhi: 24 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
• Jaipur, Jalandhar, Chandigarh, Kolkata: 21 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
• Mumbai: 27 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
• Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Pune, Pondicherry: 25 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
• Kathmandu: 19 December 2024 to 05 January 2025
Best regards,
Team VWI.
