The visa issuance process will be accompanied by an identification procedure by means of the capture of biometric data (digital finger prints and digital photograph).

All applicants should attend in person to provide a ten-finger scan and a digital photograph with their visa application. 

The consular section stresses that the identification process has no influence on the introduction, the treatment and the issuance of visa. The visa process remains as it used to be in the past and is based on the same documents.

This new measure is part of a more extensive European project which aims to create a database containing biometric and alphanumeric information of visa applicants, shared by the Schengen Member States.  The collection of biometric data will therefore be brought into general use and it will be applied to all Schengen visa applicants.

EXEMPTIONS FROM THE BIOMETRIC PROCEDURE

The following applicants shall be exempt from the requirement to give fingerprints:

 - Children under the age of 12.

 - Persons for whom fingerprinting is physically impossible.

 - Heads of State or government and members of the national government with accompanying spouses, and the members of their official delegation when they are invited by Member States’ governments or by international organizations for an official purpose.

 - Sovereigns and other senior members of a royal family, when they are invited by Member States’ governments or by international organizations for an official purpose.

Appointments for application submission

Visa applicants will be received by appointment only. To make an appointment please call 021 88775037; 88775662  from Sunday to Thursday between 10 am and 2 pm

It is strongly recommended to arrange the appointment 30 days prior to your departure.