Visa guides
Long-form visa guides updated when rules change: UK Skilled Worker, student visa funds, Schengen appointments, Canada Express Entry, US interviews, refusals.
Country guides
- United Kingdom visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Canada visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Australia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- United States visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Schengen Area visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- United Arab Emirates visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Japan visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Singapore visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Thailand visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Malaysia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Indonesia (Bali) visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Vietnam visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Sri Lanka visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Türkiye visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Egypt visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Saudi Arabia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Qatar visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Oman visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Georgia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Azerbaijan visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Kenya visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- South Korea visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- China visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- New Zealand visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Ireland visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- South Africa visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Brazil visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Hong Kong visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Germany visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- France visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Italy visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Spain visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Netherlands visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Switzerland visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Portugal visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Sweden visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Poland visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Austria visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Russia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Philippines visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Cambodia visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Maldives visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Mauritius visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Nepal visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Bhutan visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Bahrain visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Kuwait visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Jordan visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Morocco visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Tanzania visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Mexico visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
- Argentina visa guide: process, timeline, fees and refusals
Questions, answered
What is in a Vistolane country guide?
Who needs the visa, the documents, the all-in fee, a day-by-day applicant timeline, the funds to show by category, the common refusal patterns and links to the official sources.
Who writes the guides?
Vistolane visa specialists write them and licensed advisers review the regulated routes; the author and review date appear on each article and on the team page.
How often are the guides updated?
When a government changes a rule or fee, and at least every quarter. The last verified date on each guide shows when it was last checked.
Are the guides specific to Indian applicants?
Yes. Fees are shown in rupees and dollars, document lists follow what Indian consulate centres ask for, and the refusal patterns come from Indian applicant files.