🇮🇳 India · living in 🇬🇧 United Kingdom → 🇪🇺 Schengen Area: Entry Requirements
Schengen visa required — living in the UK, you apply at your destination’s consulate there, with your UK residence permit.
✓ Verified · 7 November 2026
| Requirement | What the official source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Visa | Schengen short-stay visa required The requirement attaches to nationality: India is on the EU’s visa-required list, and a UK residence permit confers no Schengen access — since Brexit the UK is a third country for Schengen purposes. Your residence changes which consulate decides, not whether you need a visa. |
Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 — EUR-Lex Checked 7 November 2026 |
| How you apply | At the consulate of your destination state in the UK The Visa Code sends your application to the consulate of the Schengen state you are travelling to — your sole destination, or the main one by length or purpose, or the first you enter — in the jurisdiction where you legally reside. For you, that is that state’s consulate in the UK. |
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (the Visa Code) — EUR-Lex, Articles 5–6 Checked 7 November 2026 |
| Where you lodge it | The consulate, or the visa centre it appoints Applications are lodged at the destination state’s consulate in the UK or through the external service provider it appoints; lodging directly at the consulate must remain possible, and a provider may charge a service fee on top of the visa fee. |
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (the Visa Code) — EUR-Lex, Article 17 Checked 7 November 2026 |
| Documents & UK residence proof | UK residence permit, a return ticket and UK bank statements The European Commission’s document list for applicants in the UK requires your UK residence permit, proof of a reserved return ticket to the UK (or proof of onward travel), and statements from a UK bank account in your name covering at least the last three months, alongside the standard supporting documents. |
European Commission — Implementing Decision C(2021) 6301, UK supporting-documents list Checked 7 November 2026 |
| Visa fee | €90 for adults · €45 for children aged 6–12 Lodged in the UK, the fee is charged in pounds converted at the European Central Bank’s euro reference rate. No fixed sterling figure exists in official text, so we print the euro fee only. |
Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 (the Visa Code) — EUR-Lex, Article 16(7) Checked 7 November 2026 |
| Decision time | 15 days, extendable to 45 The Visa Code’s decision clock is the same wherever you apply — UK residence changes nothing in it. No official source publishes appointment lead times in the UK, so we print none. |
European Commission — Applying for a Schengen visa Checked 7 November 2026 |
| Your UK permit must outlast the trip | Valid at least 1 month beyond your departure from the Schengen area The Commission’s UK document list sets the tail at one month: your UK residence permit must remain valid for at least one month after your intended departure from the Member States. The tail is set by where you live — the comparable list for the USA sets it at three months. |
European Commission — Implementing Decision C(2021) 6301, UK supporting-documents list Checked 7 November 2026 |
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- 7 November 2026 — Cell created from the diaspora-routes research, passage-verified 2026-11-07: the locus rule is Visa Code Article 6(1) — Article 7 does not apply from the UK, which is a third country post-Brexit. The documents record rests on the Commission’s own UK list (Implementing Decision C(2021) 6301). The channel is stated generically — no operator name was passage-verified for the UK.
General information only. This guide is based on official sources publicly available and checked on the date shown on this page. Visa rules change, and consular and USCIS officers decide every case on its own facts — nothing here is a confirmation or a guarantee for your individual case, and this is not legal advice. Always confirm the current requirement on the official page linked in this guide before you act, and consider a qualified immigration attorney for your specific situation.