Norway Schengen Visa Cost from the UK (2026): About £118 DIY

What it costs

Norway sits outside the EU but firmly inside Schengen, so a UK application follows the standard pattern: the fixed consulate fee, a visa-centre service fee, and mandatory insurance. VFS Global handles Norway's UK applications, and its fee has a small quirk: it is set at €27 and collected in pounds at the daily exchange rate. All figures below were verified on 24 June 2026.

Because two of the three lines are euro-denominated, the exact pound total drifts a little with the exchange rate, which is why we say about £118 rather than a false-precision figure. What does not drift is the structure. The €90 consulate fee is fixed across the entire Schengen zone, cannot be discounted by any agency, and is not refunded if the visa is refused. Children aged 6 to 11 pay €45 and under-6s pay nothing. Insurance must cover at least €30,000 of medical costs for the whole trip; compliant short-trip policies start from about £12.

What can add to the cost

The base total assumes you take none of the optional extras VFS offers at its centres: courier return of your passport rather than an in-person collection, prime time appointments outside regular hours, and an on-site photo service for anyone whose photos fail the biometric standard. They are all declinable, and declining them costs you nothing but a little preparation. Arrive with compliant photos and a printed, ordered document file and the base price is final. Our free checklist generator builds that file list for a Norway application specifically.

The bigger financial risk is a refusal: everything except the insurance premium, roughly £106 of the £118, is non-refundable once paid, whatever the consulate decides. Preparation protects that money in a way no add-on can.

Cheaper and pricier alternatives

Norway's roughly £118 lands just under the midpoint of the UK's Schengen price table. The Netherlands beats it at about £111 per adult, thanks to VFS's £18 fee on the Dutch contract, while Germany tops the mainstream destinations at around £128 via TLScontact's heftier charge. Neither comparison changes what you should do unless your itinerary changes: Schengen rules send your application to your main destination, the country with the most nights, regardless of which counter is cheapest.

Where to go from here

For the application itself, portal, appointment and paperwork, see the Norway visa from the UK guide. The full 28-country ranking at the UK Schengen cost index puts £118 in full context, and the cost calculator tallies your exact party. If you would rather have the whole thing managed for you, our done-for-you service covers everything, official fees included, for an all-in £168.