Schengen Visa Cost From the UK (2026): £93 to £138 by Country

What this is

Verified 24 June 2026 against each operator's or consulate's official page (Romania re-checked 22 September 2026): applying yourself from the UK, a Schengen short-stay visa costs £93 to £138 per adult in 2026. The consulate fee is €90 (about £81) for every country. The visa-centre fee is £0 for Poland, Luxembourg and Romania, which take applications direct; where we verified it exactly it runs from £10.35 (Estonia, VFS Global) to €40, about £36 (Iceland, VFS Global); and the fees we could only estimate reach about £45 (France, TLScontact). Add about £12 of travel insurance. This is the UK→Schengen Visa Cost Index, every Schengen destination ranked by that total, and the only place we know of that pairs each country's visa-centre service fee with its source and a verification tag, so you can see not just the number but where it came from and how sure we are of it.

Two things drive the cost. The consulate fee is fixed EU-wide at €90 (≈£81) for adults, identical for every country, and not something any service can discount. What varies is the visa application centre's service fee, charged by whichever operator a country uses in the UK (VFS Global, TLScontact, BLS International or GVC World). That fee ranges from £10.35 to about £45, and Poland, Luxembourg and Romania charge nothing at all, because you apply directly at their London embassy or consulate with no outsourced centre.

The Index

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How we built it (methodology)

• We took each country's official UK visa-centre page (or embassy page) and read the current service fee off it on 24 June 2026. Every figure links to its source.
• DIY total = the €90 consulate fee (≈£81) + that country's centre fee + ~£12 travel insurance, i.e. what you pay if you do the whole thing yourself. It does not include any agency or service fee.
• Where a fee is stated in euros (some VFS pages quote EUR, paid in GBP at the daily rate), we convert at €1 = £0.90 and round up, so the figure is never understated.
• Where we could not confirm an exact fee from a primary source, France and Germany (the TLScontact pages are behind bot-protection) and Italy and Slovakia (VFS does not publish the UK fee), we show a labelled estimate, never a precise figure dressed up as fact. 22 of the 28 are verified-exact. Romania sits outside that problem entirely: applications go through its own eViza portal to the Consulate General of Romania in London, so there is no centre fee to confirm.

This is original analysis built from primary sources; if you cite it, a link back is appreciated, and corrections are welcome at hello@findmyvisa.co.uk.

What it means in practice

If you are flexible about which Schengen country you apply through (you must apply to your main destination, or where you spend the most time, you can't simply pick the cheapest), the spread is real but modest: roughly £40 per adult between the cheapest and the most expensive once you include everything. For most people the bigger cost is a refusal, losing the consulate fee, the centre fee and any non-refundable bookings, which is why getting the application right matters more than shaving a few pounds off the centre fee.

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