How do I book a Norway visa appointment with VFS in the UK?

Create an account at visa.vfsglobal.com, select Norway as the destination country, choose London or Edinburgh, and pick a slot from the live calendar. Before you hand in your documents you must register the application online in UDI's application portal and pay the visa fee there. You then attend the centre in person to give biometrics and submit your documents for the Norwegian authorities.

Which UK cities have VFS Norway visa centres?

The Norwegian embassy lists two UK visa application centres, both run by VFS Global: London and Edinburgh. There is no Manchester centre for Norway. Either can take your application, so it is worth checking both calendars during booking rather than stopping at your nearest centre.

What fees apply to a Norway Schengen appointment in the UK?

The visa fee is 90 euros for an adult, roughly 81 pounds, paid when you register the application in UDI's portal, plus the VFS Global service fee added at booking. Extras such as courier return are optional and cost more. Standard processing is 15 days after your biometrics appointment, so plan a buffer before travel.

Why does VFS show no Norway appointment slots?

Slots are released in batches rather than steadily, and cancellations reopen dates at random, so an empty calendar today can show options tomorrow. Check at different times of day, compare London and Edinburgh, and book as early as possible, up to six months before your trip.

What should I take to the Norway appointment?

Norway's consulate is precise about paperwork, so bring a file that answers every question before it is asked. That means travel insurance covering at least 30,000 euros of medical costs and valid across Schengen, accommodation proof and a flight itinerary that match your dates, and bank statements covering the recent months. You give biometrics and submit the documents in person.

Norway Visa Appointment UK (2026): No VFS Slots? What Works

TL;DR

VFS Global handles all UK Schengen applications for Norway. Register at visa.vfsglobal.com, select Norway, choose London or Edinburgh, and take a slot from the live calendar. You also register the application in UDI's portal and pay the 90 euro visa fee (about 81 pounds) there; the VFS service fee is separate. Nobody can predict when slots appear, so have the account ready, check both cities, book early, and ignore slot bots.

How to get a slot

To book a Norway Schengen visa appointment in the UK, create an account at visa.vfsglobal.com, select Norway as the destination, choose London or Edinburgh, and take an available slot from the live calendar. VFS Global handles all UK Schengen applications for Norway, and the embassy lists only those two UK centres; there is no Manchester option. The Norwegian embassy in London says you must register your application online and pay the fee before you can hand in your passport and documents, and that you pay the fee when registering the application in the portal. Since nobody can predict when slots appear, the winning move is an account ready in advance and an early booking.

Schengen short-stay visa key facts, 2026
Schengen short-stay visa (Type C)	2026
Visa fee (adult)	€90
Visa fee (child 6 to 11)	€45
Visa fee (child under 6)	Free
Maximum stay	90 days in any rolling 180-day period
Standard processing	15 calendar days (up to 45 in some cases)
Travel insurance, minimum cover	€30,000
Passport	Issued within 10 years; valid 3+ months beyond your trip
Member states	29 countries

The fee and these rules are set EU-wide and are identical across all 29 member states. Source: European Commission. Verified 2026-06-24.

Step by step

Register at visa.vfsglobal.com before you start hunting for dates.
Select Norway and pick your city: London or Edinburgh.
Choose a slot from the live calendar. The VFS service fee is shown at checkout.
Register and pay in UDI's portal: register the application online and pay the 90 euro visa fee for an adult (about 81 pounds) there, before you hand in your documents.
Attend in person to give biometrics and submit your documents. Standard processing is 15 days after biometrics.

VFS Norway at a glance

Item	Detail
Operator	VFS Global
Booking site	visa.vfsglobal.com
UK centres	London, Edinburgh
Online step	Register the application in UDI's portal and pay the visa fee there
Visa fee	90 euros adult (about 81 pounds), paid in UDI's portal
Standard processing	15 days after biometrics

If VFS Global shows no Norway slots

Wait times for Norway appointments are not published and not verifiable, so treat any quoted number with suspicion. The tactics that genuinely help:

Revisit the live calendar at different times of day. Fresh batches and cancellations open slots without warning.
Check both cities. Edinburgh's calendar often differs from London's.
Book up to 6 months ahead of travel, especially before the summer and northern-lights seasons.
Ignore slot-bot services. Consulates have voided appointments booked through bots, and a patient routine of manual checks beats them anyway.

What our booking desk does. It checks the VFS Global Norway calendar every working day and books the first slot that appears for a customer whose file is complete. VFS Global releases slots without notice, and nobody outside VFS Global knows when the next batch lands, so an empty calendar today can show dates tomorrow. Both UK centres, London and Edinburgh, can take a Norway application, so the desk opens both calendars each time rather than stopping at the nearest one. Our appointment availability index lists the earliest Norway slot we have actually seen and the day we saw it: our own dated reading, never scraped, withdrawn once it is three weeks old. Rather not refresh the calendar yourself? The done-for-you service is a £99 service fee, official fees paid by you, and we book within three working days of your complete file, subject to availability, or the fee comes back (our booking promise).

Before your appointment

Norway's consulate is precise about paperwork, so bring a file that answers every question before it is asked:

Checklist generator: a tailored document list for a Norway application
Bundler and Compressor: assemble and size your file
Travel insurance covering at least 30,000 euros of medical costs, valid across Schengen
Accommodation proof and a flight itinerary that match your dates
Bank statements covering the recent months

Touring Scandinavia more widely? Verify Norway is the right country to apply to first.

After the slot: the application

With the appointment secured, the file you bring decides everything. See the full guide to getting a Schengen appointment in the UK and the complete Norway visa from the UK guide, including Norway processing times. Total the fees with the cost calculator, or let us take it end to end: our done-for-you Schengen service includes booking the VFS appointment.

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Common questions

01
How do I book a Norway visa appointment with VFS in the UK?
Create an account at visa.vfsglobal.com, select Norway as the destination country, choose London or Edinburgh, and pick a slot from the live calendar. Before you hand in your documents you must register the application online in UDI's application portal and pay the visa fee there. You then attend the centre in person to give biometrics and submit your documents for the Norwegian authorities.
02
Which UK cities have VFS Norway visa centres?
The Norwegian embassy lists two UK visa application centres, both run by VFS Global: London and Edinburgh. There is no Manchester centre for Norway. Either can take your application, so it is worth checking both calendars during booking rather than stopping at your nearest centre.
03
What fees apply to a Norway Schengen appointment in the UK?
The visa fee is 90 euros for an adult, roughly 81 pounds, paid when you register the application in UDI's portal, plus the VFS Global service fee added at booking. Extras such as courier return are optional and cost more. Standard processing is 15 days after your biometrics appointment, so plan a buffer before travel.
04
Why does VFS show no Norway appointment slots?
Slots are released in batches rather than steadily, and cancellations reopen dates at random, so an empty calendar today can show options tomorrow. Check at different times of day, compare London and Edinburgh, and book as early as possible, up to six months before your trip.
05
What should I take to the Norway appointment?
Norway's consulate is precise about paperwork, so bring a file that answers every question before it is asked. That means travel insurance covering at least 30,000 euros of medical costs and valid across Schengen, accommodation proof and a flight itinerary that match your dates, and bank statements covering the recent months. You give biometrics and submit the documents in person.

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Required for every application

Schengen rules require travel medical insurance with at least €30,000 cover, valid across the Schengen area, for the visa to be granted. Applying yourself? These providers issue the certificate consulates expect:

AXA Schengen travel insurance Policies designed for Schengen visa applications, from about €22 per week, with the certificate consulates expect.
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If you buy through this link we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes our recommendation: any Schengen-compliant policy with at least €30,000 medical cover is accepted. Full disclosure. Booking our done-for-you service? You still buy your own insurance, and this is the one we point our customers to.

We'll book it and prepare it

Hand us the whole application before the slots vanish

Appointments are scarce in peak season. We get your documents right, complete the forms and book the slot, and we tell you exactly which official fees to pay at the centre, so you walk into biometrics fully prepared.

Done for you · Norway

£99 service fee

£99 to us now. About £106 at the centre on the day (€90 consulate fee, about £81, plus the VFS Global fee). About £205 all-in.

The official fees are the same whether you apply yourself or with us. What you hand over is the forms, the document pack and the appointment hunt.

The €90 consulate fee (≈£81) and the VFS Global fee: paid by you at the centre, and we tell you the exact amounts
Travel insurance meeting the €30,000 rule: we tell you what qualifies (about £12)
Forms completed, document pack built to the consulate's checklist
Appointment booked for you; you attend biometrics in person

Worth knowing: if an application is refused, the consulate fee and centre fee are not refunded, and non-refundable bookings can go with them. Getting it right the first time is most of what you are paying for.

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2. Tell us about your trip
Upload documents on the next page; we confirm within 24 hours
3. We prepare and book
You attend biometrics; we handle everything else

Every fee on this page is checked against the official operator or consulate page, with sources linked in our cost index. Our £99 service fee sits in the lower half of the UK market we surveyed, and we never mark up official fees (see the comparison). Documents are encrypted and deleted 30 days after the decision. No guarantees of approval: the consulate alone decides. Prefer to apply yourself? The Self-Serve pack is £39, and our free guides cover everything.