Stop refreshing.
We watch the queue.
VFS Global releases appointments without warning and they are gone in minutes. We monitor availability around the clock and book the moment a slot opens.
You pay after the slot is booked · nothing from your VFS Global account is ever needed
Applying from the UAE
12 destinations, through Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 25 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Paused — see why |
| Malta | 14 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Bulgaria | 10 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Hungary | 10 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Norway | 8 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Sweden | 7 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Latvia | 6 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Monitoring — request |
| Luxembourg | 5 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Austria | 3 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Cyprus | 3 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Estonia | 3 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
| Finland | 1 | Dubai, Abu Dhabi | Open — request |
Applying from the UK
16 destinations, through London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh and Cardiff.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 19 | London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Hungary | 14 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Austria | 8 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff | Open — request |
| Croatia | 8 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Iceland | 8 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Cardiff | Open — request |
| Slovenia | 8 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Bulgaria | 7 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Estonia | 7 | London, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff | Open — request |
| Portugal | 7 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Latvia | 6 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Norway | 6 | London, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Switzerland | 6 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Cyprus | 5 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Malta | 5 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Denmark | 2 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
| Finland | 1 | London, Manchester, Edinburgh | Open — request |
Applying from Ireland
7 destinations, through Dublin.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 17 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Croatia | 7 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Austria | 6 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Iceland | 5 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Denmark | 2 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Hungary | 2 | Dublin | Open — request |
| Finland | 1 | Dublin | Open — request |
Applying from the US
3 destinations, through New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Miami, Boston and Atlanta.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | 5 | New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Miami, Boston, Atlanta | Open — request |
| Portugal | 5 | Washington DC, San Francisco, Miami | Open — request |
| Austria | 3 | Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, San Francisco, Miami | Open — request |
Applying from Qatar
1 destination, through Doha.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 25 | Doha | Open — request |
Applying from Saudi Arabia
1 destination, through Jeddah.
| Destination | Visa types | Centres | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 24 | Jeddah | Open — request |
Why an appointment is the hard part
The visa decision has a published processing time. Getting to the point where that clock starts does not, and that is where applications stall for months.
Consulates release appointments in batches, on no schedule they publish. A batch appears, and within minutes it is gone - taken by whoever happened to be looking at the booking page at that moment, or by software that was. Nothing tells you a batch is coming, nothing tells you it has been and gone, and the booking page looks exactly the same either way. So people refresh it. They refresh it at three in the morning because someone in a forum said that is when slots drop, and after enough refreshing the site starts answering with an error code instead of a booking page.
That is the whole problem, and it is not a problem of effort. It is a problem of being present at the right minute, over and over, for weeks. A person cannot do that. A machine that watches continuously and books immediately can - and that is all this service is.
What it is not: a way to make appointments exist. We cannot create one, move you up a queue, or influence a consulate. If a route releases nothing for a month, we watch a route that released nothing for a month, and you pay nothing for it.
How it works
- You tell us the route and the timing.Destination, where you are applying from, how many people, roughly when you need to travel. That is the enquiry. The applicant details and documents come later, in conversation, once we know the route is workable.
- We say what is realistic - including when it is not.On routes we have measured we will tell you how appointments have actually been released. Where there is too little on record to carry a figure, we show you the documented facts rather than invent one. If a route is unworkable right now we will say so and point you at one that is.
- We watch, continuously, until something opens.Every centre on your route, around the clock. When an appointment appears it is taken immediately, in your name, through the official system.
- We file it, and then you pay.The application goes in with the details and documents you gave us at the start. Nothing from your VFS Global account is involved at any point - not the login, not the password, not a code. The invoice comes after the appointment is confirmed, not before.
What you pay, and when
After the appointment is booked. Not on signup, not on a subscription, not for a month of watching that produced nothing. If no appointment opens on your route, there is no invoice.
This is deliberate, and it is the answer to the complaint that follows this industry around: people pay a monthly fee for alerts, get nothing, and cannot get the money back. Charging on the result removes that argument entirely - our incentive and yours point the same way.
The price depends on the route and on how many people are applying; larger groups pay less per person. Booking through the official channels is free, and we say so plainly - what you are paying for is the watching and the paperwork, not the appointment itself.
What we never ask for
Anything belonging to your VFS Global account. Not the login, not the password, not a code from your email. None of it, at any point - the work does not touch your account.
What we do need is your own paperwork: the applicant details as they appear in the passport, and the documents VFS Global asks for on your route, including scans where it requires them. An application cannot be filed without them, and we would rather say so plainly than let it come as a surprise. Those are asked for in conversation once the route is agreed, not collected by a form on a public page.
The distinction matters because the official warnings about visa fraud describe the opposite arrangement: a form that asks for account credentials, and an account then used by someone else. Ours asks for none.
We are an independent service. We are not VFS Global, not an embassy, not a consulate, and not affiliated with any of them.
Common questions
Is using a service like this allowed?
Yes. The application is filed through the official system, in your name, with your own account and your own documents - nothing is filed on your behalf and nothing is filed under someone else’s identity. What is not allowed, and what the consulates have prosecuted, is capturing appointments and reselling them as a commodity. We do not hold appointments and we do not sell them: we book the one you asked for, when it appears.
What happens if nothing ever opens on my route?
Then you pay nothing, and we tell you. Some routes go quiet for weeks - our own figures include one centre where 23,429 checks caught nothing at all. We would rather say that out loud than keep quietly watching and let you assume progress is being made.
How many people can you book at once?
Families and groups are normal, and the price per person falls as the group grows. Tell us the number when you send the request - it changes which appointments are usable, because a batch with two free places is no good to a family of four.
My route is not on the list. Can you still help?
Often, yes. The list is where we have data and infrastructure today, not the limit of what is possible. Send the request anyway: which routes get asked for is exactly how we decide what to open next, and we will tell you honestly whether it is something we can take on.
How is this different from an alerts subscription?
An alert tells you an appointment existed. By the time you have read the notification, opened the site and logged in, it usually does not any more - the window is minutes wide. The booking has to happen at the moment of detection, not after it. That is also why we charge on the booking rather than by the month: an alert that arrives too late is not worth money.
Do you handle the visa application itself?
We handle the appointment and the booking paperwork around it. The application, the documents and the interview are yours - and the decision is the consulate’s alone. Nobody can promise you a visa, and a service that does is telling you something it cannot know.
Worth reading before you commit
Written from running this, not from rewriting other people’s pages. Where a figure appears, we measured it.
Stuck on an error instead of a booking page?
If VFS Global is answering you with a code rather than a booking page, the code tells you whether the limit is on your account or on your connection - and that decides whether switching networks helps or wastes your evening. We have written up the ones that come up most, including what makes each one worse.