The Embassy of the Czech Republic and VFS Global have launched a
Czech Republic Visa Application Centre in Ahmedabad, to make visa application facilitiesmore accessible for residents of India’s fastest emerging business hub in the western region.

The centre was inaugurated by H.E. Mr. Milan Hovorka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, at a ceremony held on 09 January, 2017. The inauguration was also attended by other key members from the Embassy and VFS Global.

Ahmedabad is the seventh city in India where VFS Global has launched a Visa Application Centre for the Czech Republic, in the last one year. Earlier, applicants from Ahmedabad seeking a Schengen visa (if the main country of travel to Europewas the Czech Republic) were required to travel to Mumbai or New Delhi for the same.