Where to Apply for a Canada Visa in India: All VFS Centres

Centre details and charges below are as published on the official sources, checked on 15 October 2026. For fees, documents and processing across all Canadian visas, read our Canada visa guide for Indians.

Which cities have a Canada Visa Application Centre?

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) lists ten VACs in India. VFS Global is the Government of Canada's exclusive service provider for them, and the India VAC website runs on vfsglobal.ca.

All ten open Monday to Friday. Street addresses change from time to time, so take the current address from the VFS Canada India attend-a-centre page before you travel.

Punjab applicants have two options close to home in Chandigarh and Jalandhar. In the south, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad are the three choices; there is no VAC in Kerala on IRCC's list.

Do you apply at the VAC or online?

Online. Canadian visitor visas must be applied for through the IRCC Portal, where you receive a personalised document checklist. Paper applications are only for people who cannot apply online, for example for disability reasons, or who travel on a refugee, stateless or non-citizen travel document. VFS offers an assisted service for paper applications at INR 529.

Your supporting documents are uploaded in the portal against that checklist. For a visitor visa, IRCC marks travel history, an itinerary, bank statements, an employer letter and a letter of invitation as recommended. None of these are handed in for assessment at the VAC; the centre is a collection point, not a decision office.

The VAC comes in at three points:

1. Biometrics: after you apply, wait for IRCC's Biometric Instruction Letter, then book a biometrics appointment and give fingerprints and a photo.
2. Passport submission: if IRCC approves a visitor visa, you send your passport, and it can go through a VAC. You cannot travel until IRCC places the visa in it. Passport submission at a VAC needs a prior appointment.
3. Collection: decision envelopes can be collected at the VAC on a walk-in basis, Monday to Friday 9:00-17:00, or returned by courier for a fee.

The same centres serve every temporary residence route. Students applying for a study permit and workers applying for a work permit give biometrics at these ten VACs too. Parents and grandparents applying for the super visa also pay CAN$85 for biometrics, but their immigration medical exam is done separately with an IRCC-approved panel physician, not at the VAC.

Can you use any VAC, and split steps between centres?

Applications from India are handled by the visa office in New Delhi whichever centre you visit. VFS's own charge list shows that the steps need not happen at the same place: it charges for package transmission when you give biometrics at one VAC and submit documents at another.

Booking has also changed. VFS moved biometrics booking to its Appointment Management System from 21 February 2026, and appointments from 24 February 2026 require you to upload your IRCC Biometric Instruction Letter. Without that letter you cannot book.

What does a VAC visit cost?

The CAN$85 biometrics fee covers fingerprints and photo at the VAC and one transmission of your documents and passport between IRCC and that VAC, so there is no separate VAC fee for giving biometrics. Booking the appointment is free. Optional VFS services are paid at the VAC in INR by cash or UPI and are non-refundable; the INR amounts above have applied since 1 May 2026. VFS has announced new service charges from 1 November 2026, with amounts not yet published as of 15 October 2026.

The visitor visa fee itself is CAN$100 per person, or CAN$500 maximum for a family of 5 or more applying together.

Can you apply at a Canadian consulate instead?

No. Global Affairs Canada says the Consulates General of Canada in Bengaluru, Chandigarh and Mumbai handle general enquiries only, with in-person operations temporarily suspended. In-person consular services for Canadians are at the High Commission of Canada, 7/8 Shantipath, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. Visa applications from Indians do not go to any of these offices; they go online to IRCC, with biometrics at a VAC.

Before your VAC appointment: what to check

• Biometric Instruction Letter uploaded at booking and printed for the visit.
• Passport valid at least 6 months from your planned travel date.
• Payment mode for optional services: cash or UPI.
• Timing: IRCC's posted processing time for visitor visas from India was 29 days (last updated October 14, 2026). IRCC told a parliamentary committee in April 2026 that posted times are backward-looking, so do not book non-refundable travel against them.

For the itinerary IRCC recommends, a verifiable travel itinerary and flight reservation are enough until the visa is issued. Yatra For Fun's India office in Gurugram prepares flight reservations, hotel bookings, travel itineraries and cover letters for visa files, with packages from INR 1,000 (flight reservation) to INR 3,000 (reservation, hotel, itinerary and cover letter). WhatsApp +91 95230 91018 or contact us.

Frequently asked questions

Is booking a Canada biometrics appointment at VFS free?

Yes. VFS Global says booking a biometrics appointment is free. You pay the CAN$85 biometrics fee to IRCC online when you apply, and that fee covers the fingerprints and photo at the VAC.

Can I collect my passport from a Canada VAC without an appointment?

Yes. Decision envelopes can be collected at the VAC on a walk-in basis, Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 17:00. You can instead pay VFS for courier return, at INR 858 one way.

Do Indians with a US green card need a Canadian visitor visa?

No. IRCC says Indians who are US lawful permanent residents can fly to Canada with their valid passport and valid US green card, and they have been exempt from the eTA since April 26, 2022.

How long does a Canada study or work permit take from India?

IRCC's posted processing times for applications from India, last updated October 14, 2026, were 7 weeks for a study permit and 11 weeks for a work permit made outside Canada. Biometrics for both are given at the same ten VACs.