Visa application centres in Ahmedabad

Before your appointment in Ahmedabad

1. 1Check your floor at Shree Balaji Agora Mall: UK and Ireland applicants go to the first floor, and every other VFS country, plus Greece’s GVCW centre, is on the ground floor.
2. 2Book Spain with BLS International and go to Madhur Complex in Navrangpura, opposite Gwalia Sweets near Stadium Cross Road; VFS does not handle Spain.
3. 3For South Korea, submit only once your travel date is within one month, because the Mumbai consulate’s West India centres currently accept only applications for travel within a month.
4. 4For Canada, finish the IRCC online application first; the Motera centre collects biometrics and takes passports.
5. 5Disregard any Ashram Road or Gujarat Chamber of Commerce address you find for a visa centre; those are old addresses still circulating online.
6. 6Time the flight reservation and hotel booking for the day of your slot, or the night before if you leave Surat or Rajkot early, and compare every name with the passport as soon as it arrives.
7. 7Read your mission’s hours on its own centre page, since the counters in the mall do not share one timetable.

Which floor of Shree Balaji Agora Mall handles which country

VFS Global has put almost all its Ahmedabad work into Shree Balaji Agora Mall, between Tapovan Circle and Bhat Circle on the 200 ft Sardar Patel Ring Road in Motera, postcode 382424. Only two floors matter. The UK and Ireland are on the first floor. The ground floor carries the rest: Canada, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Czechia, Poland, Hungary, Denmark and Sweden, plus Japan, South Korea, the UAE and South Africa.

Greece is on the ground floor as well, but its provider is Global Visa Center World (GVCW), so you book on GVCW’s own portal rather than through VFS. GVCW suspended walk-ins on 15, 16 and 19 October 2026 and resumed them on 21 October, a good reason to read its notices before you go.

Online you may still find the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce building on Ashram Road given as the VFS address. It comes from an expired list, and New Zealand’s closed centre still shows it; none of the open centres is there.

Getting to Motera, and to Navrangpura for Spain

Motera lies on the northern side of Ahmedabad, on the Sardar Patel Ring Road that runs around the city, with Gandhinagar a short way to the north. Applicants driving in from Vadodara, Surat or Rajkot can generally stay on the ring road rather than crossing the old city. If you fly in, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (AMD) is also on the north side of Ahmedabad.

Spain is the exception to the one-building pattern. BLS International takes Spanish applications at Flexi Business Hub, 2nd Floor, Madhur Complex, opposite Gwalia Sweets, near Stadium Cross Road, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009, closer to the city centre. If Spain is your main Schengen destination, your appointment is in Navrangpura, not at the Motera mall.

Who applies in Ahmedabad, and which consulate decides

Gujarat has long family ties to the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, so visits to children and relatives abroad are a familiar reason to apply, alongside study, business and holidays in Europe.

For several countries, Gujarat belongs to the Mumbai consular district. France’s Bombay consulate lists Gujarat with Goa, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Italy’s Mumbai consulate lists Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa and Kerala. Spain, Japan, Belgium and Hungary also handle Gujarat from Mumbai, and the Korean centre here works for the Korean consulate in Mumbai.

Germany sends every Schengen application to its Mumbai consulate whatever the centre, while Switzerland and the Netherlands decide in New Delhi. Japan’s Mumbai-district page helps people who moved to Gujarat from another state: a passport issued outside the district can be submitted with government address proof.

Countries you cannot apply for in Ahmedabad, and where to go instead

Some destinations popular in Gujarat need a trip to another city or a different route.

• United States: Ahmedabad has no US consulate. The nearest is the Consulate General in Mumbai, C-49, G-Block, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East. Whether a US biometrics appointment can be taken in Ahmedabad could not be confirmed for this page, so check the official US visa appointment system.
• New Zealand: the Ahmedabad centre is temporarily closed, and its page shows an outdated address. Mumbai is the nearest open centre; New Delhi and Chandigarh are the other two.
• Norway and Finland: neither lists Ahmedabad. Both have centres in Mumbai, and Norway also has one in Pune.
• Singapore: there is no centre in Ahmedabad, and the Singapore consulate in Mumbai says only its Authorised Visa Agents may make the online submission.
• Australia: no Australian biometrics collection centre exists in India, according to Home Affairs.

Timing your flight reservation and hotel booking for an Ahmedabad appointment

For applicants from Surat or Rajkot, a Motera appointment is often a long day trip: an early start, a morning slot and the drive home. Plan the reservation around that drive. An unpaid hold lasts only as long as the airline allows, and the airline can release it at any time, so order it for the appointment day or the evening before and read it through the moment it reaches you.

Korea adds a constraint of its own. The travel date on your reservation must fall within one month of the day you submit, since the Mumbai consulate’s centres in West India currently accept only such applications. Pick the flight date with that window in mind.

Where a checklist asks for proof of accommodation, as Schengen ones do, a confirmed hotel booking lists the property, dates and guest names; its service fee does not pay for the stay. Make the hotel nights, flights and form dates agree, and remember that you cannot board a plane with a flight reservation.

Rules worth knowing before a Motera appointment

Each country at the mall sets its own conditions, and a few trip up Gujarat applicants more than others.

• UK: UKVI makes the decision and any Indian centre can be used; VFS also sells a Super Flexi Service giving access to any centre in India within 15 days of booking.
• Canada: the centre lists submission with biometrics by appointment, biometrics only, and passport submission and collection, all after the IRCC online application.
• Spain: at least six months’ residence in the jurisdiction, and a signed “Declaration – Short Processing Time” if you apply less than 15 days before travel.
• Portugal: the Embassy in New Delhi and the consulate in Goa issue separate checklists, and which one covers Gujarat was not confirmed for this page; ask VFS before you print.
• Poland: both the Embassy in New Delhi and the Mumbai consulate decide Polish visas; complete the jurisdiction step on the VFS Poland site.
• UAE: the VFS desk handles Dubai tourist and transit visas only, not work or residence visas, and you must arrive and depart through Dubai airport.

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