The centres in Hyderabad and Chennai were inaugurated by H. E. Mr. Milan Hovorka, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, who took time to come in person and demonstrate at his level the importance the Czech Republic attaches to people-to-people contacts with India.

With the opening of these centres, applicants no longer have to travel to Mumbai, Delhi or Bengaluru to apply for a Schengen Visa, if the main country of their travel to the Schengen Area is the Czech Republic and can submit applications also in Kolkata, Chennai or Hyderabad.

Contact details of all six visa application centres are available on the web site http://www.vfsglobal.com/CzechRepublic/India/contact_us.html

The Embassy has the honour to advice, that all Czech Visa Application Centres are accepting only applications for short-term visas for stay in the Czech Republic or other Schengen countries not exceeding 90 days. Persons intending to stay in the Czech Republic longer than 90 days are invited to submit their application for long-term visa personally at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi. It is highly recommended to settle the date for submission of such application by email sent to  consular_delhi@mzv.cz (with underscore _ between the words "consular" and "delhi").