Foreign Ministry says the VFS Global Joint Schengen Visa Application Center (VFS Male') has today started accepting Schengen visa applications to three additional European destinations.
In a statement, the Ministry said that the VFS Male' Office was opened in Male' in March 2020 to make it easier for Maldivians to apply for their visas before traveling to European destinations.
It further said that the difficulties in applying for a Schengen visa have been greatly reduced with the establishment of the VFS office in Male'.
The Ministry said that it had successful talks with the Foreign Ministries of the countries within the Schengen region and the result was that Switzerland officially joined VFS Male' in August of this year.
It said that since then Maldivians have been able to apply for a Schengen visa for Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Luxembourg, and Slovenia.
Today, it said that additional European countries have been added to this list including France, Spain, and Portugal. The Ministry said that Maldivians can now apply for a Schengen visa to these countries via VFS Male' starting today.
