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The fee has been €90 for adults and €45 for children since June 2024. The law requires the Commission to reassess it every three years.
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Visa fees
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Where things stand
- DevelopingSchengen visa fee: €90 since June 2024, who pays less, and how the next rise is decided
The fee has been €90 for adults and €45 for children since June 2024. The law requires the Commission to reassess it every three years.
Key facts
- A Schengen short-stay visa costs €90 for adults and €45 for children from age six until their 12th birthday. Children under six pay nothing. Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union
- The fee rose from €80 to €90, and from €40 to €45 for children, under a Commission regulation adopted in March 2024 and published in the Official Journal in May 2024. It took effect on the twentieth day after publication, in June 2024. Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union
- The law requires the Commission to assess every three years whether the fees should change, using EU inflation and civil-servant pay, and to change them by delegated act where appropriate. Publications Office of the European Union
Timeline
- The fee rose from €80 to €90, and from €40 to €45 for children, under a Commission regulation adopted in March 2024 and published in the Official Journal in May 2024. It took effect on the twentieth day after publication, in June 2024. Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union
- The fee had risen from €60 to €80, and from €35 to €40 for children, on 2 February 2020. Publications Office of the European Union, Publications Office of the European Union
- The Visa Code first set the fee at €60 for adults and €35 for children from six until their 12th birthday when it began to apply on 5 April 2010. Publications Office of the European Union