BENGALURU: The ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, Milan Hovorka, on Thursday inaugurated Czech Republic Visa Application Centre in Bengaluru.
“Now people do not have to travel all the way to New Delhi to apply for Czech Republic Visa. The opening of the visa application centre in Bengaluru will save time, as the visa will be issued in just 5-7 working days,” Hovorka said after the inauguration.
Apart from Bengaluru Czech Republic has two visa application centres, in Mumbai and Delhi, operated by VFS Global. “Over the next few weeks we will be inaugurating three more centres - Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata and I am personally inaugurating each one of them. This also testifies the Czech authorities' readiness to take appropriate measures to facilitate sustainable tourism exchanges,” Hovorka said.
Meanwhile, the visa application centre at Prestige Atrium, Level-3, opposite to Empire hotel in Shivajinagar, accepts applications for Schengen short term visa for business, tourist, visiting family/friend and cultural events.
The visa application centre provides secure handling of passport, documents and personal information and visa status update through the website and SMS alerts.
Direct flight soon
The Ambassador lamented that there was no direct flight from India to Czech Republic. “We are working on getting a direct flight from India to Czech very soon,” Hovorka added.
