Corporate mobility teams relying on Indian talent have 48 hours to update their playbooks. Outsourcing giant VFS Global confirmed late on 11 January that its flagship New Delhi Visa Application Centre (VAC) will move from the Shivaji Stadium Metro complex to a purpose-built facility on Kasturba Gandhi Marg, effective 12 January 2026. The centre processes short-stay 'C' visas, employment permits and re-entry stamps for Ireland, as well as applications for the UK and 11 Schengen countries. All Irish-linked appointments scheduled after 00:01 IST on 12 January have been automatically reassigned to the new address. ([visahq.com](https://www.visahq.com/news/2026-01-11/ie/ireland-linked-visa-applications-redirected-as-vfs-global-shifts-new-delhi-centre/?utm_source=openai))
VFS says existing biometric bookings will be honoured without fee, but premium-lounge upgrades and courier-return services must be re-purchased if applicants wish to use enhanced options at the new site. Travel managers should therefore double-check cost codes and traveller communications to avoid reimbursement disputes.
The relocation is designed to alleviate chronic overcrowding at the old centre, where applicants routinely queued for up to two hours during peak student-visa season. The new 25-counter layout is expected to cut average processing time by 30 % and includes a dedicated corporate lane for bulk submissions—welcome news for Irish employers ramping up graduate-intake programmes in India.
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For mobility coordinators who want to outsource the admin headache, VisaHQ can help. Our dedicated India-Ireland team auto-updates invitation letters with the new VAC address, books biometrics, and issues real-time alerts on appointment inventory—all through a single dashboard. Explore the service at https://www.visahq.com/ireland/.
Practically, companies should issue updated invitation letters reflecting the new VAC address, revise travel-policy templates that reference Shivaji Stadium, and ensure that courier labels generated by internal booking tools direct passports to Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Failure to do so could delay visa issuance by several days, jeopardising project start-dates in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Looking ahead, VFS hinted that similar capacity upgrades are planned for Mumbai and Bengaluru later in 2026, signalling continued demand for Irish visas despite tighter salary-threshold rules coming in March.
VFS says existing biometric bookings will be honoured without fee, but premium-lounge upgrades and courier-return services must be re-purchased if applicants wish to use enhanced options at the new site. Travel managers should therefore double-check cost codes and traveller communications to avoid reimbursement disputes.
The relocation is designed to alleviate chronic overcrowding at the old centre, where applicants routinely queued for up to two hours during peak student-visa season. The new 25-counter layout is expected to cut average processing time by 30 % and includes a dedicated corporate lane for bulk submissions—welcome news for Irish employers ramping up graduate-intake programmes in India.
For mobility coordinators who want to outsource the admin headache, VisaHQ can help. Our dedicated India-Ireland team auto-updates invitation letters with the new VAC address, books biometrics, and issues real-time alerts on appointment inventory—all through a single dashboard. Explore the service at https://www.visahq.com/ireland/.
Practically, companies should issue updated invitation letters reflecting the new VAC address, revise travel-policy templates that reference Shivaji Stadium, and ensure that courier labels generated by internal booking tools direct passports to Kasturba Gandhi Marg. Failure to do so could delay visa issuance by several days, jeopardising project start-dates in Dublin, Cork and Galway.
Looking ahead, VFS hinted that similar capacity upgrades are planned for Mumbai and Bengaluru later in 2026, signalling continued demand for Irish visas despite tighter salary-threshold rules coming in March.
