Refund of Visa Fee Policy

• The Post would consider Refund of Visa Fee to the applicant/s in cases where excess / multiple visa fee payment was done over and above the prescribed visa fee for all Regular/Paper Visa granted by the Consulate General of India, Birmingham.
• The applicant should make the refund claim through email (cons[dot]birmingham[at]mea[dot]gov[dot]in) to Consulate General of India, Birmingham, providing copies of all relevant documents:
  Proof of payment Visa application Copies of passport Applicant’s bank account details
  This request must be made within 03 months of having made such excess / multiple payments.
• No refund claim will be entertained after 03 months of such payment.
• The Post will examine the claims and endeavour to settle all claims (where there are no disputes) as soon as possible after the receipt of refund requests.