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Plan a Canada visa centre appointment in India: leave-home time, biometric fee and deadline, and what to carry, wear and leave behind.
This planner converts a Canada visa application centre slot in India into a departure time, a biometric fee figure and a checklist you can tick off. It applies the published IRCC rules — CAD 85 per person for biometric collection with a CAD 170 family cap, a Biometric Instruction Letter that must be used within 30 days, and the under-14 and over-79 age exemptions — plus the standard VAC restrictions on bags and electronics. Aimed at visitor, study permit, work permit and permanent residence applicants attending their first biometric appointment.
Open Canada VAC India Appointment Day Checklist on AltFTool — it loads instantly in your browser.
Add your input to the workspace.
Adjust the options until the result looks right.
Copy or download the output and put it to work.
Applies the CAD 170 family cap and the CAD 255 performing-artist group cap instead of just multiplying by head count.
Enter the issue date and the 30-day expiry is calculated for you, leap years included.
Study permit applicants see the PAL and GIC items; PR applicants see police certificates and the upfront medical.
CAD 85 per person for biometric collection. A family applying at the same time pays a maximum of CAD 170 in total, and a group of three or more performing artists pays a maximum of CAD 255. The fee is paid with the application, not in cash at the centre.
You must give your biometrics within 30 days of the date IRCC issues the BIL. Book the appointment as soon as the letter arrives, because slots in busy Indian cities can fill for weeks.
Applicants under 14 and applicants over 79 do not give biometrics — there is no upper age exemption for asylum claimants. Everyone else applying for a visitor visa, study permit, work permit or permanent residence gives fingerprints and a photo once, and for temporary residence they stay valid for 10 years.
The printed Biometric Instruction Letter, your current passport and any old passports, a photocopy of the bio-data page, and the application and fee confirmations. Leave bags, laptops, power banks, sealed envelopes and food outside — and do not hand over your passport at the biometric visit unless IRCC has sent a passport request.