What your visa
will actually cost.
Our fee, the embassy fee, and anything your consulate requires — itemised before you start, never discovered at checkout.
Your trip
Travellers
Everyone applying together
Select a destination
We prepare and submit your application, then track it as far as this consulate allows.
Your package
Priced all-in — each figure already includes the embassy fee and everything this destination requires at that level.
What your destination requires
Insurance, sponsor letters and translations differ by country and passport. Choose your destination and nationality above and the exact list appears here.
Your flights and stay (optional)
We do not quote airfare or hotel rates — we would only be guessing, and this page runs on real numbers. Enter your own and they are added below.
Flights
Return airfare for the whole party
Accommodation
Total for the length of the stay
Your visa, all in
Pick your destination and nationality. Embassy fees and required documents differ for every combination, so we will not guess at yours.
Opaige Managed
Our service fee
$499
Choose your destination and nationality first.
Embassy fees are set by the government, never marked up, and paid by you directly to the consulate.
No hidden extras. What you see here is what you are asked to pay.
Your selections carry straight into the application.
Why nobody tells you what a visa really costs
Ask what a visa costs and you will get one number. It is almost never the number you end up paying, and that is rarely because anyone lied to you. A visa application has three separate costs that belong to three different parties, and the industry has settled into a habit of quoting whichever one sounds smallest.
The government fee
Set by the country you are visiting and paid to them. A short-stay Schengen visa is EUR 90. Nobody can discount it, and any service quoting a total that excludes it is quoting you less than half the bill. It is also the one that moves — governments raise these with little notice.
The service fee
What you pay whoever prepares the application. This is the only number most agents advertise, because it is the only one they control. Ours is flat: $199 to $799, the same for every visa type and every nationality, differing only by how much of the trip we handle.
What the consulate demands but does not charge for
The quiet one. Schengen states will not issue a visa without medical cover of at least EUR 30,000, so insurance is compulsory — but the consulate does not sell it to you, so it rarely appears in anyone's quote. Translations, sponsor letters and courier charges live in the same blind spot.
What stacking looks like
The pattern is always the same. You are quoted a service fee. You commit. Then the government fee appears, because it was never the agent's to quote. Then insurance, because the consulate will reject you without it. Then a translation, because your bank statement is not in their language. Each addition is defensible on its own. Together they can double the number you first agreed to, and by then you have already started.
Nothing above is unique to any one agency — it is how the industry quotes, worldwide. What is avoidable is being told at the end rather than the beginning.
What we do instead
- All three costs are shown together, before you pay, itemised for your destination and your passport.
- The government fee is never marked up. You pay the consulate directly, or we pay it for you for a $45 handling fee you can decline.
- Anything your package already includes never appears as an extra — you are not charged twice for the same document.
- Requirements you can satisfy yourself, like insurance you already hold, can be unticked. Required by the consulate does not mean required from us.
Questions people ask about visa costs
What does a visa actually cost in total?+
A visa application has three separate costs, and most quotes only show one. First, the government or embassy fee, set by the destination country and paid to them — for example a Schengen visa fee is EUR 90. Second, the service fee charged by whoever prepares your application — Opaige charges a flat $199 to $799 depending on how much of the work you want handled. Third, requirements the consulate mandates but does not itself charge for, such as travel insurance, which is compulsory for Schengen visas. Opaige quotes all three separately before you pay, and the calculator at opaige.com/visa-cost itemises them for your specific destination and passport.
Why do visa agents quote one price and then charge more?+
Because the headline number usually covers only the agent's own service fee. The government fee, mandatory insurance, document translation, and courier or appointment charges are added later, after the applicant has already committed. This is not always dishonest — the government fee genuinely is not the agent's money — but quoting it separately at the end rather than up front makes a service look cheaper than it is. Opaige shows the government fee, the service fee and any consulate-required extras together, before payment.
Does Opaige mark up embassy fees?+
No. The embassy or government fee is set by the destination country and is never marked up by Opaige. You can pay it directly to the consulate yourself, or ask Opaige to pay it on your behalf for a $45 handling fee that covers the card and portal charges — that fee is optional and clearly shown before you pay.
Is travel insurance included in the visa service fee?+
No. Travel insurance is a separate cost. Schengen states require proof of medical cover of at least EUR 30,000 for a visa to be issued, so it is mandatory for those applications, but the requirement is for the cover itself — you may use your own policy. Opaige can arrange a compliant policy for $129, shown as a separate line before payment, and you can decline it if you already hold cover.
How much does a Schengen visa cost from Nigeria or Kenya?+
The consulate fee for a short-stay Schengen visa is EUR 90 for adults, paid to the embassy or visa centre. On top of that sits whatever you pay to have the application prepared, and mandatory travel insurance. With Opaige, preparation is $199 to $799 depending on how much of the trip you want handled, insurance is $129 if you do not already have cover, and the embassy fee is paid directly by you. The calculator at opaige.com/visa-cost gives the exact total for your destination and nationality.
Are flights and hotels included in a visa service fee?+
No, and any service implying otherwise is worth questioning. A visa application requires proof of a flight reservation and accommodation, not paid tickets — Opaige provides verifiable flight and hotel reservation letters that consulates accept from the $299 tier upward. The actual airfare and hotel stay are booked and paid for separately by the traveller, normally after the visa is approved.
Your visa, all in
$499