Visa Catcher Bot

Getting a Schengen visa is rarely the hard part — getting an appointment is. On busy routes the visa-centre calendar shows nothing for weeks, and the slots that do appear after cancellations are gone within minutes. Visa Catcher is built for exactly that problem: it keeps checking VFS Global and TLScontact around the clock and tells you when a matching date turns up.

The service has two levels. Free alerts come through Telegram, and you then book the slot yourself on the visa-centre website — this works well if your dates are flexible and you can react quickly. For routes where manual users rarely win, such as London, there is a paid auto-booking service that takes the slot for you. The site says prepayment is only asked for when the visa centre itself charges an official fee online.

Coverage is defined by where you apply from: the United Kingdom, Ireland, the UAE, the United States, Canada and Turkey, for Schengen countries including Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Portugal. The website also publishes live appointment findings per route, a useful way to see how fast your route moves before paying for anything.

Keep in mind what it cannot do: it helps you get an appointment, and the visa decision remains with the consulate.