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Add a VFS Shortcut to Your Phone

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VFS LOGIN URL · USE THIS IN EVERY STEP
https://visa.vfsglobal.com/usa/en/prt/login
iPhone · Safari

How to add a VFS shortcut

  1. 1Open Safari and go to the VFS login URL above.
  2. 2Tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen (the square with an arrow pointing up).
  3. 3Scroll down through the share sheet and tap Add to Home Screen.
  4. 4Edit the name to something short like VFS so it fits cleanly under the icon.
  5. 5Tap Add in the top right.
Note
Move the icon to your dock or your first home page so it is visible the moment you unlock your phone.
Three things to do once the icon is on your home screen

Save your VFS login in your password manager

Open the shortcut, log in to VFS, and let your phone offer to save the password. Use Apple Keychain, Google Password Manager, 1Password, Bitwarden, whatever you already use. Next time you tap the shortcut, login is one biometric tap away.

Test the full flow before an alert hits

Tap your shortcut. Log in. Navigate to the appointment booking page. Time yourself. If it takes more than 30 seconds from the home screen to the appointment page, something is slowing you down. Fix it now, not when an alert is firing.

Move the icon somewhere you can hit instantly

Put it on your first home screen, not buried in a folder. Many of our users place it next to their messaging app, since that is where the alert will land.

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Slots disappear in seconds. Be ready.

Refreshing VFS manually means competing with bots that check every few seconds. VisaFetch levels the playing field to give you an advantage.

Start Monitoring Free

Slots disappear in seconds. Be ready.

Refreshing VFS manually means competing with bots that check every few seconds. VisaFetch levels the playing field to give you an advantage.

Start Monitoring Free