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REMINDER: Following the chronology of steps allows you lot to hands admission the information yous need to apply for a visa.

Visa renewal / extension

I am in France and I wish to renew or extend my visa, I must contact the prefecture of my place of residence. If I am in my country of residence, I contact the consular services or the competent service provider

French republic-Visas features

• The service is currently being deployed. Online demand is gradually being extended to all countries.

• General data about visas is bachelor in French, English language, Castilian, Chinese, Arabic and Russian. Depending on the stage of completion of the launch of France-Visas, data specific to country of residence will exist available in approximately 40 boosted languages.

• Your browser may not be compatible with the France-Visas website. Please consult this page « Browser compatibility », and update your browser version or use a compatible one. If the trouble persists and your browser is compatible, you lot need to clear your cache and try again. To do this, you need to become to your browser'southward control panel and go to the privacy section.

• You lot need to clear your browser cache to solve the problem. To do this, y'all need to become to your browser's command panel and become to the privacy section.

Managing your account

• • Please go to the "My Account" space or start your online visa awarding;
  • Please enter your surname, first name and a valid email accost besides as your preferred linguistic communication;
  • In a few minutes, yous will receive an email containing an activation link for your France-Visas account. Yous will then receive a second email with your temporary password, which you should change equally soon equally yous have logged in;
  • The activation link will direct you to France-Visas where yous can validate your electronic mail accost using the code you received in the electronic mail;
  • To finish the process, y'all must answer a hush-hush question in case you forget your password;
  • Your account is at present active and you can access all France-Visas services.

• Some emailing programmes do not recognise links over several lines; the link can exist broken and non piece of work. Simply re-create/paste the unabridged link into your browser's address bar.

• • Click on "Forgot your countersign?" in the login area;
  • Enter your email address defined when yous set up the business relationship;
  • In a few minutes, y'all will receive an activation link enabling you to reset your password.

• Your account volition be locked for one hr; you tin and then effort again. You tin can also follow the forgotten password procedure.

• Y'all tin create a new account:

  • With the aforementioned electronic mail address within 48 hours later on deleting it.
  • By using a new email address.

• Y'all can change the linguistic communication of your account at any time: My business relationship > Alter my account

Schengen area: entering and staying

• Information is available here.

• All strange nationals require a visa to enter the Schengen area unless exempt. This exemption depends on:

  • The nationality of the applicant;
  • The type of passport;
  • Whether the traveller has a residence allow or a long-stay visa valid in French republic or a State that applies the Schengen accords;
  • The duration of stay;
  • The office of the French Republic the traveller plans to visit (France's European or non-European territories).

  Important: not being required to obtain a visa or be in possession of a visa is not sufficient to grant automatic right of entry and does not exempt you from proving the purpose of your stay and your means of subsistence during a Edge controls.

  I have a French residence permit. Practise I demand a visa?

  If you accept a valid residence permit authorising y'all to reside in France, you practice not need an entry visa. However, if members of your family do not have residence permits, they must utilise for a visa unless exempt.

  I hold a French residence let but I've mislaid it. Exercise I need a visa?

  Foreign nationals belongings a residence permit in France and who have alleged this document lost or stolen to the local authorities must utilize for a return visa from the consulate in social club to enter French republic again. It is recommended that strange nationals property a French residence permit keep this certificate safely at all times when travelling overseas.

• Unless stated differently on the visa stamp, brusk-stay visas are valid for all the 26 States in the Schengen surface area i.e. the post-obit countries (in alphabetical order): Republic of austria, Belgium, Czechia, Kingdom of denmark, Spain, Estonia, Republic of finland, French republic, Deutschland, Greece, Republic of hungary, Iceland, Italy, Republic of latvia, Principality of liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

  At that place are no edge controls between Schengen countries except in special circumstances.

  Important: the United Kingdom and Republic of ireland are non part of the Schengen scheme.

  "Schengen" visas do not let entry to France's not-European territories equally they are not part of the Schengen area.

  Similarly, visas for France's non-European territories practise not permit entry to the Schengen area.

  I desire to visit French republic and already take a valid short-stay Schengen visa issued by some other Schengen State. Do I need a new visa?

  A Schengen visa (issued past a Schengen State embassy or consulate) is valid for all 26 States in the Schengen area unless indicated otherwise on the visa postage stamp. If your visa is even so valid, you lot do non need to use for some other visa to visit France. Nevertheless, you must be able to provide supporting documentation as to the purpose of your stay and your means of subsistence upon your arrival in France.

• Brusk-stay visa

  Strange nationals who are authorised to enter mainland French republic for a short stay without a visa are also authorised to enter Monaco without a visa as are holders of residence permits issued by a Schengen State. The holder of a Schengen visa valid in France is also authorised to enter and stay in Monaco.

  When a brusk-stay visa is required and the primary destination is Monaco, the consulate in France will result a Schengen visa valid for Monaco and the Schengen area.

  Long-stay visa

  Your awarding will be passed on to the Monegasque government. The visa will be issued by the Monegasque authorities following their understanding.

  The visa awarding file must include:

  • 3 long-stay visa awarding forms;
  • Three recent passport photographs;
  • Your original passport (and photocopies of the main pages).

  You will as well have to provide:

  • A copy of your criminal record;
  • A sworn argument indicating that the applicant has never been sentenced in his/her country of origin or elsewhere, has not been declared bankrupt, and is non involved in any on-going legal or criminal proceedings.
  • Supporting documents as to the purpose of the trip:
    • An employment contract signed by the Principality's Employment Department;
    • An application to prepare up a business organisation or a company;
    • A wedlock licence for spouses of French, Monegasque or foreign nationals residing in Monaco;
    • A banking company statement showing sufficient means of subsistence: verification of the amount of these means falls under the sole remit of the Monegasque authorities; a depository financial institution certificate certifying that the bidder is able to alive in Monaco without exercising any gainful activity is deemed sufficient.
  • Proof of accommodation:
    • A lease or pre-tenancy agreement;
    • A property human action;
    • Or a proof of residency letter;
    • Or a written undertaking past the interested party to produce one of these three documents within three months of his/her arrival in the Principality.

• You lot must contact your visa center.

• The visa stamp indicates the validity of the visa and the authorised length of stay. A visa may be issued for a single entry or multiple entries.

  The maximum length of a stay is that which is indicated on the visa and will vary depending on the purpose of your stay.

  Key points

  • You must leave the Schengen area no later than the decease appointment shown on your visa;
  • You must not exceed the authorised length of stay during the validity of the visa;
  • If you lot accept been authorised to stay for 90 days, yous must not remain in the Schengen area for over 90 days in whatsoever 180-day menstruation; this menstruum must not exceed the duration of the visa or the 90-day flow, which commences on the date of the first entry into the Schengen area.

  Compliance with these durations and the validity of the visa are checked when entering or leaving the Schengen area. Should you fail to comply, yous may be refused entry/exit at the border.

• A Blazon D long-stay visa issued in French republic or by another Schengen country allows you lot to travel in the Schengen area for a maximum period of xc days in any 180-day menstruation during your visa's validity menstruum subject to presenting supporting documents as to the purpose of your visit and your means of subsistence.

  This is valid for all long-stay visas indicating the letter of the alphabet 'D' during the validity period.

• Yous take to transit in an airport in France in lodge to travel to some other airport in French republic or to an aerodrome in a Schengen country.

  You are entering the Schengen area via a French airdrome. The border police volition conduct out controls in this drome. Unless exempt from having a visa, you must have an entry visa and a short-stay visa for the Schengen expanse.

  You have to transit via an airport located in France to an airdrome located outside the Schengen area without leaving the international zone of this French aerodrome.

  Foreign nationals making this type of transit do not enter into the Schengen area. In principle, strange nationals are not required to take an airdrome transit visa subject field to exceptions. Certain nationalities must obtain a visa to make this type of transit in airports in France.

• If yous were granted a short-stay visa or were exempt from obtaining a brusque-stay visa during your arrival in France, you must be able to satisfy all the edge police's requests:

  • Your passport (with a visa, if this applies to your situation);
  • Supporting documents as to the purpose of your trip to France, your means of subsistence during your stay, and the means to return to your country of origin.

  • You lot must take an insurance document roofing all medical and hospital expenses for which you may be liable for the elapsing of your stay in French republic, as well as medical repatriation costs and expenses in the upshot of death.

  Holders of multiple-entry visas must carry a health insurance certificate during every trip.

  Having a visa in your passport does not necessarily guarantee that the holder will be authorised to enter the Schengen expanse. The border police may refuse your entry. If you were granted a long-stay visa, the border police will only enquire to meet your passport containing the visa. It must have a stamp showing the date of entry into France.

• Please click on ''Submit your application page''. Before booking an appointment at your Visa Centre, please make certain that y'all do need a visa and that yous take filled out an awarding form and prepared all the supporting documents.

• No. France authorities don't result visa at your arrival.

  Unless exempt from having a visa, y'all must have a visa issued before your arrival in French republic or within the Schengen expanse. Every bit a reminder, having a visa in your passport does non necessarily guarantee that the holder will be authorised to enter the Schengen expanse. The border constabulary may refuse your entry.

• You must fill out a new form. No demand to delete this form or your account. Print the practiced version of your grade and add together information technology to the required documents.

• Please go on this page.

• For the Schengen short-stay visa, the European Committee website has created a figurer that can aid yous check how many days are left on your visa (Reminder: the total length of your stay must not exceed a total of 90 days over a period of 180 days).

• The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has stipulated certain mandatory specifications for passport photos. Please find them hither.

• The picture must be contempo and conform to reality. The photograph should be 35 mm wide and 45 mm loftier. The size of the face should be 32 to 36 mm (seventy to 80% of the picture) from chin to forehead (excluding hair).

• A biometric passport is a passport with an electronic fleck that contains biometric information that tin can be used to authenticate the identity of the passport holder. It uses a contactless smart card engineering. Passport information is both printed on the passport data page and stored in the chip. The biometric passport contains personal data of the passport holder, digital photograph ID and fingerprints.

Information nearly submitting your visa application

• You must submit your visa application to the French consulate (or Embassy) or with a certified service provider (differs from country to land) in the state where you legally reside.

  Nevertheless, if you are in some other country and you can explain why your awarding could not be submitted to the consulate in your legal place of residence (unexpected circumstances, etc.), your visa application may be accepted.

• The Fellow member Country authorised to process and dominion on visa applications is the ane whose territory constitutes the sole (or chief) destination of your journey.

  I plan to visit several Schengen countries during my trip: which countries can process my visa application?

  When visiting several countries, the competente Fellow member State is the one whose territory constitutes the main destination of your journey in terms of elapsing. If the main destination tin can not be determined, the competente Member State is the one the applicant intends to enter showtime.

  I program to spend six days in French republic and fifteen in another Schengen area state. Should I submit my visa application to the French Consulate?

  In this case, the authorised Fellow member State is the one whose territory constitutes the primary destination of the journey in terms of elapsing.

  I programme to travel to French republic simply my flight volition arrive in a unlike country. Where should I apply for my visa?

  You must apply for your visa at the French consulate as France constitutes the principal destination of your journeying in terms of duration even though you are inbound the Schengen area via another Member State.

• Visa processing times vary depending on the nationality of the bidder, the purpose of the stay and the local visa issuing conditions.

  To utilise for a short-stay visa, the application must be submitted at least two weeks prior to your planned visit; however, it can not exist submitted more than six months prior to your planned visit. Information technology is the responsibility of the applicant to have the necessary precautions in terms of respecting deadlines when an appointment system is in identify.

  Certain types of visa require special checks (e.g. civil status, etc.) or consulting different French authorities, which may extend the processing time.

• Those applying for a visa must cover the authoritative costs (i.e. costs linked to processing your application) i.e. €eighty for short-stay visas and €99 for long-stay visas. In certain cases, sure categories of applicants may exist wholly or partially exonerated from paying these fees (children under six years of historic period, children aged between six and twelve years of age, spouses of French nationals, students whose applications have been inspected by a report centre in France, etc.). Visa fees are non reimbursed even if your application is refused or you withdraw your application.

• You must use the passport yous intend to travel with. When you fill up in the awarding form, you must bespeak your original nationality also every bit your current nationality (i.e. that shown on your passport).

• The purpose y'all indicated for your trip determines which supporting documents you will take to provide to support your visa application. You must cull the purpose of your stay for which specific documents are requested (e.1000. alphabetic character of invitation, employer attestation, etc.), and so the "working" reason should have precedence.

  Similarly, if you are coming to France to report and for tourism purposes, the "Studying" reason should take precedence.

• Individuals who have obtained a Schengen visa and take submitted biometric information (fingerprints and photograph) are not required to submit this biometric data again if they possess a photocopy of their previous Schengen visa, if the biometric data was submitted less than 59 months ago.

  However, y'all must submit a passport photo in your application.

• 

  The biometric visa number can be in the following formats:

  • XXX000000000
  • D000000000

  Legend:

  • XXX : lawmaking of the issuing country
  • D : This is the code for Germany but
  • 000000000 : 9 digit visa number

• For stays not exceeding 90 days (unless exempt), trips for tourism or business organization require valid travel insurance covering whatever possible costs for medical repatriation, and emergency and/or hospital treatment. This is mandatory. This insurance must be valid throughout the Member States' territory in the Schengen area, which fully apply the provisions of the Schengen accord and for the duration of your stay. It must allow you to access services in the Schengen surface area.

  This insurance must also provide coverage of €30,000 minimum including medical repatriation, and emergency and/or hospital treatment.

• If your application is for a school grouping, nosotros recommend you contact the consulate, which will arrange an date for you; y'all will be told where to submit the applications (e.g. an external service provider or the consulate).

  Visa applications for the purposes of a school trip are free of charge.

• The visa number is equanimous of the 3-letter of the alphabet country code (state of issuance), followed past a 9-digit number.

Adaptation

• The person hosting you must go to their local boondocks hall in French republic to obtain the proof of accommodation certificate on your behalf (more than information nearly which documents to provide can be constitute on the post-obit website: servicepublic.gouv.fr - in French just).

  The proof of adaptation document is mandatory for persons being hosted by private individuals.

  When submitting your visa application, you must exist in possession of the original certificate equally it must be stamped by the consulate and exist presented when you enter the country.

• We need to provide an acceptable proof of funds that shows your financial ability to travel and comport expenditures during your stay in the Schengen expanse (personal bank statements for the last three months, concluding 3 pay slips, credit/debit cards statements, travelers cheques etc.).

Long-stay visa

• If y'all have a long-stay visa serving as a residence permit, yous must validate it within 3 months of arriving in France at this address.

  This quick and easy step ensures you are a legal resident of France following your relocation to the country. You will need:

  • A valid e-mail address;
  • Your visa information;
  • Your date of inflow in France;
  • Your address in France;
  • Your card details for the online payment of the fee for issuing your residence permit (for other payment methods, delight cheque the website).

  If y'all do not complete this step within three months, you lot volition no longer exist a legal resident of France or be able to re-enter the Schengen Area.

  If your long-stay visa bears the words "card de séjour à solliciter" (request residence permit), you must apply for a residence let at the Prefecture of your place of residence, without first contacting the OFII, inside two months of your arrival in France, unless you lot are a small-scale (aged under xviii).

  Due north.B. minors anile betwixt 16 and 18 who work must asking a residence permit.

  Your residence permit has expired

  The consulate is not authorized to renew expired residence permits. This is the responsibility of the Prefecture of your place of residence in France. You lot tin can travel with your expired residence permit if it is accompanied by the document of renewal application.

• A render visa (in French republic) is a type of long-stay visa issued under special circumstances to individuals able to testify they have a French residence permit. The granting of this type of visa is subject to potency from the relevant police station.

  The "visa de retour" allows you to enter France:

  • Foreign nationals holding a residence allow (which authorises them to enter France without a visa) or, for minors, a travel document for under-age children "(DCEM)" or a republican identity document "(TIR)" having declared they take lost or mislaid this certificate or that information technology has been stolen;
  • Minors unremarkably residing in French republic and who take left French territory without applying for a DCEM or TIR prior to their departure;
  • Foreign nationals in possession of the initial residence let receipt who accept left French republic before obtaining their residence permit;
  • Foreign nationals with temporary residence authorization issued in the context of a request for aviary or a receipt for an application issued in the same framework.

  The visa awarding file must include the following documents:

  • Iii long-stay visa application forms;
  • 3 passport photographs;
  • A valid passport;
  • The long-stay visa fees;
  • A letter explaining why you are applying for a return visa;
  • Proof of address in France (utility bill, etc.)

  If your valid residence allow has been lost or stolen:

  • Original annunciation of the loss/theft from the local authorities (+ photocopy of the declaration of the loss/theft: the original will exist returned to you).

  If y'all are in possession of the initial residence allow receipt:

  • Original receipt of the first awarding for a valid residence bill of fare (+ photocopy: the original will be returned to you).

  Travel document for under-age children (DCEM)

  Under-historic period children living in French republic do not demand a residence permit. However, to enable travel outside France, travel documents for foreign minors can be obtained (DCEM). This certificate allows the small (following a trip abroad) to evidence his/her right to reside in French republic and to be readmitted without a visa into French republic or the Schengen expanse. This document must be presented with a valid passport.

  Foreign minors born in France: republican identity certificate (TIR)

  The republican identity document (TIR) enables certain foreign minors residing in France to travel and prove their identity. The person with parental authorization for the kid must make the application and provide the supporting documents. The document is issued and tin be renewed or replaced by the constabulary station (préfecture or sous-préfecture).

What tin can I do if my visa is refused?

• As per French & European laws, negative decisions on visa applications must be notified.

  An applicant whose visa has been refused may lodge an entreatment against the decision to turn down a visa to the Commission de Recours contre les Décisions de Refus de Visa, BP 83609 44036 Nantes CEDEX ane, inside 2 months of beingness officially informed. This entreatment must be motivated, signed and written in French. It must precede whatsoever further entreatment to a Courtroom.

  If no decision has been communicated to the applicant within 2 months of submission of the file, the case shall be deemed to have been dismissed and can exist appealed earlier the Commission de Recours Contre les Décisions de Refus de Visa.

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Source: https://france-visas.gouv.fr/web/france-visas/faq

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