How to obtain a short stay Visa of transit?
To circulate freely in France and in Europe, it is enough to be an European or to have a Visa of stay. There is several, adapted to different needs. If you are a member of the Schengen area, you already have the authorization to come in France by presenting an ID card. The Schengen area account 26 countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Inquire about the specificities which can be in order, according to your nationality…
Characteristics of the short stay Visa of transit
The transit Visa allows you, during a journey between two countries out of the Schengen area, to cross between 1 and 5 days in one or several countries of this space. It should be noted that every transit cannot exceed 5 days.
If you want to pass in transit, it is necessary for you to ask for a Visa for France. Thus it is necessary to know how to obtain a Schengen Visa…
For any additional information on the Visas of transit for France, download the Visa France application.
Supporting documents requested
To have a valid visa application, you have to complete an free available form on the Visa France application or then to use that supplies by the embassy or the closest French consulate from your home. Your Visa file for France will be complete only in the presence of this form and wanted administrative documents.
Documents you have to bring together have to be originals and you must be provided with a photocopy of every paper. The documents to hand over are the basics ones. They are among 7, with in particular a documentary evidence of your personal situation and a documentary evidence of accommodation. You will find the complete list as well as the order in which to present these documents on the Visa France application…
For any additional information on the Visas of transit for France, download the Visa France application.
Deposit of the request
The Visas applications France are now managed by the company TLSContact for 14 countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia, Great Britain, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. If you are from one of these countries, you have to create an account on the web site of the company https://fr.tlscontact.com/. This web site will allow you in to follow stage by stage the progress of your file.
Where to deposit your request form of Visa France ? You have to deposit your file, including the form, in the embassy or the closest French consulate from your home. Nevertheless, the relative regulations in Visas of entrance and stay to France can change. Inform you about on the web site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or about the map of the French embassies to find where to deposit your file…
Delivery and refusal
A visa application takes between 1 and 2 months to be handled according to countries. If after 2 months you don’t have news, it can involve a refusal of visa. But most of the time the refusals are handed over by mail or clean hands with motivation.
If your Visa is granted, you will be kept informed by phone or email. Your Visa have to be pick up at the embassy or the consulate…
For any additional information on the Visas of transit for France, download the Visa France application.