How to obtain a short stay Visa ?
To stay in France or in the Schengen area, it is necessary to be a member of it, or to be in possession of a Visa of stay. As a reminder, the Schengen area contains 26 Member states: 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(Swiss), and Liechtenstein. Your journey can have various purposes, and a period going of the simple to the triple. It is necessary to choose the right Visa to be sure not to find into trap…
Characteristics of the short stay Visa
What a short stay Visa ? A short stay Visa can adapt itself to the foreign nationals wishing to travel in the Schengen area during a period lower or equal at 90 days. There are 4 categories of short stay Visa :
Every Visa has its specificities and is adapted to a type of travel. It should be noted that only the airport transit Visa gives access just to France…
For any additional information on the short stay Visa for France, download the Visa France application.
Supporting documents requested
How to make the steps to come in France? To have a Visa file for France in due and proper form, you have to fill a request form which you will find free on the Visa France application or then by the embassy or the closest French consulate from your home.
All visa application for short stay ask for the same administrative documents to be complete. They are the source documents of any visa application and they have to be supplied in a precise order and with french or with an official translation. Furthermore, these documents have to be originals and you will have to supply an additional game of photocopies…
For any additional information on the short stay Visa for France, download the Visa France application.
Deposit of the request
Who issues visas to come in France? The TLSContact company takes care of visa applications for the following 14 countries: Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Thailand, Tunisia, Great Britain, Uzbekistan or Vietnam. If you are a national of one of these countries, it is necessary to register you on the web site https://fr.tlscontact.com/ which will allow you among others to follow the advance of your file.
The regulations for the deposits of Visa file application vary according to countries. So keep you inform with the embassy or with the French consulate referent. You can find them easily on the card of the French embassies…
Delivery and refusal
Your Visa file for France can take between 1 and 2 months to be handled. If at the end of this lapse of time you have no piece of news, it is that your request was refused implicitly. But most of the time you will be kept informed by mail or delivered personally paper.
For any request accepted, you will receive a phone call or an email asking you to go to the embassy or to the consulate to take back your Visa…
For any additional information on the short stay Visa for France, download the Visa France application.