France Étranger: Visa Guide

Independent app. France Étranger is not a government service and does not represent the French government or any prefecture. Provided as a guidance tool for informational purposes only. Official sources: service-public.fr · interieur.gouv.fr · legifrance.gouv.fr Applying for a visa for France, for a short trip or a long stay? France Étranger shows you what to do, step by step, and lets you hand your file to a team based in France. YOUR FRENCH VISA, STEP BY STEP • Choose your reason for coming: a short stay (tourism, family visit, business trip), studies, work, family or spouse, long stay without working, or a visa that was refused • See the steps to follow, in order, from the online application to the appointment at the visa centre • See the list of documents to gather for your situation • Short-stay Schengen visa (under 90 days): tourism, visiting family or friends, business trip • Long-stay visa: student visa, work visa, family visa, visitor visa A TEAM IN FRANCE PREPARES YOUR FILE WITH YOU Send a request from the app and describe your situation. Our team, based in France, prepares your file with you and follows it until the visa is issued. The decision always belongs to the consulate. • Our team answers in your language • Your messages and documents are kept in the app • Visa refused? Our team prepares your appeal with you Preparing your file is a paid service. The price is shown to you before any commitment, and you pay only if you accept it. Viewing the steps and the document lists is free. ALREADY IN FRANCE? • Residence permit (titre de séjour) renewal and files stuck at the préfecture • ANEF application tracking • Naturalisation: eligibility simulators and interview preparation • Practice for the civic exam: 740 series, 37 categories This part of the app is in French. Visa decisions are made by the French consular authorities alone. France Étranger does not issue visas and cannot promise an outcome or a processing time. IMPORTANT NOTICE France Étranger is a private, independent app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the French government, a préfecture, a consulate or any public administration. It does not represent any government entity and does not carry out official procedures on behalf of the authorities. OFFICIAL SOURCES • Visas (official visa site): https://france-visas.gouv.fr • Procedures: https://www.service-public.gouv.fr • Foreign nationals in France (ANEF): https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr • Legal texts (CESEDA): https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr • Ministry of the Interior: https://www.interieur.gouv.fr Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/