Mobile Visa Service - French visa (other nationalities)

** Some nationalities may be required to apply in person - please check the French Embassy website for list. ZIMBABWEAN PASSPORT HOLDERS MUST NOW APPLY IN PERSON **

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED

1. 1 or 2 completed and signed application forms and completed and signed client contact sheet (please print off this website and fill in one for each person). Please read our Terms & Conditions.

2. PASSPORT with UK Residency Visa valid at least 3 months. Passport should be in good condition with one completely blank page for the visa.

3. 1 or 2 passport-sized PHOTOGRAPHS (Chinese/East European nationals need 2 photos and 2 forms).

ORIGINALS PLUS ONE COPY REQUIRED OF ALL THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS. THE EMBASSY REQUIRES ALL COPIES MUST BE DOUBLE-SIDED (ie use both sides of the paper for your copying). IF YOU DO NOT COPY YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS WE WILL CHARGE AN EXTRA £5 FOR COPYING.

4. RETURN TICKET TO FRANCE or CONFIRMATION of your return travel which must state that everything is CONFIRMED and FULLY PAID. Your name must appear on the confirmation.

5. CONFIRMATION OF HOTEL (doesn’t need to be paid). Each person’s name who needs the visa must appear on the confirmation OR IF STAYING WITH FRIENDS/FAMILY WHO LIVE IN FRANCE THEY MUST SEND YOU AN ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF BOARD AND LODGING WHICH THEY OBTAIN FROM THEIR LOCAL TOWN HALL IN FRANCE. (Original only, not copy or fax).

6. An ORIGINAL BANK STATEMENT (last month’s) with £30 per person for each day in France.

7. LETTER FROM EMPLOYER/UNIVERSITY confirming you are employed/a student. Original, not more than 1 month old. If you are a dependant, a letter from your spouse/parent confirming they are supporting you, together with their employer’s letter and their bank statement (see above). If self-employed a letter from your accountant/solicitor. Letters which are not original or which are more than one month old at date of lodging in Embassy will not be accepted. Payslips/contracts/offers of employment or place at college will not be accepted instead of a letter.

8. INSURANCE (this must mention that you are covered for medical expenses and repatriation). The Embassy needs to see a policy document showing your name, dates of cover and these words. Insurance should be valid for the whole length of time you require the visa. If you require a multiple entry visa you need multi-trip insurance. The cheapest policy we have found which satisfy the Embassy's requirements is at www.insureandgo.com. You may arrange your insurance with any other provider and Mobile Visa Service does not endorse Insure and Go. Please ensure the dates of your insurance cover the whole period you want the visa to be issued for (eg to get a 6-month visa your insurance must be valid for 6-12 months). Although multi-trip insurance is necessary for a Multiple entry visa to be issued, providing the documents required (including insurance) is not a guarantee in itself that a multiple entry visa will be issued.

9. SPOUSES/CHILDREN UNDER 18 / UK DEPENDANT VISAS / NANNIES OR DOMESTIC WORKERS. Spouse and children of an EC national - Schengen visas are issued free of Embassy’s fee on production of ORIGINAL Marriage Certificate (if you were not married in the UK you will need to take your marriage certificate to your own embassy and get it stamped as authentic before the French Consulate will accept it. The authentication by your embassy must then have an apostille attached to it. This is an international agreement that counties will recognise each others documents. If your own embassy is not able to do the apostille, you need to take your authenticated marriage certificate to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, who will attach an apostille), ORIGINAL full birth certificate (children) and EC Spouse’s/Parent’s ORIGINAL full and unexpired passport. Persons in the UK on a dependant’s visa must show passport of the spouse/parent on whom they are dependant plus original birth/marriage certificate even if dependant on a non-EC national and/or over 18. Children under 18 travelling alone or with one parent require the written permission of the non-travelling parent(s) plus a copy of that parent(s) passport(s) unless the parent has a document giving them sole custody of the child or certificate of adoption by a step-parent or the child only has one parent named on the birth certificate. Where the EC parent is not the birth parent of the child the visa fee may be charged by the Embassy. Nannies/domestic workers in a private household require original passport of their employer plus a letter of support from employer and employer‘s bank statement.

10. BUSINESS VISAS - a letter from your UK employer (ORIGINAL) confirming they are sending you on business/to a conference, who the business/conference is with, exact nature of the business/conference, the dates and that they are taking financial responsibility for you PLUS AN INVITATION from the HOST ORGANISATION IN FRANCE with the dates they are inviting you and exact details of what you will be doing there (fax acceptable) and above documents.

Documents 3 and 4 (if hotel confirmation) can be faxes or internet printouts (if Certificate of Board and Lodging must be original only, not fax/copy). The applicant needs to complete 1 or 2 visa application form(s) depending on nationality which may be downloaded in advance at www.ambafrance-uk.org. Chinese and East European nationals need to complete 2 forms and provide 2 photos. Some nationalities are “referred” and must apply in person.