Do you need a visa for France? Visa to France for students. For individual entrepreneurs.

Attention!
In Russia, from September 14, 2015, it starts working new system issuance of visas to the Schengen countries. In this regard, tourists applying for a visa in visa application center or at the consulate, you will need to pass the fingerprinting procedure and take a digital photograph.
Biometric data must be provided every 5 years.
Children under 12 do not need to be fingerprinted.

- Financial support

Help from the place of work on company letterhead with details legal entity, outgoing number and date of issue, original round seal, signature of the general director and chief accountant. The certificate must contain the following information: position held, period of work at the enterprise, average monthly income (at least 25 thousand per month). Attention! The certificate should not be signed by the tourist himself, if he himself is CEO or chief accountant. The certificate is valid for 1 month from the date of signing.
- or a certificate in the form 2-NDFL
- or bank account statement
Please note that, by order of the French Consulate, statements from banks and their branches must contain the address and contact phone number. The absence of this information is a non-compliance with the requirements of the French Consulate. It is especially worth paying attention to extracts from Sberbank branches.

Copy of pages Russian passport with marks

3. ADDITIONALLY TO THE MAIN PACKAGE OF DOCUMENTS

- For non-working pensioners

A photocopy of the pension certificate and a bank account statement (account balance statement), or a sponsorship letter from a close relative who pays for the trip (with an income of at least 25,000 rubles). A copy of the document confirming the relationship with the sponsor, as well as a copy internal passport sponsor (1st page with photo).
From April 20, 2012, in order to exempt a disabled person from paying consular and service fees, it is necessary to provide when submitting documents:

or original + copy of disability pension certificate;
or a copy of the VTEK certificate.

- For students and pupils

A certificate from the place of study, a copy of a student card, a certificate from the place of work (or a certificate in the form 2-NDFL, or a certificate of the state of the bank account) of the person paying the travel expenses, and a statement signed by this person that he pays the expenses for a stay in France. A copy of the document confirming the relationship with the sponsor, as well as a copy of the sponsor's internal passport (1st page with a photo).

Visa to France for Russians in 2017 Do I need a visa to France, what documents are needed for a visa to France, where to get a visa to France and other visa nuances - in our article.

A Schengen visa to France, like other visas to the countries of the Schengen Agreement, requires the provision of a certain set of various papers, including photographs, an application form and other documents for a visa. If you want to see the world-famous sights of France, think about a visa in advance.

Many people are afraid of applying for a visa to France on their own, but applying for a visa through a travel agency differs only in that you do not take the documents to the French Visa Application Center. At the same time, the most important thing - the burden of collecting all the documents for a visa to France - in any case falls on you.

Visa types

French visas are divided into three types: A, C and D.

Category C is exactly the type of visa that tourists need, this is the Schengen visa to France. The validity of such a visa cannot exceed three months, and applies to the entire Schengen area (except for France, these are Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway , Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland).

Where to apply

A visa is requested at the French Consulate in Russia, but in the event that the main purpose of the trip is related to France. In the case of traveling through several countries of the Schengen agreement, the duration of stay in France is taken into account. In case of coincidence of terms of stay in different countries documents should be submitted to the representation of the state through which the entry into the Schengen area will be carried out.

List of documents for a visa to France

To obtain a short-term Schengen visa, a single list of documents has been in force since January 2013. However, some national features remain.

Copy of all pages of the Russian passport
Original and copy of the first page of the international passport (page with photo). If children are included in the passport, then a copy of the relevant page. Passport must be valid for three months after the visa expires
2 photos that meet all the requirements of the Schengen Agreement
Originals of previous passports containing visas can be provided
Application form completed and signed by the applicant. Signatures (three pieces) must be identical to the signatures in the passport. Links to download questionnaires and filling samples at the end of the article
Original and copy insurance policy for the countries of the Schengen agreement for all days of the trip (even incomplete ones). For multivisa, insurance must cover the first trip, for subsequent trips, the policy is presented at passport control

France visa travel medical insurance. Specify the country and dates of the trip, then select suitable option and issue a policy.

Hotel reservation in the name of the applicant/rental agreement/proof of ownership/letter from a travel agent describing the tour
Booking printout air-railway- bus tickets both sides / original and copy driving license, registration certificates and car insurance
Consent to the processing of personal data (links can be found at the end of the article)

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Proof of financial security

One or more of the following documents

2NDFL
statement from the main bank account
savings account statement
international account statement credit card(card number must be hidden)
scholarship confirmation and student ID
sponsorship letter: for a child - a written obligation to cover expenses by parents; for a pensioner - a written obligation to cover expenses by one of the children. In both cases, a copy of the sponsor's passport, confirmation of the sponsor's income and a document confirming the relationship are required.
certificate of employment with address, phone number, salary, name responsible person signing certificate

For tourists with children

Original and copy of birth certificate
A notarized permission to leave the child from both parents is valid for the entire trip, and issued no earlier than 3 months before the date of submission. If the child travels alone or accompanied by one of the parents: the notarized permission must contain the name of the accompanying person. Copies of the accompanying person's visa and air tickets are also required. In the absence of one of the parents, a certificate from the police is required.

Cost and terms of visa processing

The consular fee is 2230 rubles (paid in ruble equivalent at the rate of the consular office on the day of payment). Consular fees are non-refundable. If the documents are submitted three days before departure, the fee will be 70 euros.

When submitting an application to the visa center, the services of the French Visa Center are also paid - 1879 rubles.

Short Term Visas< 3 месяцев для Шенгенского пространства или виза для Заморского департамента: 3820 рублей.

The agreement between the EU and the Russian Federation allocates from 3 to 10 calendar days for consideration of the application. In case of additional verification of information, the application may be considered up to 30 calendar days.

Fingerprinting (fingerprinting)

Starting from September 2015, the fingerprinting procedure (the so-called fingerprinting) has become mandatory. Only children under 12 years of age are exempt, all others are required to appear at the consulate or visa center in person. The procedure is carried out as soon as possible simultaneously with the submission of the main package of documents. The “validity period” of the prints is 5 years, after which it will be necessary to undergo the procedure again.

Important notes and links

Documents must be folded in a certain order: application form, insurance policy, ticket reservation, original certificate of employment and other financial documents, copies of the first page of the international passport, other documents (hotel reservation, copy of the invitation), copies of Schengen visas from the previous passport. All copies are on A4 sheets.

Photographs are subject to the requirements set by the EU (Norme ISO/IEC 19794-5: 2005). You can download the .pdf file with detailed requirements (in Russian) and illustrations

Consent to the processing of personal data (Yekaterinburg)

Consent to the processing of personal data of children (Yekaterinburg)

You can track the readiness of a visa.

Beauty-France treats visa policy issues strictly in Europe. Documents for obtaining a tourist visa can be submitted through any of the French visa centers located in all major cities Russia, or directly to the embassy or consulate in Moscow or the nearest consulate general in St. Petersburg or Yekaterinburg. Submission of documents to the embassy or consulate of France is possible only by appointment.

How to apply for a visa to France?

The paperwork processing time is 10 days, but if you apply through the visa center, you will need to take into account the time for the delivery of documents to the embassy and the finished passport back to the visa center. Ideally, you need to start applying for a Schengen visa to France a month before the trip.

Stage one: "Prepare the photo"

For those who pay attention to all the rules for collecting documents, it will be very easy to apply for a visa to France on their own.

By the way, the photo must also meet certain requirements:

two photos;
colored;
height 45 mm;
width 35 mm.

For children who are inscribed in the passport of their parents, it is also necessary to prepare 2 photographs.

Stage two: "Fill out the application"

French tourist visa application form to be completed in English/ French. The printed form must be signed by the applicant.

Although the questionnaire requires you to indicate only those Schengen states that you have visited in the last 3 years, the fact that you were in France, even many years ago, must still be indicated.

Stage three: "We collect a package of documents"

To obtain a Schengen visa to France, it is advisable to collect the established package of documents with maximum accuracy:

Passport with a validity period of more than 3 months after the expiration of the requested visa. The passport must have three blank pages for gluing visas. If you have several international passports, then provide all of them, including those canceled with copies of the pages where there are Schengen visas and visas to Canada, the USA, Israel and Australia.
In addition to the original, a copy of the 1st page of the foreign passport is provided, plus the pages where there are marks about the children entered.
Application form completed and signed.
Photos.
Medical policy for thirty thousand euros (plus a copy).
Copies taken from all pages of a civil passport.
A document confirming the financial support of the trip to France. This could be a tax return or a statement from your main bank account, savings account, or international credit card account. You can even confirm financial security by confirming a scholarship with a student ID or a sponsorship letter from parents (here you will need a certificate from the sponsor's work indicating a salary of at least $ 700 signed by a responsible person).
To confirm the purpose of the trip, a hotel reservation is presented. Round-trip tickets may also be required.

Retirees also provide a sponsorship letter from their children and a photocopy of their pension certificate.

Minors must provide:

birth certificate (or its notarized copy);
parental consent to travel plus a notarized translation in French (consent is signed no earlier than one month before the submission of documents);
if it is impossible to provide consent from one of the parents, then a death certificate, a book of a single mother or a certificate from the police about the missing parent is provided;
if the parents were deprived of their parental rights, instead of their permission, a notarized copy of the court decision on deprivation is provided;
the permit must contain a phrase about responsibility for the life and health of the child;
the person accompanying the child must have a document certified by a notary (with translation) on the acceptance of parental authority;
plus a copy of the first page of the passport or civil passport of the parents is attached.

If you are going to France by invitation, you must provide the embassy with the original and a copy of the invitation, certified by the mayor's office of the city in which the inviter lives. In addition to the invitation, it is necessary to provide documents confirming the relationship with the inviting person.

When submitting documents, you must describe in detail your stay in France by day, plus attach a copy of this program in French or in English language.

Stage four: "Submit documents"

You can apply for a visa to France in person, through a third party or a close relative. At the same time, consent to the processing of your personal data must be filled out and signed personally.

When submitting documents, a consular fee (35 euros) is paid. Children under the age of six, French teachers and teachers who accompany the educational group are exempt from paying this fee. A processing fee will be charged in any case.

What difficulties can arise when applying for a visa on your own?

As mentioned above, it is better to start applying for a visa to France a month before the trip. But if the visa officer has any suspicions about you, and you are denied a Schengen visa, you still won’t have time to file an appeal before the trip. The fact is that the appeal is filed no earlier than three months after the refusal at the French Embassy. Therefore, the most calm and reliable way to obtain a French visa is, after all, the collection and submission of documents with the help of experienced professionals.

Turning to our company, you can be sure that the necessary package of documents will be collected with perfect accuracy, and the staff of the French embassy will simply have nothing to complain about in your case.