

Ordinary Transit Visa - Seaman
Visa fee: 60 euros
Mandatory Documents:
- Original passport valid for at least six months with minimum two blank pages(face to face)
+ 1 photocopy of passport first page. The passport should be issued less than 10 years ago. - The photocopy of Passport photo page and address page of the applicant.
- Photocopies of valid US, U.K. and previous Schengen visas.
- One application form with all columns filled in and 2 recent photographs in the size of 3.5 cms x 4.5 cms with white / light background.
- ALL APPLICANTS SHOULD MENTION THEIR MOBILE NUMBER ON THE VISA APPLICATION FORM.
- TRAVEL AGENTS AUTHORIZED BY THE EMBASSY OF FRANCE MUST MENTION THE APPLICANTS MOBILE NUMBER ON THE VISA APPLICATION FORM AND NOT THEIR OWN MOBILE NUMBER OR TRAVEL AGENCY NUMBER.
- Covering letter in ORIGINAL from Shipping Company
- Copy of CONTRACT with Shipping Company
- INVITATION LETTER from agent in France
- Original plus Copy of CDC (Continuous Discharge Certificate)
- Copy of air ticket or PNR (booking printout).
- All applicants except first time traveler (traveling first time to a Schengen country) while applying for a French visa will be required to fill visa insurance undertaking form in addition to the visa application form.
- Domestic help at the private service of a foreign national or a French national, accompanying his employer to France for a short stay needs to hold a working permit, like any foreigner going to work, full time or part time, in France.
Submission of a contract established between the employee and the employer in accordance with the French Labour law, approved by the DDTEFP( Direction du travail, de l’emploiet de la formation professionnelle) center of the employer’s place of vacation is compulsory for application for a visa.
Important!
- The Embassy of France, New Delhi reserves the right to ask the applicant to produce original air ticket and insurance if required.
- All photocopies must be in A4 size paper.



