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New Visa Application Procedure at the Embassy of
France in New Delhi
The Embassy of France, New Delhi is pleased to introduce a new facility to meet the ever-increasing demand for French Visa among Indians. It is our constant effort to provide greater comfort and convenience to our visa applicants.
W.e.f. 03rd July, 2006 the applications residing in areas which falls under the jurisdiction of Embassy of France, New Delhi can also submit their visa applications at the France Application Center Kolkata without appointment at the following address 3rd Floor Om Towers, 32 Chowringhee Road, Kolkata - 700 071. The submission timings are 0800-1200 Hrs, 1300-1500 Hrs Monday to Friday except Holiday specified by the embassy of France, New Delhi and on the last two working days of each fortnight. All applications will be assessed at The Embassy of France, New Delhi.
The
submission timings are 0800-1200 Hrs, 1300-1500 Hrs Monday to Friday
except Holiday specified by the embassy of France, New Delhi and on
the last two working days of each fortnight. All applications will
be assessed at The Embassy of France, New Delhi.
SCHENGEN visa has to be obtained from the
Consulate of the country where the MAIN PURPOSE OF TRAVEL lies.
W.e.f. 12th December 2008, Switzerland has also
joined the Schengen treaty making it a total of 25.
The list of Schengen countries are as
follows:
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Austria
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Belgium
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Czech
Republic
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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Switzerland
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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Iceland
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Italy
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Netherlands
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Norway
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Poland
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Portugal
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Note: In case of
travel to multiple Schengen countries, please make your application
to the Embassy where you will be staying for the maximum number of
days. In case of equal stay one has to apply at the Schengen country
which is the first port of entry.
Submission of Visa application and collection of passports can be done
by the following:
1)Applicant himself.
2)Travel Agents authorised by Embassy of France,New Delhi.
Please note that for any submission or
retrieval of passport/s to or from VFS ,an applicant/representative
has to necessarily carry a copy of the identification (passport or a
driving license or PAN card or voter-identity card ).The photocopy
of the identification will have to be attached to the file at the
time of its submission. In case a representative is coming to submit
the application or collection of passport he needs to carry a photo
id of himself and a proof establishing his relationship with the
applicant and an authority letter from the applicant.
A representative cannot be a non listed Travel Agent.
n case the passport is submitted by a travel agency authorized by The Embassy
of France, New Delhi in addition to the above-mentioned procedure, complete
address of the travel agency, the name of the managing director, his phone,
mobile numbers and e-mail address would also have to be provided.
Processing time will be minimum 7 working days(including day of submission
at VFS).
All applications for DOM which include Guadeloupe(St Marteen), Martinique,
Guyana and Reunion (processing time will be minimum 7 working days
including the day of submission at VFS)and TOM which includes Wallis and
Futana, Saint Pierre & Miquelon, French Polynesia, Nouvelle Caledonia and
Mayotte ,(processing time will be minimum 7 working days including the day of
submission at VFS) will submit their application at the France Visa Application
Centre kolkata.
All applications for the African Countries which include Ivory Coast, Senegal,
Burkina Faso, Djibouti,Mauritania, Togo, Gabon & Centrafrique (processing
time will be minimum 10 working days) will submit their application directly at
the French Embassy between 0930 Hrs to 1030 Hrs daily.
Students to submit visa application directly at the Embassy of France on
Wednesday between 0930 Hrs to 1030 Hrs after completion of appointment with
French cultural centre, 2 Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi-110011, Tel-011-30410000.
W.E.F. 01/11/2006 all applicants except first time traveler (travelling 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.
Note: Applicants can now get their Visa Application Form filled in at
the France Visa Application Centre. The charges are just Rs 100/- (inclusive of
all taxes).
Click on respective purpose of travel from the links below for more
details:
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