Visa for France

viajero123 says on Jul 18, 2008, 17:05:

Go to this website: http://www.ambafrance-co.org/spip.php?article902

There you get all the info to apply for a Schengen visa to visit France. You will need an original certificate of lodge and boarding from your family in France, issued by the police or town hall before you can apply for the visa. If you are not staying with them, you can just show the hotel booking instead.
It costs aprox 170.000 and takes 2 to 3 weeks.
Is the Colombian citizen the spouse of an EU citizen?

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Noelito40 says on Jul 18, 2008, 17:09:

thanks a million viajero that should do it...

By the way, she's not the spouse of an EU citizen?

Noel

Noelito

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viajero123 says on Jul 18, 2008, 17:11:

ok just checking. If she were an EU citizen spouse the procedure would be a little different and easier, and it would be free. Good luck, post back when you know how it went.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 19, 2008, 02:18:

my parents just got the French visa, i think the thing first is to check their site and check when the form for visa request is open.. they close for some month and ten they announce when they will be open again.
2) they had to take the hotel reservations were there are going to stay in France, we also sent a letter of invitation stating were going to take them to France, they ask for the tickets but my parents said they were going to stay most of the time in the UK and from there they were going to France but they didn't know which day so they checked their UK visa and tickets.
they had to pay 60 Euros + 200.000 COP for some kind of insurance

they got the visa for 3 month :))

With the UK visa ( no part of the Schengen) they both got a 5 year multi entry visa :)))

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guacharaca says on Jul 19, 2008, 10:43:

OK....my wife is an "EU citizen spouse". How much easier is it?. I assume that there is no need for the hotel reservations.

Colombianos: Las armas os han dado independencia, las leyes os daran libertad. (Santander)

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Lisa Zee says on Jul 19, 2008, 10:53:

Kat!: your parents from Colombia are going to visit you in Europe???? wow..... I thought Colombians don`t visit relatives that live there, wait and Mafe reads this... she will have some explaining to do.... LOL

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viajero123 says on Jul 19, 2008, 11:41:

For the spouse of an EU citizen I believe you only have to take the spouse's original passport, the original marriage certificate, passport-size pictures and the application form. The process is free. Double check as each consulate has different requirements.

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