3 Easy Steps to obtaining France e-Visa

If you do not satisfy the requirements for applying ETA online, please apply through a travel agent, airline, or a France visa office. If you are not available for an ETA VISA, you can still apply for another electronic visiting visa.

It is important that you are very careful when you enter your personal details. You will have an opportunity to review all the details you have provided and can change the details at any time until you confirm all details as correct.

If you have made an error, it is important that you correct it before proceeding. Once you have confirmed the details, your credit card will be debited for the non-refundable service charge.

If you find out later that you have made a mistake, you will need to make a new application (and incur another service charge). We cannot change the details on an ETA once it has been issued.

Note: If your ETA details do not match your passport details you might experience delays when boarding your aircraft or be refused entry into France.

No. You do not need to arrange your transportation into the country before applying for an ETA. Whether you are traveling by boat or plane, it’s okay to apply for your ETA anytime before or after your confirmed ticket.

• A transit through or an intended stay in the territory of the Schengen States of a duration of no more than 90 days in any 180 day period (“short-stay visa”),
• Transit through the international transit areas of airports of the Schengen States (“airport transit visa”).
• Generally, the visa issued allows you to visit any of the Schengen States during the same trip, within the validity of the visa.
• A Schengen visa is not appropriate, if you wish to remain in a Schengen country for longer than 90 days, take up employment or establish a business, trade, or profession.

Your passport must be valid for at least 3 months beyond the date of expiry of your short-stay visa. To apply for a long-stay visa of definite duration (long-stay visa constituting a residence permit), your passport must be valid for as long as the visa.

No. If you have a family member, you will have to apply for an application. Even if your child is traveling under your passport, they will need their own application.

Yes, kindly use his/her ID information alongside your personal information when completing the online application form. Please use your child’s (dependants) identification data requested at the time of completion when adding another traveler to your application. There are no exceptions regarding age.

From the moment a French Visa Holder arrives in the territories of France, there is NO possibility to make any changes as regards visa type or residence status. Make sure to apply for the appropriate visa type, and/or, residence permit as an alternative.

The Schengen area covers 26 countries (“Schengen States”) without border controls between them. These countries are Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. These countries apply the common visa policy for short stay visas.