India in France — Travel Sources
Passport requirements, consular services, travel advisories, and emergency contacts for India nationals traveling to France — sourced from official government domains.
Key facts at a glance
- •Employee Residence Card validity period: 1 year (France-Visas)
- •Employee Residence Card unemployment card validity period: 1 year (France-Visas)
- •Employee Residence Card processing takes 4 months (France-Visas)
- •Employee Residence Card renewal validity period: 4 years (France-Visas)
- •The Employee Residence Card application fee is €350 EUR (France-Visas)
- •Indian Passport Services requires: Supporting documents for specific services (HCI London)
Extracted from 6 official pages across 2 government sources. Auto-updated daily.
Official Sources
- France-Visas4 pages
- HCI London2 pages
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Key Policy Facts
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Employee Residence Card
- Validity Period
- 1 year
- Unemployment Card Validity Period
- 1 year
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Renewal Time
- 2 months
- Implied Refusal Time
- 4 months
- Implied Refusal Timeframe
- 4 months
- Processing Time
- 4 months
- Renewal Validity Period
- 4 years
- Application Fee
- €350 EUR
- Validation Period
- 3 months
This card is valid 1 year and renewable.
If you are unemployed, and compensated by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi), you can benefit from a new temporary residence card employee valid for 1 year.
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
You can then train within 2 months from this refusal.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
If it is accepted, you will receive a multi-annual residence card valid 4 years.
You have to pay €350 (tax of €300 + stamp duty of €50) by tax stamps.
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
Indian Passport Services
- Required Documents
- Supporting documents for specific services
Required Documents - Supporting documents for specific services
Long-stay Visa (type D)
- Application Fee
- not specified
- Required Documents
- valid passport, 2 blank pages, issued within 10 years
- Processing Time
- 3 months
- Validation Period
- 3 months
- Age Limit
- 18 to 35 years
- Validity Period
- 4 to 12 months
- Maximum Duration
- 12 months
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Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Your passport must be valid at least 3 months after your visa ends. It must include at least 2 blank pages. It must have been issued since then under 10 years.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
You must submit your visa application (no more than 3 months before departure planned) with the French consular authorities of the country where you live.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax in addition to the visa fee.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
This visa is intended for young people from 18 to 35 years.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
The long-stay visa, type D, allows you to enter and stay in France 4 months to 1 year.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
It has a maximum duration of 12 months and waives the need to apply for a residence card.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Long-stay Visa (vls-ts)
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Validity Period
- 4 to 12 months
- Validation Time
- 3 months
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
This visa, says VLS-TS, is valid for 4 to 12 months.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax in addition to the visa fee.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Long-stay Visa As A Residence Permit (vls-ts)
- Validation Time
- 3 months
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
Long-stay Visa As Residence Permit (vls-ts)
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Validity Period
- 4 to 12 months
- Validation Time
- 3 months
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
This visa, says VLS-TS, is valid for 4 to 12 months.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax in addition to the visa fee.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Minor Visa
- Validity Period
- 11 months
Minor visa in France: valid for 11 months maximum.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Minor Visa In France
- Validity Period
- 11 months
Minor visa in France: valid for 11 months maximum.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Salaried Employment Visa
- Renewal Validity Period
- 4 years
- Validity Period
- 1 year
- Application Deadline
- 2 months
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Implied Refusal Time
- 4 months
- Appeal Time
- 2 months
- Application Fee
- €225 EUR
- Renewal Application Deadline
- 2 months
- Validation Tax
- €200 EUR
- Processing Time
- 4 months
- Age Limit For Language Requirement
- 65 years
- Renewal Application Timeline
- 2 months
If it is accepted, you will receive a multi-annual residence card valid 4 years.
This card is valid 1 year and renewable.
You must submit the card application to the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your home, no later than 2 months before the expiry date of your VLS-TS.
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
You can then train within 2 months from this refusal.
You have to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty of €25) by tax stamps.
You must submit the application for renewal of your residence permit to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) of your home, no later than 2 months before the expiry date.
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax that is added to the visa fee. The amount of the tax is €200.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
Your knowledge of the French language at A2 level for the issuance of a first multi-year residence card, unless you are over 65 years of age.
You must submit the application for renewal of your residence permit to the prefecture (or sub-prefecture) of your home, no later than 2 months before the expiry date.
Schengen Short-stay Visa
- Appeal Timeline
- 30 days
- Application Timeline
- 3 months
- Minimum Insurance Coverage
- 30000 EUR
- Implicit Rejection Timeline
- 2 months
- Validity Period
- 180 days
- Maximum Duration
- 90 days
The Rapo must be formed in 30 days from the date on which the decision to refuse a visa was notified to you.
The request is to be made at the earliest 3 months before departure planned.
Insurance covering medical and hospital expenses, including social assistance, for the care you may receive in France (the minimum coverage requested is €30,000)
Your Schengen visa may be refused: Explicitly by a written decision which must specify the reason for the refusal... if no response is made to your request after a period of 2 months.
The short-stay visa allows you to stay up to 90 days for a continuous stay or for several stays in the countries of the space Schengen over a period of 180 days.
The short-stay visa allows you to stay up to 90 days for a continuous stay or for several stays in the countries of the space Schengen over a period of 180 days.
Temporary Long-stay Visa
- Validity Period
- 4 to 6 months
This visa lasts between 4 and 6 months maximum.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Vls-ts
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Validity Period
- 4 to 12 months
Within 3 months of your arrival in France, you must validate your VLS-TS and pay a tax in addition to the visa fee.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Long-stay visa as residence permit (VLS-TS): valid for 4 to 12 months.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Working Holiday Visa
- Maximum Duration
- 12 months
- Validity Period
- 12 months
This visa is intended for young people from 18 to 35 years. It has a maximum duration of 12 months.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
This visa is intended for young people from 18 to 35 years. It has a maximum duration of 12 months.
Source: France-Visas — Long-stay visa
Data last updated: 20 Jun 2026
Topics Covered
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Short-stay Schengen visa · India-specific visa information · Salaried employment visa · Long-stay visa
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