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
- •Indian Passport Services requires: Supporting documents for specific services (HCI London)
- •Long-stay Visa (type D) validity period: 4 to 12 months (France-Visas)
- •Long-stay Visa (type D) processing takes 3 months (France-Visas)
- •Minor Visa In France validity period: 11 months (France-Visas)
- •The Salaried Employment Visa application fee is €225 EUR (France-Visas)
- •Salaried Employment Visa validity period: 1 year (France-Visas)
Extracted from 7 official pages across 2 government sources. Auto-updated daily.
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- France-Visas4 pages
- HCI London3 pages
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Key Policy Facts
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Indian Passport Services
- Required Documents
- Supporting documents for specific services
Required Documents - Supporting documents for specific services
Long-stay Visa (type D)
- Validity Period
- 4 to 12 months
- Processing Time
- 3 months
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
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
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 Application Deadline
- 2 months
- Application Fee
- €225 EUR
- Validation Time
- 3 months
- Application Deadline
- 2 months
- Validity Period
- 1 year
- Renewal Validity Period
- 4 years
- Implied Refusal Time
- 4 months
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.
You have to pay €225 (tax of €200 + stamp duty of €25) 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.
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.
This card is valid 1 year and renewable.
If it is accepted, you will receive a multi-annual residence card valid 4 years.
If the prefecture hasn't responded after 4 months, this is an implied refusal.
Schengen Short-stay Visa
- Maximum Duration
- 90 days
- Application Timeline
- 3 months
- Validity Period
- 180 days
- Minimum Insurance Coverage
- 30000 EUR
- Appeal Timeline
- 30 days
- Implicit Rejection Timeline
- 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 request is to be made at the earliest 3 months before departure planned.
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.
Insurance covering medical and hospital expenses, including social assistance, for the care you may receive in France (the minimum coverage requested is €30,000)
The Rapo must be formed in 30 days from the date on which the decision to refuse a visa was notified to you.
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.
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
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: 12 Mar 2026
Topics Covered
France-Visas
Short-stay Schengen visa · Long-stay visa · Salaried employment visa · India-specific visa information
HCI London
OCI Card Services UK · Indian Passport in UK · Tax - India-UK Tax Initiatives
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