Business Visa Services Made Simple
This visa is applicable in case you are traveling on business / company work. This visa is given for travel of less than 90 days.
Note: For the visa submission Applicant / Agent needs to take appointment thru VFS site.
- The Applicant should have a original passport valid for at least 6 months from the date of application for the visa. One photocopy of the first and last page of the passport and photocopies of valid visa are required. Passports valid for more than 10 years will not be accepted as the main required travel document. It is mandatory to have two blank pages opposite to each other.
- The photocopy of Passport photo page and address page of the applicant.
- Photocopies of valid US,U.K. and previous Schengen visas.
- Two recent passport size photographs (35 x 45 mm) with white / light background, 70-80% face coverage, photographs taken with a digital camera must be high quality colour and printed on photo quality paper. Photograph should not have any stapler or pin marks disfiguring the face or background and must be pasted on the form.
- One application form with all columns filled.
- All Applicants should mention their mobile number on the visa application form.
- Travel Agents authorized by the embassy of france must mention the applicants mobile number on the visa application form and not their own mobile number or travel agency number.
- Covering letter from the COMPANY mentioning name and designation of the applicant and that of the signatory of managerial or executive level giving brief sketch of applicant's itinerary, name, address and email of the company to be visited.
- A copy of the Invitation Letter from the French Company.
- Copy of income tax papers of last one year, last THREE month bank statement, last 3 months salary slips.
- Photocopy of Applicant's PAN Card.
- Photocopy of overseas medical insurance policy + repatriation, evacuation cover (equivalent to 30,000 euros). Please carry your original insurance for verification at the time of submission of visa application form. Click here for approved list of Indian Travel Insurance Companies providing Travel Medical Insurance for Schengen Visa.
- Confirmed onward/ return air ticket (with photocopy enclosed).
- Copy of air ticket or PNR (booking printout).
- Confirmed prepaid hotel reservation.
- All applicants except first time traveler (traveling 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.
- Domestic help at the private service of a foreign national or a French national, accompanying his employer to France for a short stay needs to hold a working permit, like any foreigner going to work, full time or part time, in France.
- Submission of a contract established between the employee and the employer in accordance with the French Labour law, approved by the DDTEFP( Direction du travail, de l'emploiet de la formation professionnelle) center of the employer's place of vacation is compulsory for application for a visa.
- The documents must be arranged in the order given above.
- Visa is usually valid for 6 months with a stay of 90 days.
- The submission and collection of your visa application and passport from VFS can be done either by the applicant himself/herself or through any authorized person who bears an original authorization letter signed by the applicant and a photo-ID.
The Embassy of France, New Delhi has implemented a change in arrangements for the collection of processed passport from visa application centres. With effect from 8th December 2014, it will no longer be possible for third parties to collect the documents on behalf of an applicant, except in the following cases:
- Immediate family member (Parent, Child or sibling);
- One member of a group collecting for the entire group;
- A person collecting on behalf of Govt. officials if authorized on the Govt. letter head or department;
- Representative of a company - Authorization letter on the letter head of the company and the official ID card of the representative.
Note: Embassy may asked for additional documents or personal presence at the time of submission or after the submission