Transit Visa Services Made Easy
Note: 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 signed by the Applicant (in original).
- Copy of CONTRACT with Shipping Company.
- INVITATION LETTER from agent in France.
- Original plus Copy of CDC (Continuous Discharge Certificate)
- Copy of air ticket or PNR (booking printout).
- Photocopy of Applicant's PAN Card.
- 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.
- This visa is valid for a maximum stay of 5 days.
- Processing time is 7 to 10 working 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.
Note: Embassy may asked for additional documents or personal presence at the time of submission or after the submission