Is it easy to apply for a French visa?

It is not difficult to apply for a French visa. French visas are divided into immigrant visas and non-immigrant visas. Non-immigrant visas are mainly "short-term" or "tourist visit" visas, and the categories of non-immigrant visas are mainly divided according to the primary purpose of the applicant's visit to France. With a few exceptions, people who visit France with non-immigrant visas can only engage in matters related to their visa types in France. French visa application submission office: Shanghai must submit applications to the French visa center in Shanghai, and other regions can submit applications to the consulate. First, you need to make an appointment for a visa. After the appointment, I began to prepare the materials. You don't go to the visa center to submit the materials until the day of application. After submitting the materials, we will wait for the visa results. Once the visa is signed, you can travel smoothly. If the visa is not issued, it needs to be mailed to the French Appeal Committee for appeal, and it must be in French.

French visas can be handled by individuals themselves or through travel agencies. It usually takes 5-7 working days for individuals to handle it themselves; If the travel agency acts as an agent, it usually takes 7- 10 working days from the time the merchant receives all the materials to the time the visa result is returned. Days of stay: 30 days (subject to the issuance of the consulate); Validity: 30 days (subject to the issuance of the consulate); All applicants must personally go to the visa center of the embassy or consulate that submitted the visa application to collect fingerprints (data and fingerprint collection cannot be separated); Fingerprint data will be stored for 59 months and will be used in most Schengen countries; Applicants need to remember the exact date of the first fingerprint collection.

legal ground

Regulations of the people's Republic of China on passports and visas

Article 9 China citizens and foreigners who go abroad or live abroad for personal reasons must apply for Chinese visas for exit, entry or transit, and the specific measures shall be implemented in accordance with relevant regulations. China citizens who go abroad on business do not need to apply for an entry-exit visa for China when they enter or leave the country with valid passports.

Citizens of countries that have signed visa exemption agreements with China shall be handled according to the agreements.

Article 10 visas are divided into diplomatic visas, official visas and ordinary visas. In principle, the issuing authority issues corresponding visas according to the types of passports. However, visas different from passports can be issued when necessary.