Schengen long stay visa
To enter and stay in France for more than 3 months, a foreigner must hold a long-stay visa (type D). This visa is granted by the French consular authorities.
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What is this visa?
A visa is a sticker affixed by the administration of a country to a person’s passport to authorize entry and stay for a specified period.
The long-stay visa, type D, allows you to enter and stay in France from 4 months to 1 year.
What documents to provide?
The long-stay visa allows you to settle in France. The documents to be presented vary according to the reason for your stay: as an employee, student, family of French people or a foreigner regularly living in France, etc.
Where to submit your request?
You must file your visa application (no more than 3 months before the planned departure) with the French consular authorities of the country where you live.
What to do at the end of the visa?
If you wish to stay in France, you must apply for a residence permit within the 2 months preceding the end of your visa at the prefecture or sub-prefecture of your place of residence.
Find out more on your prefecture’s website.