France is a country of romance, unhurried walks along well-groomed boulevards, unforgettable dates at the Eiffel Tower, and successful shopping at fashion boutiques. For many Russians, a trip to Paris seems to be something unusually fabulous and unrealistic, although to get to this marvelous land, you need only a tourist visa to France and a certain amount of money.
Paperwork in this country even has its advantages, as it is part of Schengen. This means that you can travel not only in France, but throughout the
Schengen area. A French visa is issued on the condition that this country is the main purpose of the trip, or through which entry will be made. If most of the time is planned to be spent in another Schengen country, then you need to apply for this document at the consulate of the country of entry.
Tourist visa to France belongs to the category "C". It is issued to tourists and applicants who travel in order to visit friends or relatives, to attend business meetings, etc. If your passport already has one canceled visa to this country, then you can count on multivisa. It allows you to repeatedly enter the country and stay in France for 3 months for six months.
For those who are going to work or study, category “D” is intended. It is specially designed for long trips. The price for single and multi-visa processing ranges from 35 euros. Money for the
consular fee is paid in national currency at the euro exchange rate. If you need an urgent visa, then you have to pay twice as much. The embassy may also refuse to permit travel to the declared country, while the reasons are not indicated and service and consular fees are not returned.
Visa to France takes from 3 to 10 days. The embassy will issue it faster if a full package of documents is collected in time: a passport with blank pages, if available - old passports, a questionnaire filled out in French or English, an internal passport and a copy of all its pages. You must also provide proof of hotel booking, international insurance covering the entire Schengen area (for the entire stay), while the amount should be at least 30,000 euros. A tourist visa to France is issued only subject to confirmation of the availability of a sufficient amount of money to live in the country: it can be a bank statement, securities, passbooks, traveler's checks , etc. It is also necessary to provide copies and originals of round-trip tickets.
Sometimes the embassy may require a
certificate of employment, everything should be clearly marked on the form: date of enrollment, position, salary, etc. The certificate from the place of study is submitted by students, and a copy of the pension certificate by pensioners. A tourist visa to France can be issued to absolutely all law-abiding citizens, for this you only need to collect all the necessary documents, if necessary,
go through an interview at the consulate and, of course, have enough money to visit such a paradise as Paris.