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Last year my wife and I (retirees) thought we were applying for long-stay visas, and we apparently made a mistake and only got one-year visas. So we are returning to the U.S. shortly to go through it again. This year when we began the visa application process online, we received a list of...

My wife and I are applying for a long stay visitor visa to France. We have a 10 year old son. The San Francisco consulate web site for long stay visitor visa says: Does this mean my child is exempt from needing a Visa? If not, does this mean I need to fill out a new application form for him...

Hi everyone. I have my appointment with the French consulate in DC set up for a couple of weeks from now, and I'll be applying for a long-stay visitor visa. I'm planning to move to France to join my French partner, who has been living there for the past few years (time for long-distance to...

Bonjour à tous, I have a question to pose about ...*drum roll*...potentially overstaying a visa! I searched around on this forum and found some good advice, but it seems that most folks who have posted were flying out of the Schengen zone via France, which is not the case for me. I am...

My French girlfriend and I plan to marry here in Paris (10eme) before my Titre de Sejour (visitor/temporary) is up next month. We have been living together since March of this year (6 months), with an EDF bill in our names dating from about 5 months. I have my titre de sejour stamped from OFII...

Hello to all! This is my first post on the expatforum. I have combed the internet and this forum for answers to my visa questions, but since everybody's situation is unique, I have not found all the answers I'm looking for. I find the information, or rather the lack thereof, on some of the...

Hello! I'm a exchange student in France and I moved here last June 15. I sent in my "demande d'attestation OFII" last June 17 and today I got a letter from OFII that they received my application. I wanted to ask how long after did you get a letter with the scheduled appointment date? I heard...

Hello, I have a question for anyone who has very recently gone through the visa application process as a non-French spouse of a French citizen, as everything seems to be changing and it's not clear where I should go - préfecture or OFII - upon arrival in France. My husband and I got married...