I am still waiting for my convention d'accueil..... what should I expect to happen next? How long normally does it take to ship the document from Paris to US? How long does it normally take to get scientific visa? I don't think Nov 1st will work, would it? Here is my timeline.... it is really...

I am an Indian Citizen and I have accepted an offer as post-doctoral research fellow in Marseilles university. The host university is preparing my visa documents. However, I need to take my husband along with me and I have no clues about the visa procedures for him. Could someone provide your...

Hi I am a PhD student in France and I hold a long term scientific visa. I have been here for several months. My famiy (wife and child) need to join. However, they have to travel to India and back within the first three months of their arrival here. Is this allowed?

I will be receving the Convention d'accueil around a month before I am expected to get my security clearance. I will be coming to France on a researcher visa. Can I apply for French visa as soon as I receive my Convention d'accueil, so that my visa arrives along with my security clearance? Will...

Hi there, The folks on the general forum mentioned that it is quite easy to get a longer-than-Schengen-90-day visa as an academic in some EU countries. My husband and I are both academics on a full-year sabbatical with our two kids. Our original plan for spring was to travel around western...

Hi! I am Jovelyn from Philippines, holding a long-stay visiteur visa valid until January 2014. I just came here in Paris last January while my husband came last year. He is holding a scientific visa (Type D) and according to our research, his status would have given me a vie privee et familiale...

Hi everyone. I have a question about a situation that I am now realizing is abit unusual. I have lived in France for 8 years now - the first 5 years on a student visa and the last 3 years on a scientific/researcher visa. I am now enrolled as a full time student at a school for graphic design...