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I currently have a long stay visitors visa and am currently renewing it as it expires on the 4th of October.
So today I had a beautiful morning outside the Essonne prefecture at 6am, fast foward 6 hours of waiting and a lady behind the guichet gives me an appointment. This appointment is for a paper which says I'm legally able to stay in France until my visa is ready to be collected. The problem being that the appointment is after my visa expires.
The woman at the office just told me that it is accepted, the paper work is fine and she gave me an appointment. I told her that it's after my expiry and she just shrugged her shoulders, I asked if this is legal and she also shrugged. She just wrote down an appointment date and sent me off on my way.
My questions:
What paperwork do I need for this appointment? Is it purely to receive the paper without me showing anything except my passport?
Is it possible that the person could deny me because the visa has been expired?
Is there anything else I should know?
Thank you in advance,
Stephanie
So today I had a beautiful morning outside the Essonne prefecture at 6am, fast foward 6 hours of waiting and a lady behind the guichet gives me an appointment. This appointment is for a paper which says I'm legally able to stay in France until my visa is ready to be collected. The problem being that the appointment is after my visa expires.
The woman at the office just told me that it is accepted, the paper work is fine and she gave me an appointment. I told her that it's after my expiry and she just shrugged her shoulders, I asked if this is legal and she also shrugged. She just wrote down an appointment date and sent me off on my way.
My questions:
What paperwork do I need for this appointment? Is it purely to receive the paper without me showing anything except my passport?
Is it possible that the person could deny me because the visa has been expired?
Is there anything else I should know?
Thank you in advance,
Stephanie