Hello,
I moved to Paris from Canada on May 1, 2015 under the Working Holiday Visa for one year, which I was then able to extend into a second year while I was living here.
My two year visa expired on April 30, 2017 and I need to switch my status to a student visa as I am going to be heading back to school here to study Interior Design. I planned to have this changed much sooner, but I needed my passport to be renewed... and it ended up taking eight weeks. I made an appointment with the student visa office in Porte de Clignancourt back in June for August 17th, but when I showed up with all my documents in hand I was told "Go back to Canada." The man at the front desk I was speaking to didn't seem too interested in helping or giving any additional information. Considering I brought my papers to that very office two months earlier and was approved for an appointment frustrates me beyond belief.
Should I try going back and talking with another person? Am I at the right office for changing my stature? I emailed the Canadian embassy, but I am waiting to hear back.
Does anybody have any advice or has gone through a similar instance?
Thanks!
I moved to Paris from Canada on May 1, 2015 under the Working Holiday Visa for one year, which I was then able to extend into a second year while I was living here.
My two year visa expired on April 30, 2017 and I need to switch my status to a student visa as I am going to be heading back to school here to study Interior Design. I planned to have this changed much sooner, but I needed my passport to be renewed... and it ended up taking eight weeks. I made an appointment with the student visa office in Porte de Clignancourt back in June for August 17th, but when I showed up with all my documents in hand I was told "Go back to Canada." The man at the front desk I was speaking to didn't seem too interested in helping or giving any additional information. Considering I brought my papers to that very office two months earlier and was approved for an appointment frustrates me beyond belief.
Should I try going back and talking with another person? Am I at the right office for changing my stature? I emailed the Canadian embassy, but I am waiting to hear back.
Does anybody have any advice or has gone through a similar instance?
Thanks!