Documents for a tourist visa to France (in general visa for study in France, type D, will require similar documents):
1. Questionnaire-questionnaire filled in the appropriate way.
2. Valid passport (the minimum period of validity is 3 months after the end of the visa). The document has special requirements: mandatory signature and at least 2 clean spreads.
3. The canceled international passport (if any).
4. The second passport (valid), if any.
5. Copies of the internal Russian passport (clear, qualitative, facsimile not accepted).
6. 2 photos (actual, made no more than 6 months ago, clear, matte, colored, without ovals, on a light background, size - 3.5 * 4.5 cm).
7. Confirmation from the place of work (standard certificate on the letterhead with stamped seal).
8. Confirmation of financial solvency (statement of account).
9. Reservation of the hotel.
10. Copy of tickets (booking confirmation).
11. Insurance policy (original + copy), issued in accordance with the requirements of the Schengen.
To the general package of documents additional for tourists, traveling to France at the expense of the sponsor, students, minors, pensioners are added.
Sponsors provide sponsorship letter. It is accompanied by a copy of the sponsor's ID (internal passport), a document confirming a relative relationship with the tourist (if available).
For juveniles, the package of documents excludes confirmation of employment and financial solvency. But it is supplemented by a birth certificate (copy), a notarized consent of the parents or one of them, if the child travels accompanied by another, on departure. The document is signed a maximum of one month prior to the moment of applying for a visa.
Pensioners provide a copy of the pension certificate.
Schoolchildren, students will need a certificate from their place of study.
For students, there is a special procedure for applying for a student French visa. To receive a three-month French visa, they provide to the embassy:
- statement;
- copy and original of the current passport (the requirements for the document are standard);
- Full copies, originals of canceled passports (if any);
- A copy of the internal passport;
- 2 photos of the established sample;
- birth certificate (copy + original);
- copy and original passport of the parent accompanying the student at the embassy;
- certificate from the place of work of parents (guardians) indicating salary;
- certificate from the place of study (standard, on the company letterhead), a copy of the student's record book, student's card, schoolchildren provide only a certificate;
- invitation from the French side (copy + original);
- confirmation of residence (can be specified in the invitation);
- for minors - parents' consent to leave (notarized);
- An extract from the sponsor's account of the trip;
- language certificates (if available);
- insurance policy (original + copy);
- Copies of tickets there and back;
- It is additionally recommended to provide documents that are indirectly related to the trip (motivation letter for the school, etc.).
