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Worst case scenario is you get turned back! Should be ok tho, tho I never heard of a Schengen issued at the border...Mercyknight wrote:I'm thinking of just going with the first option. We will travel via ferry and I noticed on the schengen visa there is a admin box that says where the application was made, and one of those boxes says "Border" I'm assuming worse case scenario they will make us fill the paper work in at the border...
You are taking a risk with going with option 1.Mercyknight wrote:I'm thinking of just going with the first option. We will travel via ferry and I noticed on the schengen visa there is a admin box that says where the application was made, and one of those boxes says "Border" I'm assuming worse case scenario they will make us fill the paper work in at the border...
Do you live outside London?Mercyknight wrote:Ok, with option 2 then, how on earth do I apply! I can't make sense of the French consulate website?! They're a pain in the backside... Can anyone link the actual location of where I can get an application from?!
Yes, we live in South Yorkshire.Wanderer wrote:Do you live outside London?Mercyknight wrote:Ok, with option 2 then, how on earth do I apply! I can't make sense of the French consulate website?! They're a pain in the backside... Can anyone link the actual location of where I can get an application from?!
That's great, and I have two final questions.djb123 wrote:You only have to meet one of the criteria. Which you do so you can apply by post.
The form is on this page (short stay application form)
http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Applicatio ... ental.html
Documents requested + photocopies:
The French Consulate insists on the photocopies of the documents to be included with the application.
1. You need to send the originals of all the documents requested, including your passport, according to your status and the visa you require. Photocopies only will not be accepted. Please do not staple the documents together.
You must send your original documents and the photocopies in 2 separate transparent folders.
2. The payment of the visa application fee, either by:
credit card by filling the authorisation of payment per bank card form. If the cardholder is not the visa applicant, please supply copy of passport and proof of address of the cardholder;
Or by Postal Orders.
3. A self-addressed pre-paid special delivery envelope for the safe return of your documents.
Visa application fee
As of the 1st of January 2007, the visa administrative fees will be 60€ (transit, airport transit, short stay, DOM-TOM or countries represented by the French Consulate), which must be paid in pound Sterling only. The fee is accorded to the exchange rate of the British Pound against the Euro, so varies between £45 and £60.
Exact amount.
Some concessions will apply:
The visa will be free of charge, on presentation of the appropriate evidence to*:
children under the age of 6 applying for a short stay Schengen visa;
French teachers;
researchers travelling to France in order to conduct scientific researches;
teachers and children travelling on a school trip;
spouses of French Nationals;
spouses of European Union citizens;
dependant children, under the age of 21, of European Union citizens, all but French nationals;
dependant parents of European Union citizens, all but French nationals;
holders of diplomatic passports.