Schengen Visa Query

Hi All,

We have encountered a problem re: applying for a France Schengen Visa. Basically my wife is currently on a spouse visa, I am a British Citizen + British passport holder. We were planning to visit Paris in August, however we were told that we needed to get a schengen visa. We have booked the hotel + ticket to get to Paris (15 August to 20 August 20019), we've filled out the application on 'france-visas.gouv.fr' and was told that we needed to make an appointment to TLS Contact Cente. The problem was once we signed up for TLS Contact Centre for France Visa, there was no available appointment date until the 21st August 2019.

I have also spoken to the French Consulate only to be told that TLScontact centre is the one that deals with their appointments.

So I wanted to ask is there any way for us to book an appointment or acquire a schengen visa in any other way?

I don't know for France, but some countries, have express visa appointments with TLS provided you pay extra.

Like for UK: TLS have 2 calendars. One for regular appointments and another one for express appointments.

I don't know for France, but you need to check with them if such service is offered.

Usually August is bad time for visas because the system is really busy.

I see. Thank you very much

I had the same issues because August is really busy

I was told that there is a “premium service”, not sure what you called it in other visa Application Centre, I went to VFS in London. So basically I got the earliest appointment they had, I paid extra £60.00 for that. So instead of waiting for like 3-4 weeks, they gave me appointment in like 2-3days, then my visa was processed in 3 days and delivered after a day.

So try and call the visa Application Centre and ask for the sort of service. Be ready to pay as its not free xx