France Family Visas

France Family Visa for an EU/EEA/Swiss People Family Member

The applicants under this type of Family visa France only need to provide a valid identity card or passport to be permitted into France. This Family visa does not require accompanying family members to enter France with a visa, therefore, it is more like a residence permit.

Under the regulation of the Schengen Short-Stay visa, your children who are under 21 years old and your spouse who want to stay with you beyond 90 days can do so. When they enter France, without paying any fee for this visa type, they can apply at the Prefecture for the Carte de Séjour.

Your family members must be the following for you to qualify for this visa:

• Your direct descendant who is below 21 years or dependent
• Your spouse
• Your older relatives who are dependent on you directly
• Your older relatives who are directly dependent on you or the descendants of your spouse

France Family Visa for a Relative of Non-EU/EEA/Swiss National (Foreigner Living in France)

You can apply for a Family Long-Stay visa if you are not a citizen of France, the EU, or the EEA to visit your family member who is resident in France. In this case, you can prove that you have sufficient money to support yourself while in France. Additionally, your family member resident in France can show that they have sufficient funds to support you when you enter France.

France Adoption Visa

The France Adoption visa is for parents, either French or international, who live in France and want to adopt a child abroad and bring the child to France. The authority to make decisions on the issuance of a Long-Term Adoption visa belongs to the International Intercountry Adoption Mission.

France Family Visa for a French Citizen’s Family Member

If a French citizen is married to a foreign national or has a non-French parent or child, they can obtain a Long-Stay Family visa to join the French citizen in France. To qualify as a family member, you must be any of the following:

• Under 21 child of a French resident
• Spouse of a French resident
• Parent/grandparent of a French resident or their spouse’s parent/grandparent
• The older relative of the French resident or their spouse’s older relative

You must provide the following documents:

• Children’s birth certificates (if you have children with your French spouse)
• The French marriage certificate (Copie Intégrale de l’Acte de Mariage en France)
• Information about the French resident

Keep in mind that if you have been married for up to 3 years before requesting a France Family visa, as a spouse, you can qualify for a 10-year residency card.

France Family Visa for a Talent Passport Holder’s Family Members

If your family member who is in France currently holds a Talent Passport or EU Blue Care, you will be automatically issued a residence permit also called a Private and Family Life without a second thought. You will have the right to live and work in France with this permit.

Overview

To join your family member who is residing in France, you must meet the following eligibility requirements to apply for a France Family visa type that suits your case. Here are the eligibility criteria for a Family visa France:

• Get your valid UAE international passport. It must have a minimum of 2 blank pages where your visa will be affixed.
• Provide your recently taken passport-sized photographs that are not older than 3 months.
• France National visa application. Complete the France National visa application form with the correct details.
• Evidence of paid visa fee.
• Certificate of criminal history. It must prove that you have not been charged with a criminal offence in the UAE.
• Copies of older visas. You must present any previous visa you have used to enter any other country in the past.

More Documents for a French Child’s Foreign Parent

• Provide the child’s valid passport or CNIS as a means to reveal the child’s nationality.
• Show that you are related to the French child by providing the child’s birth certificate.
• Prove that you intend to join the French child in France.

More Documents for the Spouse of a French Citizen

• Proof of the French resident’s nationality via passport or identity card.
• Marriage certificate (Livret de Famille) which is equivalent to the French civil registry.

More Documents for the Foreign Child/Spouse of an EU Citizen

• Provide a court decision if the child is under the custody of one parent.
• Get your valid passport as an EU/EEA/Swiss citizen.
• Present the passport of the child’s biological parents.
• Proof of the relationship between you and your spouse or the child.
• Provide a sworn statement that proves you are applying as the dependent of the French resident.
• Get an authorisation if one parent of the child permits the child to enter France with the other parent.

Step 1. Know if You Need a Visa

You must first verify whether you need a visa to enter France from the UAE. Keep in mind that as a UAE citizen, your length of stay in France will determine whether you need a visa or not. Our immigration lawyers at Total Law can help you in determining whether you need a visa from the UAE or not, just call us on +44 (0)333 305 9375 or contact us online.

Step 2. Create an Account on the France Visas Website

After knowing that you need a visa to France, you must create an account to apply at the France online portal, if you do not already have one.

Step 3. Bring All the Required Documents

You must then assemble all the required documents to support your application. The documents you must provide depend on your relationship with the France resident, that is, whether you are a child, spouse, or parent of the France resident. Thereafter, ensure that all documents are in French or English, otherwise, you must engage the services of a licensed translator to translate your documents from Arabic or any other language into French.

Step 4. Fix Your Appointment at VFS Global

Schedule your appointment with VFS Global in Abu Dhabi notwithstanding where you live in the UAE. You are required to come in person at the appointment with your supporting documents.

Step 5. Track your France Family Visa Application

After your appointment, keep in touch with the progress of your visa application. Upon a favourable decision, you will be notified of where and when to come and pick up your visa.