Postal application
This service is open to:
Visa nationals who have been granted a year-long visa in the last 5 years by the French Consulate, London, regardless of their county of residence, as long as they may pretend again to a year-long visa - Do not send you application if your circumstances have changed/ your British residency or passport are expiring in the next 15 months as there must 3 months between the expiry date of the Schengen visa and passport/ UK residency;
And people living in one of the county listed below.
| Cheshire | Gibraltar | Shropshire |
| Cleveland | Greater Manchester | Staffordshire |
| Cornwall | Isle of Wight | Tyne & Wear |
| Cumbria | Jersey | Yorkshire |
| Derbyshire | Lancashire | Wales |
| Devon | Merseyside | |
| Durham | Northern Ireland | |
| Guernsey | Northumberland |
This service is NOT open to:
Visa nationals wishing to apply for a visa allowing them to live in France;
Visa nationals wishing to travel to Central African Republic, Djibouti, and Mauritania;
Visa nationals wishing to travel to Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion Island, Guyana, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, St. Pierre and Miquelon or Mayotte;
Holders of diplomatic, official or special passports.
Attention:
Your visa application will not be processed if:
You send your visa application even though you are not eligible for the postal service;
You do not allow at least 3 weeks for the processing of their applications – from the date your application is received by the Visa Section and your dates of travel;
Your application does not include all requested supporting documents.
> People living in Scotland or on the Isle of Man must lodge their visa application with :
French Consulate General
Visa Section
11 Randolph Crescent
Edinburgh
EH3 7TT
Be advised that the delay of processing may vary for applications lodged in the Edinburgh office.
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.
Postal Address:
French Consulate General
Visa Section
6A Cromwell Place
P.O. Box 57
London
SW7 2EW
Other:
Do not contact the Visa Section to confirm receipt of your application.
The Visa Section reserves the right to ask a visa applicant to come to the Consulate to apply for his visa.
The French Consulate cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage of documents forwarded by the Royal Mail.