NANTES IMMIGRATION INFORMATION

Visa Services: Whether you would need a visa or not for a visit to Nantes depends on the duration of your stay and which country's citizen you are. If you are a citizen of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal and Spain, you may not require a visa as all these countries are referred to as the Schengen Agreement countries. Since, France is a member of the Schengen countries, you can use the Schengen Visa for free movement within the Schengen Group of member countries. For those students, who would stay for more than 6 months in France, a long stay visa would be required. The various kinds of visas that are given are business visas, student visas, working holiday visa, tourist visa and employment visas. On an average issuing a visa takes about 1 to 3 days. In some cases, the processing of the application might take several weeks. There are short stay visas (up to 90 days), temporary long stay visas (up to 6 months) and long stay visas.

Immigration Services: As per law, the citizens of European Union have the right to live and work in France. The residency permit of France is called "carte de sejour". All employees have to furnish many documents for obtaining a permit. The local Direction Departmentale du Travail, de L'Emploi et de la Formation Professionale (DDTEFP) deals with all French work permit applications on a town by town basis. There are two types of permits for France called temporary secondment and full work permit. Various things will be taken into consideration while granting an immigration permit such as nationality, the length of your stay and the reason of visit. For long stay visas/work permits, applicants can contact the French Embassy or Consulate in their country. Applicants need to mention who'll be accompanying them and whether they have any plans to work or study there.