Stages and timing of application consideration
All applications submitted by citizens of the Russian Federation to obtain a French visa are checked at the Consulate General. To do this, you need to collect documents and pay the appropriate fee ( 35 euros for Schengen).
The processing time for an application depends on the workload of the consulate staff. from 1 week to a month to receive a response .
To avoid wasting time, you can use online passport tracking with a France visa.
France Visa Passport Tracking
Check the readiness of your visa to France.
- France Visa Application Center
- Passport tracking
You can track your passport with a France visa or your France visa status on the website of the France visa center online. To carry out the operation, follow the link below
. Please note that in order to track changes in the order, you will need MOAC registration number and your last name, first name and patronymic.
When to check the readiness of a visa to France
In practice, the review period can be up to 5 business days for a standard review. There is also an urgent visa to France in 3 days and 24 hours.
To visit France, you need to have a visa; to obtain it, you will need to collect a certain set of documents for a visa to France, which will need to be submitted together with the application to certain authorities. Then you need to track the status of the application.
There are several possibilities to solve this problem. Let's consider all the available options and identify the existing nuances
. Regardless of the organization where you submitted the package of documents to obtain a French visa, you will have the opportunity to track the document allowing you to visit the country of the European Union.
After submitting a complete package of documents, you will be provided with an agreement where the MOAC number and your personal data are recorded.
Main stages
If you want to know what stage your application is at at a particular point in time, you need to study the process at all stages:
- submission of documents;
- submission of documentation for approval;
- sending the entire package to the embassy;
- return of verified documents to the CC;
- issuance of a foreign passport with an open French Schengen visa.
Check your France visa readiness online
To use the France visa status service online, you do not need to change your location. The check may take place at any location of the visa applicant.
You only need to have a computer or gadget at hand that has access to the Internet. Everyone will have the opportunity to go to the website of the CC or consulate to quickly track the readiness of documents online.
You can use the convenient service of the VFS Global visa center. All you need to do is follow the link provided to a specific page.
. There you need to click on the button to track the location of your passport. After entering the appropriate information, you will have the most up-to-date information about the document.
All information required for data entry will be specified in the contract. To avoid errors, you should carefully review the data and verify its accuracy.
Information is updated twice a day. For persons located on the territory of the Russian Federation, you should visit the site after 12.00 and 17.00 local time
. To track where your passport is at, you can visit VFS Global's visa services website.
Here you will need to enter your passport and visa information in the search bar. This will allow you to find out accurate information about the degree of preparation of documents for a specific date.
- You click on a specific button to track the status of the order and the readiness of documents. You will then be redirected to the next resource;
- The “Here” button will allow you to check the status of your visa application;
- In the window that appears in front of you, you will need to indicate your registration number with your date of birth. You will then be provided with all the information regarding your application.
Tracking a passport with a France visa by e-mail
Now it is possible to monitor the status of consideration of an application for a Schengen visa to France using email. You only need to send a letter indicating the serial number of your foreign passport
. After some time, the system will automatically send information indicating the status of the documents and its current stage of readiness.
This is the easiest and most convenient way for those who want to quickly track a passport with a France visa using moac.
As you can see, there are convenient ways to check the readiness of a visa to France in several ways. More detailed information can be obtained by contacting V.Ts. phone number. France.
Tracking Methods
There are many options for obtaining the necessary information regarding the status of an application.
But in any case, you will need a special number , which is issued to a citizen of the Russian Federation when submitting documents.
Online
To quickly check your visa readiness for France, it is best to use the Internet.
There are two sites where the user can obtain this information:
- VSF global;
- official website of the visa center (consulate).
When visiting VSF global you need:
- open the website;
- go to the “Track application” tab;
- indicate the coupon number and date of birth;
- get the information you need.
If the user goes to the website of a consulate or visa application center, French visa tracking is carried out in a similar way.
If it is not possible to track the status online due to system failures or other reasons, then you can use email.
To receive information about your application, you need to send a letter to the following addresses:
- VFS Glogal –;
- Consulate General in Moscow – [email protected]
SMS and hotline
You can also check the readiness of your entry permit by phone.
To do this, the applicant should use the telephone number provided for such purposes by visa centers or consulates.
To receive an SMS message with the necessary information, you need to additionally activate this service (about 50 rubles ).
Calls to the hotline are free.
Personal appeal
You can also track your visa to France by personally contacting the visa department or consulate.
To do this, you need to provide the employee with the coupon number issued when submitting documents.
The number of visits is not limited.
Features of the procedure
As mentioned earlier, France is a Schengen country and therefore a visa is required to enter the country. It looks like a rectangular stamp that is glued to a passport.
. This entry permit has a certain validity period and allows you to visit Schengen countries.
A visa must be issued by any citizen who intends to visit France. Whether he is a tourist, a businessman, etc. Documents are processed at Visa Application Centers, which are located in major cities of the Russian Federation.
It doesn’t matter which institution you submitted your visa documents to, you can use the internet portal to check the readiness of your France visa online. In addition to the fact that the applicant can control the progress of the procedure, he can also pay for courier delivery of the passport and completed visa at a convenient time.
Tracking takes place on one of two sites, the choice of which depends on the method of submitting documents. You can use the official website of the visa center or the website of the diplomatic mission.
On both sites, information is updated twice a day: at 12:00 noon and at 17:00 in the evening.
The applicant for a Schengen visa is issued a consular pass, which contains his passport number and MOAC number. Thanks to this information, the user will learn about the readiness of the visa.
Sample of completed pages of a passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation:
How to get a ready-made visa?
If checking a visa to France shows that the document is ready, the Russian citizen has two options:
- he can pick up the passport in person;
- order courier delivery.
In the first case, you need to take into account the time of visiting the visa center or consulate. Usually documents are issued without problems during the working day .
It is better to order courier delivery in advance.
Where can I get a visa to France?
Our compatriots resolve their visa issues through 2 departments:
- Consular departments (there are about seven of them on Russian territory);
- France Visa Application Centers (VC). According to the latest data, 18 such centers operate in Russia.
All information about the work of institutions where documents are submitted can be found on the website of the Embassy of the Republic of France in Moscow. The resource works very well, so its guests will not have problems obtaining the necessary information.
Failure codes
In case of refusal to provide a visa, the center staff use the appropriate code - numbers from 1 to 4 and the letters A, B, C, D.
The letters indicate the type of visa the citizen is requesting. For example, B is a transit visa, and C is a tourist visa (Schengen).
The reason for refusal is indicated using numbers :
- the number 1 in this case means that the person provided incomplete information about himself;
- number 2 is used if the applicant needs to appear for a personal interview with the consul;
- number 3 means problems with documents;
- The number 4 is rarely used, since it is used for an indefinite refusal of entry.
You can check your France visa for readiness online or by visiting a visa center in person. But only information regarding the status of the application is provided. But you can find out whether your application was approved or denied only after receiving your passport.
How to find out about acceptance
After submitting all the necessary documents to obtain a visa, the approximate date of readiness of the passport and visa is announced. The visa readiness date is provisional and is not a guarantee.
In order to find out whether your visa has been accepted, you need to go to any online resource that allows you to do this. You must enter a registration number, which has the format: FNRU/010101/0123/01
. You can find your registration number on your ICR receipt.
It is important to remember that the first four characters of the registration number may not match those shown in the example. The ICR check must be issued by a Visa Application Center consultant when submitting documents.
On the website where you can check the readiness of a visa to France online, information is filled out in two ways. Enter the registration number and last name (as in the international passport) or registration number and full date of birth.
When entering data into the table, the last name must be written in Latin letters and strictly according to the passport. The registration number must be entered with letters and numbers separated by a slash “/” (for example, FNRU/010101/0123/01).
