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Consulate Phone Number: |
Switchboard: +33 1 43 12 22 22 Immigration visa department: (33) 1 43 12 45 35 Receptionist (say you wish to talk with someone in the Immigration visa department): (33) 1 43 28 00 86 Visa Information Service: 0-892-23-84-72 (fee charged) Visa Information Service(Live operator): 0-810-26-46-26 (There is a 14€50 charge for this service) |
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Consulate E-Mail: |
The Consular Section does not accept email inquiries. American citizen services has an email adress but they specify that they don't answer questions regarding visas: citizeninfo@state.gov | ||
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Address: |
4, avenue Gabriel 75382 Paris, Cedex 08 France METRO: Concorde Mailing adress: 18, avenue Gabriel - 75008 Paris France (This is the address to be used for CHRONOPOST, FEDEX, OR DHL ENVELOPES) |
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Working Hours: |
In-person general inquiries and requests for information on Fridays ONLY from 9:00 am-11:00 a.m | ||
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Best Way to Contact Consulate: |
Fax: 01 43 12 47 77 If you have inquiries regarding the status of your immigrant petition or interview related questions, please send all questions to our fax. We will promptly respond to all faxes. |
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Approx Waiting Time for interview date from when the Consulate receives
the package from the NVC: |
~1 month NVC waits till second week of month to start scheduling and stops by end of the month NVC schedules for next month | ||
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Issues a Packet 3? |
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Packet 3 Contains: |
Check list DS-2001 DS-230 part I DS-156 (x2) DS-156K DS-157 I-134 (to be filled out by the US citizen) Oath instructions for immigrant packet 3 also sent for K3 with some strikes through http://travel.state.gov/pdf/pk3_supplements/PRS-PKT3-ENGL-0001-0809.pdf |
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Issues a Packet 4? |
Yes | ||
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Packet 4 contents (if known): |
Interview date notification List of doctors for medical exam (you must call to schedule the medical) Ask for fee Fee is 99.56€ for K1 Fee is about the same for K3 than for K1 Fee is 355+45 dollars per person for Immigrant visa if not yet paid at NVC instructions for immigrant packet 4 http://travel.state.gov/pdf/supplements/PRS-SUP-ENGL-0001-0809.pdf |
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What forms should be send back to the Consulate? |
Check list DS-2001 DS-230 part I |
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Other Forms (if any)? |
(K1) Passport 2 photos Receipt for payment of the €107 fee Military record (if no military service was done an official letter stating no service was done is still required) Medical results (but no need to bring the Xray) Police record (request a casier judiciaire at https://www.cjn.justice.gouv.fr/cjn/b3/eje20 ) Birth certificate I-134 affidavit of support + related documents (letter from sponsor's employer, bank, sponsor's tax returns, ...) (all forms must be unsigned) 2 I-156, 1 I-156k, 1 I-157 & letter expressing intent to marry Chronopost enveloppe 1kg or 2kg depending on visa("gonflable") (do not forget to write down the routing number to track it!) for K3 or IV also wedding certificate and divorce decree if applicable French weeding certificates to be "copie integrale" Note that Birth Certif and wedding certificates (French BC and Wedding Cert) need to be less than 3 months old PCC need to be less than a year old |
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Consulate offers Direct Consular Filing? |
Yes | ||
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If so, for all or only for US citizen who is lawfully resident in your country?
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Residents_Only | ||
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Can fiance(e)/spouse attend the interview? |
Yes | ||
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Visa fee payment "same day" or "in advance"? |
Advance | ||
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Did the embassy schedule your interview or could you walk-in? |
Embassy Scheduled | ||
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Visa issued same day? |
No | ||
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If not whats the waiting period? |
Usualy 1 week. (between 3 and 10 days) | ||
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Is the Medical exam same day as interview? |
Prior to Interview | ||
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Cost of Medical Exam? |
170 euros (including xray & blood test) or 65 euros (just physical and vaccinations, if you did xray & blood test on your own) + 20 euros for a ROR (MMR) vaccine if needed (physician has it in his office and can do it directly) You keep the X ray, but not the blood test results (goes directly to the physician) If performing immunity tests to avoid unecessary vaccinations there are additional costs. Those exams need time. Better do those tests with your normal doctot before the exam and bring results. |
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List of doctors? |
Dr. Anne-Valérie MEYERS 10, rue Royale escalier C, 4ème étage 75008 Paris +33 (0) 142 664 782 Dr. Pierre LEPARC 22, rue Laugier - Escalier B, RdC gauche 75017 Paris +33 (0) 1 48 88 04 52 Dr. Francis SLATTERY 10, avenue d'Eylau 75116 Paris +33 (0) 147 420 234 |
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How many Passport Photo's Required for the medical? |
1 | ||
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How many Passport Photo's Required at the interview? |
2 | ||
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Estimated waiting time at the consulate on the day of interview? |
2 to 3 hours | ||
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Vaccination requirements? |
Children up to age 18 : -diphteria, tetanus, polio (DTPolio), -measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), -hepatitis B (series of 3 vaccines), -haemophilius influenza B (HiB) for children under 5 only. Adults from 18 to 64 : -tetanus, -measles, mumps, rubella (MMR vaccine) for persons born after 1956 only. two shots required si if only one done and no immunity test available you will incurr it again. Adults aged 65 and over : -tetanus, -pneumococcal pneumonia (Pneumo 23), -influenza (during "flu season"). |
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Cheap and good hotels near the Consulate? |
Leave your suitcase at hotel. Else there is a "consigne" at Gare de L'Est. |
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Additional Info? |
VISA PAYMENT: Same day or in advance, via "mandat postal" to "2006L PARIS" MEDICAL: General recommendation is to have the medical the day before (in the morning) to get the blood results before the interview (no need to fast). K1 applicants are taken in priority by the doctor. OTHER: 2 different pieces of ID can be required to attend the interview (passport + another ID such as driving license, ID card, ...) While packet 3 requests the I-864, as recently as late February 2007 the embassy has been taking the I-134 anyway. I suggest having both prepared just in case. If appointment at 13:00, no need to come earlier than 12:45 at the Embassy. No drinks, food or big suitcase allowed in the Embassy. Cell phone are taken in the entrance, but phones are available inside. No laptops are allowed inside AT ALL - if you try to bring a laptop you will be told to deposit it somewhere and come back. Photo booth also inside for ID pictures. |
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