Phone Number: |
Switchboard: +33 (0)1 43 12 22 22
Immigration visa department: +33 (0)1 43 12 45 35
Receptionist (say you wish to talk with someone in the Immigration visa department): +33 (0)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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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 Contact Method: |
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 After Consulate Recieves
NVC Package: |
~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 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 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 287€ 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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Forms to 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 €91.70 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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Direct Consular Filing Offered? |
Yes |
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If DCF Allowed: For all or only US citizen lawfully resident in country?
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Residents_Only |
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Can fiance(e)/spouse attend interview? |
Yes |
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Visa fee payment "same day" or "in advance"? |
Advance |
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Did embassy schedule interview or could you walk-in? |
Embassy Scheduled |
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Visa issued same day? |
No |
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If not what's 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) + 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. Francis SLATTERY
10, avenue d'Eylau
75116 Paris
+33 (0)1 47 42 02 34
Dr. Pierre LEPARC
22, rue Laugier - Escalier B, RdC gauche
75017 Paris
+33 (0)1 48 88 04 52
Dr. Gunita JOLLY
Hertford British Hospital
3, rue Barbes
92300 Levallois-Perret
+33 (0)1 46 39 22 36
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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 at minimum the day before (in the morning) to get the blood results before the interview. A couple of weeks in advance however is possible and less risky. 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. |
