From more than 10 days, the process of getting a French visa will be shorter to just 48 hours or 48 hours starting November 1, 2017
This is France's strategy to invite tourist in their country after the number decreased due to series of attacks that hit Paris and Nice last year.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced that the fast visa processing is open to citizens of the following countries;
- Russia
- India
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Laos
- Myanmar
- Indonesia
- Philippines.
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From 83 million tourists last year, France is eyeing a record of 89 million foreign tourists this year and a 100 million in 2020.
The measure will be extended to Saudi Arabia and Vietnam next year if a change in European Union visa procedure will allow it.
The measure is already enjoyed by the citizens of Qatar and other few countries.
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In line with this, the France government said it will assign more staff in the airport passport checks to limit waiting time to 30 minutes for EU citizen and 45 minutes for non-EU citizens.
For more information regarding visa application to France, click this link. http://www.vfsglobal.com
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