Long-stay visa (stay of more than 3 months to 1 year)
Verified 04 janvier 2022 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Your situation
- You're French
- You reside in France
- You want to bring your spouse
- Your spouse is of another nationality
Long-stay visa as residence permit (VLS-TS): valid for 4 to 12 months
This visa, says VLS-TS, is valid as a residence permit and you do not need to apply for a residence card in the prefecture as soon as you arrive in France.
Who can help me?
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Telephone administrative information - Allo Public Service
For more information on this topic, you can contact Allô Service Public.
Cost: free service
The informants who answer you belong to the Ministry of the Interior.
Attention: the service does not have access to users' personal files and cannot therefore provide information on their status.
The service is available at the following times:
- Monday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Tuesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Wednesday: 8:30 to 12:15
- Thursday: 8.30am to 5.30pm
- Friday: 1 p.m. to 4:15 p.m
- Lundi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Mardi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Mercredi : de 08h30 à 12h15
- Jeudi : de 08h30 à 17h30
- Vendredi : de 13h00 à 16h15
Visa issued to the husband of French: Article L312-6-1°
Requirement to present, with exceptions, a long-stay visa in order to obtain a temporary residence card
Mandatory long-stay visa for issuing residence card to the ascendant of French: article L423-11
Long-stay visa required for the issuance of the residence card to the child of French
Long-stay visa as residence permit and temporary long-stay visa
Cost (table of fees: Article 18 B.1 B2. B3. B4.)
Ministry of the Interior
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs
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