carte de sejour visiteur versus long stay shengen visa

@GreenMountain

Hi,

I saw your post , and I plan to do the same thing, living between two places , although I am sorry can't advise on the burocracy.

I just thought I would drop you a line in case you were looking for a nice place to stay. I have a  4 bedroomed house to rent for 400 Euros per month plus bills  near VILLENEUVE sur Lot . The house is available until July 12th 2023 . If you wanted to try the area, I would gladly send further info if you were interested…

best wishes ,

Lottie 

I am in France at the moment from the USA with a D visa (temporarie)

The paper that came with my passport said to checkin online within 3 months.

I tried to check in but my temporary visa does not exist in the drop down choices on line.

So I contacted the help desk and was told I didnt have to checkin on line, however they offered no help on what to do?

I want to extend my visa beyond the 6 months they gave me, but so far have only the circle of french web pages that do not offer an answer just a link back to the one from whence I came.

My next step is to contact the prefecture in person to see what the real answer is.

I also used VFS for my VISA and can URGE you STRONGLY to use any other visa service available for that part.

I hope I can get an answer that can help you and others along the way.

Bobmo

Hi everybody! My name is Chris( Australian; French wife) and I arrived in France, via Lyon airport,in June 2022. No sign of any visa in sight, just an entry stamp. Repeated applications to the French Immigration Dept have resulted in one interview at the Prefecture in St Etienne: aborted because we didn't have 1 year of cojoint utility bills from Australia, in both our names ( not mentioned on their website btw).

My 2nd application was rejected because,silly me, I submitted it under the wrong heading but the 3rd application was accepted. that was back in November 2022

Since then, not a word. I check in regularly and look at my online file, but all I find are my increasingly desperate messages to my "manager". Are Immigration here really this slow? Am I an "overstayer" atm,liable to arrest and deporting on sight? Anyone else in this decidedly ticklish situation? My wife went through this BS in Melbourne in 1989 and it was smooth and free from complication.

Any advice,anecdote,etc,would be welcome.