Help Regarding Visa

[Feralpeg]

My daughter is a US citizen currently studying in the UK under a student visa. She wants to visit Paris for a few days. She has a friend living there who works for Disneyland Paris.

Does anyone know if she needs a visa to visit Paris for about three days? She thinks she needs to get a visa. I'm really hoping that isn't true for such a short visit. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[JustJonathan]

Found this for you:

U.S. and Canadian citizens planning to travel to France for short visits of 90 days or less do not need visas to enter France. A valid passport is sufficient. Exceptions exist for:
•Journalists traveling to France on assignment
•Crew Members on short-term assignment (film crews, etc.)
•Individuals holding diplomatic or official passports

If you belong to one of the above categories, you need to submit a short-stay visa application to the embassy or consulate closest to you. U.S. citizens can consult the French Embassy in the United States for more details. Canadian citizens can locate their nearest French consulate here.

Since France is one of the 15 countries belonging to the Schengen territory, U.S. and Canadian passport holders may transit into France through any of the following countries without a visa:
•Austria
•Germany
•Belgium
•Denmark
•Finland
•Greece
•Iceland
•Italy
•Luxemburg
•Norway
•Portugal
•Spain
•Sweden
•The Netherlands

Also note that U.S. and Canadian citizens do not need visas to transit from French airports to non-Schengen territory countries. However, be sure to verify the visa requirements for the country you will be heading to from France.

 

[Carrie_Cat]

Hello

Have you looked at the French Embassy site in the US ?

http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article384

The link they give you in the site above should lead here

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france/coming-to-france/getting-a-visa/article/faq-visas

and if I follow it through to here

http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/fr...sa/article/foreign-nationals-holding-ordinary

It looks like the US is exempt

1. Short stays (less than 90 days in the Schengen Area)
A short stay is a stay in the Schengen Area lasting less than 90 days or a succession of stays totalling less than 90 days in any period of 6 months.
For short stays, European regulations specify the list of countries whose nationals are exempt from visa requirement to enter the Schengen Area.
Exempt from visa requirement for France’s territory in Europe are :

citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland ;

nationals of the following countries, whatever the reason for their stay: Albania*, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Bosnia*, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Holy See, Honduras, Israel, Macedonia*, Malaysia, Mauritius, Monaco, Montenegro*, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Serbia*, Seychelles, Taiwan (passport bearing identity card number), Uruguay ;
*bearers of biometric passports only

nationals of the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, United States, Venezuela, bearers of passports of the Hong Kong special administrative region (People’s Republic of China) and the Macau special administrative region (People’s Republic of China). If you are gainfully employed, the exemption only applies if you can produce a work permit ;

holders of a valid residence permit for France ;

holders of a residence permit issued by a state applying the Schengen Agreements ;

holders of certain travel documents issued by an EU Member State ;

holders of a British National (Overseas) passport.


So according to that the answer is no but I'd check with the Consulat just be 100% sure