Je vais bientot partir étudier à Hong Kong pour 6mois, je vais avoir un Visa étudiant pour Hong Kong et je voudrais avoir si avec ce visa je peux voyager dans la Chine continentale où dois-je refaire une demande de visa une fois sur place ?
De plus, combien de temps faut-il pour renouveller un Visa à Hong Kong ?
Dernière petite question, quels vaccins dois-je faire obligatoirement avant de partir ?
Je pense que ce doit etre un officer d'immigration qui etait daltonien et qui a pris un de nos passeports pour un si joli passeport rouge...
Nationality of foreign country (Territory)/ Type of Travel Document Visa free period for visit not exceeding Always require VISA, except in direct transit by air and when the person does not leave the airport transit area AFGHANISTAN
Visa Required
ALBANIA
Visa Required
ALGERIA
14 Days
ANDORRA
90 Days
ANGOLA (please see remarks)
Visa Required^ ANGOLA Diplomatic/Official Passport
14 Days ANGUILLA
90 Days
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
90 Days
ARGENTINA
90 Days
ARMENIA
Visa Required
AUSTRALIA
90 Days
AUSTRIA
90 Days
AZERBAIJAN
Visa Required
BAHAMAS
90 Days
BAHRAIN
14 Days
BANGLADESH
14 Days
BARBADOS
90 Days
BELARUS
Visa Required
BELGIUM
90 Days
BELIZE
90 Days
BENIN
14 Days
BERMUDA
90 Days
BHUTAN
14 Days
BOLIVIA
30 Days
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
14 Days
BOTSWANA
90 Days
BRAZIL
90 Days
BRITAIN (British citizens)
180 Days
BRITAIN (British Overseas Territories citizens, British Overseas citizens, British subjects and British Protected persons)
90 Days
BRITISH ANTARCTIC TERRITORY
90 Days
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
90 Days
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
90 Days
BRUNEI
90 Days
BULGARIA
90 Days
BURKINA FASO
14 Days
BURUNDI (please see remarks)
Visa Required^ BURUNDI Diplomatic/Official Passport
14 Days
CAMBODIA
Visa Required CAMEROON (please see remarks)
Visa Required^
CAMEROON Diplomatic/Official Passport
14 Days
CANADA
90 Days
CAPE VERDE (REPUBLIC OF)
30 Days
CAYMAN ISLANDS
90 Days
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
14 Days
CHAD
14 Days
CHILE
90 Days
COLOMBIA
90 Days
COMOROS
14 Days
CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) (Formerly known as Zaire) Visa Required* CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)
14 Days
COSTA RICA
30 Days
Costa Rican Provisional passports
Visa Required
"Documento de Identidad Y Viaje" issued by Costa Rican Government
Visa Required
COTE D'IVOIRE (REPUBLIC OF)
Visa Required* CROATIA
14 Days
CUBA
Visa Required
CYPRUS (REPUBLIC OF)
90 Days
CZECH REPUBLIC
90 Days
DENMARK
90 Days
DJIBOUTI
14 Days
DOMINICA (COMMONWEALTH OF)
90 Days
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
30 Days
ECUADOR
90 Days
EGYPT
90 Days
EL SALVADOR
30 Days
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
14 Days
ERITREA (please see remarks)
Visa Required* ESTONIA
90 Days
ETHIOPIA Visa Required^
ETHIOPIA Diplomatic/Offical Passport
14 Days - FALKLAND ISLANDS & DEPENDENCIES
90 Days
FAROE ISLANDS
90 Days
FIJI
90 Days
FINLAND
90 Days
FRANCE
90 Days
GABON
14 Days
GAMBIA
90 Days
GEORGIA
Visa Required
GERMANY
90 Days
GHANA
14 Days
GIBRALTAR
90 Days
GREECE
90 Days
GREENLAND
90 Days
GRENADA
Visa Required
GUATEMALA
30 Days
GUINEA
14 Days
GUINEA-BISSAU
14 Days
GUYANA
90 Days
HAITI
14 Days
HONDURAS
30 Days
HUNGARY
90 Days -
ICELAND
90 Days
INDIA
14 Days
INDONESIA
30 Days
IRAN
Visa Required
IRAQ (please see remarks)
Visa Required* IRELAND (REPUBLIC OF)
90 Days
ISRAEL
90 Days
ITALY
90 Days
JAMAICA
90 Days
JAPAN
90 Days
JORDAN
14 Days
KHAZAKSTAN
Visa Required
KENYA
90 Days
KIRIBATI
90 Days
KOREA (DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF)
Visa Required
KOREA (REPUBLIC OF)
90 Days -
KUWAIT
14 Days
KYRGYSTAN
Visa Required
LAOS
Visa Required
LATVIA
90 Days
LEBANON
Visa Required
LESOTHO
14 Days
LIBERIA (please see remarks)
-
Visa Required*
LIBYA
Visa Required
LIECHTENSTEIN
90 Days
LITHUANIA
90 Days
LUXEMBOURG
90 Days
MACEDONIA
14 Days
MADAGASCAR
14 Days
MALAWI
90 Days
MALAYSIA
90 Days
MALDIVES
90 Days
MALI
14 Days
MALTA
90 Days
MARSHALL ISLANDS (REPUBLIC OF)
14 Days
MAURITANIA
14 Days
MAURITIUS
90 Days
MEXICO
90 Days
MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
14 Days
MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF) -
Visa Required
MONACO
90 Days
MONGOLIA
14 Days
MONTSERRAT
90 Days
MOROCCO
30 Days
MOZAMBIQUE
14 Days
MYANMAR
Visa Required
NAMIBIA
90 Days
NAURU
90 Days
NEPAL
Visa Required* NETHERLANDS
90 Days
NEW ZEALAND
90 Days
NICARAGUA
Visa Required
NIGER
14 Days
NIGERIA
Visa Required
NORWAY
90 Days
OMAN
14 Days
PAKISTAN (please see remarks)
-
Visa Required^ PAKISTAN Diplomatic/Official Passport 14 Days PALAU
14 Days
PALESTINE (STATES OF)
Visa Required
PANAMA
Visa Required
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
90 Days
PARAGUAY
30 Days
PERU
30 Days
Special Peruvian passports
Visa Required
PHILIPPINES
14 Days
PITCAIRN, HENDERSON, DUCIE & OENO ISLANDS
90 Days
POLAND
90 Days
PORTUGAL
90 Days
QATAR
14 Days
ROMANIA
90 Days RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Visa Required
RWANDA
14 Days
SAMOA (WESTERN)
30 Days
SAN MARINO
90 Days
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
14 Days
SAUDI ARABIA
14 Days
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO
Visa Required
SENEGAL
Visa Required
SEYCHELLES
90 Days
SIERRA LEONE (please see remarks)
Visa Required*
SINGAPORE
90 Days
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
90 Days SLOVENIA
90 Days
SOLOMON ISLANDS
Visa Required
SOMALIA
Visa Required* SOUTH AFRICA
30 Days
SPAIN
90 Days
SRI LANKA
Visa Required^
SRI LANKA DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL PASSPORT
14 Days
ST. HELENA
90 Days
ST. HELENA DEPENDENCIES (ASCENSION, TRISTAN DA CUNHA)
90 Days
ST. KITTS - NEVIS ANGUILLA
90 Days
ST. LUCIA
90 Days
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
90 Days
SUDAN
Visa Required
SURINAME
14 Days
SWAZILAND
90 Days
SWEDEN
90 Days
SWITZERLAND
90 Days
SYRIA
Visa Required
TAJIKISTAN
Visa Required
TANZANIA
90 Days
THAILAND
30 Days
THE SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
90 Days
THE SOVEREIGN BASE AREAS OF AKROTIRI AND DHEKELIA
90 Days
TOGO
14 Days
TONGA
90 Days
Tongan National passports
Visa Required
Tongan Protected Persons passports
Visa Required
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
90 Days
TUNISIA
30 Days
TURKEY
90 Days
TURKMENISTAN -
Visa Required
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
90 Days
TUVALU
90 Days
TUVALU (with national status stated as 'I-TUVALU')
Visa Required
UGANDA
30 Days
UKRAINE
Visa Required
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
30 Days -
URUGUAY
90 Days
Uruguay passports issued under Decree 289/90
Visa Required
U.S.A.
90 Days
US TRUST TERRITORY OF PACIFIC ISLANDS (holders of US Trust Territory passports only)
14 Days
UZBEKISTAN
Visa Required
VANUATU
90 Days
VATICAN CITY
14 Days
Vatican Service passports
Visa Required
VENEZUELA
90 Days
VIETNAM
Visa Required
YEMEN (REPUBLIC OF)
30 Days -
ZAMBIA
90 Days
ZIMBABWE
90 Days
All 'stateless' travel document holders
Visa Required
Nationals of other foreign countries do not require visas for a visit
7 Days
il faut penser comme si hong kong et la chine etait deux pays different (plus facile).
Donc si tu as un visa pour hong kong il va pas te permettre d'aller en chine.
Ceci dit c'est extremement facile d'avoir un visa pour la chine jusqu'a 6mois.
Mais bon si c'est juste pour voyager, un plus court est mieux.
tu as les visa 'S' et les 'M' S=simple ca veut dire que sur la duree du visa tu ne peux que y entrer 1 seul fois (donc apres ton visa est mort) les M=multiple (donc pour une duree de visa de 1 mois, tu peux faire des petits sejour de1-2-3jours et revenir encore).
Ensuite le meilleur moyen de faire un visa est de ne pas aller dans une agence !
quand tu rentres en chine, par train ou par bateau ou par bus (a partir de hong kong), tu aurras toujours entre la douane de hongkong et la chine, un bureau officiel pour faire des visas. Le prix ici est BIEN plus bas que les autre agence, et BEAUCOUP plus rapide, car il te le delivre directement !
tu attends meme pas 5 minutes et tu as ton visa.
Sans jouer les paranos🙁 j'ajouterais que se faire vacciner contre la grippe en france ne serait pas une mauvaise idee car ici ils sont en rupture de stock ...
Ensuite le meilleur moyen de faire un visa est de ne pas aller dans une agence !
quand tu rentres en chine, par train ou par bateau ou par bus (a partir de hong kong), tu aurras toujours entre la douane de hongkong et la chine, un bureau officiel pour faire des visas. Le prix ici est BIEN plus bas que les autre agence, et BEAUCOUP plus rapide, car il te le delivre directement !
tu attends meme pas 5 minutes et tu as ton visa.
Le bureau de la gare ferroviaire de Lowu (point de passage entre HK et la Chine) delivre des visas pour Shenzhen valables 5 jours seulement et dans la ZES de Shenzhen. Je n'ai jamais entendu parler de visas "reguliers" pour la republique populaire delivres a la minute et a la frontiere entre HK et la mere patrie? mais peut etre que je me trompe.
effectivement pour luohu (our lowu pour les personnes venant de hong kong), ils delivrent un visa de 5 jours. Attention ! ce visa ne vous permet QUE de rester a l'interrieur du centre de shenzhen !!! il ne vous donne a aucun moment le droit de sortir de la zone libre de shenzhen !!!!
Cependant luohu vous donne la possibilite de faire des visa de 1 semaine egalement, qui peuvent etre utilise pour sortir de shenzhen.
ensuite c'est a shekou (par bateau) qu'il faut venir en chine si vous n'avez aucun visa. Il y a une agence qui fait des visa au meme titre que toute autre organisme officiel.
J'habite en chine, des que j'ai des amis qui viennent me rendre visite, je vais avec eux a luohu pour faire des visa d'une semaine.
Sinon pour m'a part pour le moment j'ai toujours fait mes visas de longue duree a shekou. Le premier etait de 30jours, le deuxieme de 6mois, et mainenant je fait des visa de 1an (Le visa de 1an ne peut pas etre fait aussi facilement ! il faut des papiers et autre lettre d'entreprise !).
Pour un 6 mois business multiple entrees, ils m'avaient demander des papiers egalement en juillet dernier a l'agence de HK (sur Peking Road, a cote de Nathan), et comme j'avais des lettres d'invitation cela n'a pas pose de probleme et je l'ai eu dans la journee, mais j'etais aussi surpris par ce "durcissement" des delivrances pour les longs sejours. Maintenant que la carte verte chinoise est officielle, peut etre que les visas non immigrants de longue duree seront un peu plus dur a obtenir que par le passe, ou de nombreux residents venaient a HK sans avoir besoin de montrer patte blanche.
NB: les detenteurs de passeports US ne peuvent pas avoir de visa instantanne pour la ZES de Shenzhen. Il faut passer par la procedure administrative normale d'un visa chinois quelconque (qui est d'ailleurs facture plus cher aux citoyens US et UK...)
Je voulais te demander jusqu'à quelle heure on peut se faire délivrer le visa
5jours à Luohu, ma soeur devait arriver cette après midi mais du à un énorme
retard de la british airways elle va arriver ce soir à 18h30, comme j'habite à Luohu
je voulais pas passer une nuit à HK mais plutôt faire un visa en arrivant à la frontière
ferroviaire de Luohu. Donc j'éspère qu'ils délivrent des visas après 20h.
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Formalités administratives › Japon / Chine · 4 replies
Je vais partir au japon à fukuoka avec un vol china eastern airlines pour son coût intéressant. durant ce vol j'ai une escale à shangai aussi j'aurais aimé…
Hi there,
I’m heading to Senegal in January for a month and was wondering if I just need my French driver’s license or if I should get an international permit?
Thanks!
JL
Hi,
I’m bringing Seresta, an anxiolytic (tranquilizer) from the benzodiazepine family,
to help me sleep.
I’ll have the prescription with me.
Will this be a problem at customs, and do I need to declare it?
Same question for antibiotics?
Thanks a bunch!
I’m heading to Laos next spring, but I have a question about the Thai arrival/departure form. I’ll be flying PAR-BKK, then taking the train to Laos (so exiting Thailand), and later re-entering Thailand by train to catch my return flight. Do I need to fill out two forms in this case?
Hi there,
I have a 9-seater passenger vehicle that I use for my business in Paris, transporting people.
I’m planning to go to Algeria with my family.
The vehicle registration lists my company as the owner.
Can I get a TPD (Temporary Admission Document)?
Will I need a KBis extract or a power of attorney?!?
Thanks for your help.
Worst case, I can add my personal name as a co-owner on the registration, but that would be a real shame!
Hi,
I’m writing to ask for some info—I’ve heard that you **must** have travel insurance to land in Zanzibar.
What’s the process, and which insurance should I get?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Best,
Seb
Hi there,
I’m a French citizen living in Switzerland, and I set up an RV LLC in Montana, USA. Through that, I was able to register 3 vehicles (an RV, a Jeep, and a Harley) with Montana plates.
I’d like to spend 3 months in Mexico, but it seems complicated—maybe even impossible—to cross the border from the US with all 3 vehicles.
Can anyone give me some advice?
Hi, are there any travelers who’ve recently crossed the border between Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan) and Beineu in Kazakhstan?
It was closed for a while.
Thanks for any info!
I bought a one-way flight (Ryanair) and a return flight (EasyJet) to spend a week in Morocco in April.
My passport expires 3 weeks after the return date.
Some websites say the passport must be valid for 3 months at the time of entry.
However, it will still be valid both on entry and return, but its validity will only be 1 month at the time of entry (and 3 weeks on the return date, everything prepaid).
It's an individual family trip.
The consulate can't give me an answer—they're still looking into it (really!)
Last year, we stayed for 3 months in Thailand, north of Khao Lak, and were able to benefit from the 2-month visa exemption, renewable for one month by going to Takua Pa to validate a 1-month extension (1,900 baht).
This year, it’s a disaster for us—not only were we planning a 4-month stay, adding a visa run in between (which some say is quite risky), but the law is apparently changing in the coming months with the return of the 1-month exemption (plus the usual 1-month option). So, we looked into applying for a 6-month multiple-entry visa, allowing a maximum of 60 consecutive days in Thailand. However, I can’t find anywhere the minimum time required outside Thailand between two stays—do any of you have an idea?
Thanks for the info! If you’d like tips on Khao Lak and the surrounding areas, we’ve got some experience, though things change fast!
Cheers,
Bruno.
My partner, our 8-year-old daughter, and I are going on vacation to Gex.
We’ve decided to spend one day in Switzerland and another in Italy. Will we need ID (national ID card or passport)? Do we also need ID for our daughter?
Hello,
We’ll soon be moving to Madagascar long-term.
As a French national, I need to obtain a short-stay visa that can be converted to a long-stay one. To do this, I have to send the required documents to the Madagascar embassy in Paris.
No issues with that procedure so far.
If I get this visa, once I arrive in Madagascar, I’ll need to provide the same documents to the Ministry of the Interior in Anosy. I’m trying to find an email address or website for the Ministry to check which documents I need to submit (I think they ask for additional ones).
If you have any info on this, I’d appreciate your replies.
Best regards,
M. Buisson Eric
I’d like to know if anyone has already applied for a private visa to Russia with an invitation from a Russian resident.
I traveled earlier this year with an e-visa, but since I want to stay longer, I’ll be visiting my friend who lives in eastern Russia.
For the visa application, does the invitation need to be on an official paper form issued by the Russian ministry? And most importantly, do I need to present the original for the application, or is there an electronic version that can be sent directly to the consulate in France?
Thanks for any info if you’ve gone through this process before!
I filled out the B2 form to apply for a visa, created an account on Atvis to pay the visa fees and schedule a meet-up, but every time I try to pay with my Boursobank Visa 1st card, they refuse the payment with a message telling me to check my details (address), even though everything is correct. Does anyone know why this is happening, or maybe they don’t accept Visa cards? Are you aware of this?
Thanks for your feedback!
Elisabeth
There are rumors going around about the ETA: it must absolutely be on your smartphone in the "ETA" app.
Paper documents might not be accepted.
Is this real or just a hoax?
Thanks, I’m leaving in 3 weeks. My passport is good to go and my ETA is still valid for a year, but I only printed the email I received.
Thanks everyone.
Hi there,
We need to apply for a B2 visa because we visited Iran in 2018. It currently costs $185, but they’re planning an additional $250 fee per person for the same visa—it’s been approved but not yet implemented. Does anyone know when this fee will take effect?
Thanks in advance!
Elisabeth
Hi there,
In November, we're heading off on a 4-month trip. We'll be landing in China and plan to leave the country via a land border into Vietnam.
I’ve read that China may ask for proof of exit within 30 days (flight ticket or other reservation). Since we’d be leaving by land, I’m wondering how this works in practice.
Has anyone here been in this situation recently?
Did the airline ask for an exit ticket before boarding?
Did Chinese authorities require proof upon arrival?
Is a train/bus ticket to Vietnam sufficient?
Is a cancelable or flexible reservation accepted?
Hi there,
Just a question that’s probably been asked before (though usually the other way around for my situation :))
My wife and I are heading to the US.
On her ticket, it only has her maiden name (e.g., Martine DUPOND).
On her passport, it’s written as Martine DUPOND épouse AVRY.
No issues for travel, I hope I did the right thing with the ticket?
Then for the ESTA, is just Martine DUPOND enough, or do I need to include the "épouse AVRY" part like on the passport?
Thanks in advance!
Hi there,
I’m spending a few days in San Pedro de Atacama (Chile) and would like to cross the Argentine border to make a loop toward Salta and then return to Chile to drop off the rental car.
I’ve heard that crossing the border can be tricky!
Is it possible with a rental company’s authorization? Which company, and at what cost?
Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Best regards,
Arnale
I saw on the French Embassy in Peru’s website and the Peruvian Consulate in Paris’s site that the rule is to have a passport valid for 6 months *after the arrival date* (not the return date).
I arrive in Peru on August 13, 2019 (for about twelve days), and my passport is valid until February 16, 2020.
That’s 6 months and 3 days after my arrival date in Peru. In my opinion, I’m good to go.
But could I still be denied entry if they say I don’t cover the return date or that I’m too close to the 6-month mark?
I read on the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs website that it’s possible to apply for a temporary driving permit in China, valid for 1 month.
I’m planning to rent a car (without a driver) to explore part of the country next August, so I was wondering:
Has anyone here already gone through this process upon arrival?
How long do the formalities take on the spot?
Is it possible to handle these steps in advance, before arriving in China?
Hi there,
My departure is slowly approaching, and now that I’ve got my Russian visa sorted, I’m fine-tuning the rest of my trip to Tajikistan. Since the Tajik visa is no longer required for stays under 30 days (for French nationals), I’ll need to visit the Ministry of Interior (OVIR) to register within 10 days of entering the country. No big deal, though, since I had to go there anyway to apply for my GBAO permit. 😉 However, I’ve *seen* several reports from travelers (mostly motorized) mentioning that you need an entry permit for Kyrgyzstan, which has to be arranged in advance at the Kyrgyz Ministry (consulate?) in Dushanbe. Otherwise, you’re *stuck* at the Kyzyl-Art border (with no Wi-Fi, of course, to try and sort it out). The most recent report was from a year ago, so I’d love to know if this is still the case and if it’s indeed at the Kyrgyz Ministry (consulate?) where you need to go for this pre-authorization.
Does anyone have any recent info on this?
Thanks in advance!
Hi everyone.
I’m leaving for almost 3 months in the Philippines (11 weeks total) starting in early May.
I already have my round-trip ticket.
The problem is, I don’t have time to get a 2-month visa because the process takes nearly a month.
From what I’ve read here and there, I need a return ticket valid for less than a month when I arrive in the Philippines to prove my good faith.
After that, I can apply for a 30-day extension at the immigration office.
I’m planning to either buy a fully refundable ticket to the nearest country or a fake ticket.
For 3 months, I’ll need to extend my visa two more times before my return date to France.
My question is this:
Will immigration ask me each time I extend my visa by one month to show proof of an exit ticket matching the new visa extension date?
Is it possible to extend directly by 2 months before the initial 30 days expire?
Thanks in advance for your experiences and tips! 😊
I’ve been to Thailand several times, but it was about 20 years ago…
There’s a new system in place now, it seems.
TDAC – Thailand Digital Arrival Card.
Before arriving, I apply for a TDAC, okay.
If during my stay I cross the border to spend a few days in Malaysia and then re-enter Thailand,
do I need to submit a new TDAC application?
Do I use the same TDAC as when I first entered the country?
Or do I initially have to pay for a Thai multi-entry visa?
Thanks in advance for your insights—I can’t find the answer online.
My partner (Mexican) entered France on January 21st as a tourist. She was therefore entitled to stay for 90 days in the Schengen Area. She’ll be leaving for Mexico on April 16th, so she’ll have “used up” 86 days.
She plans to return to France on July 18th. According to the European Commission’s Schengen calculator, this new stay “may be authorized for a maximum of 90 days.” That’s not very clear ("may be," "for a maximum of").
The text of Article 6 of the European regulation (2016/399) states that for a stay planned in the territory of the Member States, not exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period, one must examine "the 180-day period preceding each day of the stay." That’s not very clear either.
My partner wants to return to France for a 90-day period starting on July 18th. Is this possible?
There are two ways to look at it:
1) The first day she spent in the Schengen Area was January 21st. That day will drop out of the calculation 180 days later, on July 20th.
From July 20th, she’ll get back 1 day of possible stay; on July 22nd, 2 days; and so on. All the days from her previous stay (January 21st–April 16th) need to be outside the 180-day rolling window.
The last day of her stay was April 16th. Looking 180 days ahead, that brings us to October 13th. From that date, she’ll be able to return for a full 90 days.
2) The number of allowed days is calculated for each day of the new stay. In other words: the 180-day window is recalculated every day, not fixed at the entry date.
If she re-enters France on July 18th, she’ll only have a “credit” of 4 days. But with each day of her new stay, one day from the previous stay (January–April) will drop out of the calculation. The rolling window allows her to “replace” days from the previous stay with those of the new stay, without ever exceeding 90 days in any 180-day period.
In this case, my partner could stay in France for 90 days starting on July 18th.
The Prefecture doesn’t provide any information, nor does Air France, and in the forums I’ve checked, opinions are divided. Thanks for any insights you can share!
Hello,
We’re planning to travel to Indonesia (Sulawesi with family) next July and August for a stay longer than a month (about 6 weeks).
I’ve seen that it’s possible to get a 60-day visa before departure, but I’ve also read about people having a lot of trouble getting it (some even didn’t manage and had to leave without it).
We absolutely need to have these 4 visas BEFORE leaving because once we’re in Sulawesi, I’m not sure we’ll be able to go to an embassy to request a visa extension after 30 days.
In short, how can we **100% guarantee** that we’ll get our 4 60-day visas before our trip this summer?
Hello, HAPPY NEW YEAR 2026!
We’re heading back in October for a trip through Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
I have a question: for our route, we’ll need to cross the Zambia and Zimbabwe borders twice each. From experience, I know we won’t have any issues with Botswana.
But for the other two countries, I can’t find a clear answer.
All your tips are welcome!
I’m currently a student on a gap year, and I don’t plan to go back to school right away. That said, traveling really interests me. But I’ve been wondering: does being a student come with any perks when you decide to go abroad? The real question is whether I should re-enroll in a program just to keep that status without actually attending.