French Polynesia - Country Specific! Yes, and in the directory, it does not undermine the country at all - these are the overseas territories of France. And to visit these overseas territories need a special visa.
For those who have a Schengen, issued by France, a residence permit or long-term Schengen of any state - French Polynesia automatically becomes a visa-free country! You just need to buy tickets, choose a hotel and on the road!
Well, who, who has no Shengen, but to visit the wonder-islands hunting, you need to gain patience and collect all the necessary documents. Requirements, immediately warn, rigid enough.
The most inconvenient moment is that it is necessary to file documents personally, and visa centers are located only in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg. There is an option, use the services of tour firms, but will have to fill out the questionnaire of the power of attorney that they represent you! These services, by the way, are very good and very weekly, so we will try ourselves - because the money will be useful to us on vacation!
The list of documents can be called standard: passport, photos, references on installments from banks and work, questionnaires (you can print on the embassy site), tickets, hotel reservation, medical insurance - almost all documents as an ordinary Schengen visa.
Features of the Polynesian visa or as it is specifically called - "visa for visiting French overseas territories":
The passport must be valid 90 days after the end of the trip;
When filling out the questionnaire (in French or English), be sure to mark in paragraph 22 that you are going in the overseas territory of France;
certificate from the bank, which is financially possible to afford to visit this state (from the calculation of 300 euros per day);
Have sure to get to Polynesia - you also need transit visas of those countries in which there will be transplants. But, if you fly through chili, the transit visa is not needed.
Officially specified deadlines for issuing a visa to at least 10 working days, but if all documents are in order - the term can be reduced to 3-4 days.
Employees of the Visa Center, though they differ in the bore and book, but willingly help in filling out the questionnaires and various kinds of documents. To take a picture, by the way, you can also at the embassy - there are no problems with this.
The price of a visa is 90 euros for an adult and 55 for a child.
Several useful tips:
- to take care of collecting all the necessary documents of the month for three - earlier than 90 days before departure in the embassy, there is nothing to do anyway;
- Be extremely careful in filling out the questionnaire, errors in text or dates - a refusal of a visa;
- For the commissioning of documents, come to the embassy closer to the end of the working day - people at this time are little and you quickly give documents;
P.S. Of course, Mulks with documents are a lot, but I hope that it will not stop you and you will definitely get into French Polynesia. Believe it is worth it:
