Hello -
Hoping someone out there can help, or at least clarify for me - I've just begun to look at renewing my long-stay visiteur visa (still @ 3 1/2 months 'til the current one expires in mid-August). I went on to the prefecture de police website to schedule an appointment, and the date for an interview it generated was for exactly one month AFTER my current visa/Titre de sejour expires (Sept.18). Now, I am planning on being back in the states for a while this summer, but was going to return BEFORE September 19, and assumed I could renew my visa before then(before my current one expired, hence a 'renewal').....so.....what do I do? I can, of course come back to France on a 3 month tourist visa (I think?), but will I be able to renew my Long-stay visa once I'm here? Why do they schedule a renewal visit for after your current visa has expired? Any help would be appreciated......
Renewal of Long Stay Visiteur Visa...
The best for you might be to register in a french university, this could help a lot to get your long-term VISA
It's strange that they'd schedule your appointment for AFTER your visa expires. I live in Seine Saint Denis (where we don't have online options), but here you go to schedule an appointment (which is always before expiration) and then they give you a récépissé (a receipt) showing that you've submitted a renewal application. It serves to show you're legal even after the visa expires and until you get the new titre de séjour. For instance, for me, I went last year in May to schedule an appointment, which was in July, and then I got a récépissé valid until October 18, proved I was legal between visa expiration on August 16 and October 18.
As for enrolling in a university, that might help get a visa, but it won't help you with this particular problem, of course. This is one of timing.
I would suggest calling the préfecture, if you can, to check on this. You're probably right that you can go and come back on the 90-day rule, but it's just odd that they scheduled your appointment to submit the renewal application AFTER expiration of your visa. You didn't get some kind of "récépissé" from the website when you scheduled the appointment did you?
Fingers crossed for you ... I know how stressful this can be!
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