Welcome to France Visa Centre, the Visa application Centre of the Consulate General of France in Shanghai.
Successfully tested out in the French consular network abroad, visa outsourcing is now introduced in Shanghai. From now on, the Consulate General of France invites visa applicants living in Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, to apply for a visa at the France Visa Centre. This new procedure has two main goals: ensure a better reception of applicants and give them helpful advice on their application. This will also contribute to improve conditions of visa applications consideration without further delay.

If you wish to apply for a visa please read carefully the contents of this website. If you strictly follow its recommendations, you will be able to complete correctly your visa application.

If you have already applied for a visa
If you have already applied for a visa, you can track the progress of your visa request by consulting the section Track my application.

To the attention of travelers

* ATTENTION : *

According to the decree Nr. 2008-1176 of November 13th 2008 related to the competence of the consular area, immediately applicable; the Consulate General of France in Shanghai can only issue, apart from exceptional cases duly justified, visas to foreign nationals ordinarily residing in their consular area. Which means, foreigners residing in the Municipality of Shanghai, Province of Anhui, Jiangsu or Zhejiang

In order to verify the applicant's effective attachment to the consular area of Shanghai, applicants are invited to present, when they'll apply for a visa, the original and copy of one of the following document : hukou, identity card, residence permit or temporary residence permit issued by the competent authorities of Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Applicant who do not belong to the consular district of Shanghai are pleased to contact the diplomatic mission or consular post on which they depend :


Embassy of France in Beijing

The whole territory of the People's Republic of China, except area from the General consulate of Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan.

Consulate General of France in Canton

Provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, Hainan, Autonomous Region of Guangxi Zhuang

Consulate General of France in Hongkong

Whole territory of the Special Administrative Regions of Hongkong and Macau

Consulate General of France in Chengdu

Province of Sichuan,Yunnan and Guizhou, Chongqing Municipality

Consulate General of France in Shenyang

Provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang

Consulate General of France in Wuhan

Provinces of Hubei, Hunan and Jiangxi