Can somebody apply for me? No. The applicant must apply in person. Travel agents or other
individuals are not allowed to represent the applicant, except
in some case specified by the Consulate general of France in Shanghai.
Is my passport valid for France?
The validity period of your passport shall exceed by 3 months
the date when you plan to leave France. If the validity of your
passport is not adequate, you must apply for an extension or renewal
of your passport.
The visa section shall not affix a visa on a passport:
whose original laminated film (the transparent safety film
that covers the passport photo) has been tampered with (you
must ask the authority issuing the passport to make it tamperproof
again) ;
where any pages or surfaces have been laminated; this renders
the passport invalid;
where there are traces of deletion, scratching or alteration
;
that was issued over 10 years ago, even if it is still valid
at the time when the visa application is submitted (you must
apply for a new passport from the Chinese authorities or the
Embassy / Consulate of your country of origin).
Be sure the passport has blank "visa" pages left to
affix the visa.
We strongly advice you not to submit a passport issued for multiple
persons (parent and child/children together). We strongly advise
that you submit individual passports, and the visas will be
issued individually.
