Stay in Overseas Departments and Regions or Overseas Territories

• What is a long stay visa?
  
  French overseas Departments and Regions and French Overseas Territories Visas:
  
  Citizens of countries who must have a visa for Schengen States also must have a visa for the Overseas Departments and Regions, the Overseas Territories, the Overseas Territorial Communities and New Caledonia.
  
  The following countries or regions, exempt from the Schengen Visa, however, however do need a visa for the Overseas Departments and Regions, the Overseas Territories, the Overseas Territorial Communities and New Caledonia:
  
  
  • Brazil
    
  • Bulgaria
    
  • Hong Kong SAR
    
  • Israel
    
  • Romania
    
  • Venezuela*

  
  The following nationalities, exempt from the Short Stay visa, however, however do need a visa for the Overseas Territories, the Overseas Territorial Communities and New Caledonia when their stay exceeds 30 days;
  
  

  Anguilla* Argentina Bermuda Bolivia Brunei Canada Cayman Islands* Chile Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic

  El Salvador Estonia Guatemala Honduras Hungary Japan Korea, South Latvia Lithuania Malaysia Mexico

  Montserrat* New Zealand Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Poland Singapore Slovakia Slovenia United States of America Uruguay

  (*) only passports with the following mention "The holder has the right of abode in the United Kingdom".
  
  
  Short stay
  
  The documents to provide for a stay shorter than 90 days in the French Overseas Departments and Regions, the French Overseas Territories, the French Overseas Territorial Communities and New Caledonia are the same as if you were applying for a Schengen visa.
  
  Submission of visa application has to be done less than 90 days before departure.
  
  A Schengen visa does not allow his bearer to enter a French Overseas Department or Region except if the visa sticker mentions it. If you wish to travel to a French Overseas Department or Region, you must tell it clearly to the submission officer when applying to the FranceVisa Centre.
  
  Long stay
  
  The documents to provide for a long stay (over 90 days) in the French Overseas Departments or Regions, the French Overseas Territories, the French Overseas Territorial Communities and New Caledonia are the same as if you were applying for a long stay visit visa. Please note that consideration of a long stay visa application for the French Overseas Territories can go up to 6 months.