The visa section of the Consulate General of France in Chicago is located at the Michigan Plaza, 205 North Michigan avenue, 37th floor, CHICAGO, IL 60601. Click here to see the map.
No. Personal appearance is compulsory (except for children under 6 years old who do NOT need to apply in person) . Please make an appointment here.
No. Personal appearance is mandatory. Travel agents or other individuals are not allowed to represent the applicant.
Both you and your spouse need to be present. Children under the age of 6 are not required to be present.
If you are a resident from North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin, you must apply at the French Consulate in Chicago.
Applications have to be submitted at least 15 DAYS before your expected date of departure. The visa section is open Monday through Thursday between 9.00am and 12.30pm and on Fridays from 8.00am to 12.30pm by appointment only.
No. A visa application cannot be expedited. Make sure you apply far enough in advance according to your nationality and at least fifteen days before your departure.
No. Make sure you apply at least fifteen days before your departure.
The visa section is open to the public on an appointment basis, with no walk-ins allowed.
Processing time depends on your nationality and the purpose of your trip. After the interview, the consulate requires a minimum of one working day to process a visa application. However in certain cases, it may take longer.
Passports are sent back via the EXPRESS MAIL prepaid envelope provided by the applicant.
No. Passports are sent back by mail and cannot be collected at the visa section.
We must first see your file before we make a decision on the validity of your visa. The decision will be made by the visa officer on the day you apply.
Your passport must be less than 10 years old and valid for at least 90 days after your date of departure from the Schengen territory. In case you do need a visa- it must have at least two blank `visas` pages available.
No. Your passport must have been issued less than 10 years ago.
Application forms can be downloaded from our website :
short stay visas
long stay visas
The requirement list can be printed from our website 24 hours a day.
Processing fees depend on the official French exchange rate. Please click here for exact amount.
Applicant should provide a complete file. If additional documents are required, a form stating the missing documents is handed over to the applicant. If application remains incomplete after a few days, the visa will be refused.
You must book your airline ticket but do not purchase it until the visa has been approved.
This certificate must be obtained at the City Hall by the person you are visiting in France. It is a compulsory requirement for people applying for a visa to visit family or friends. Be advised that you must provide the original certificate as it needs to be officially stamped and might be presented at the border.
A Schengen visa allows you to travel within the Schengen space. As long as you were granted a multiple entry Schengen visa and that it is still valid, you may travel to any other Schengen country (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Slovenia, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic). However, please note that you should always apply at the consulate of your main destination.
The Consulate of the main destination is responsible for issuing the uniform Schengen visa. For example, if you are going to one country for business and to another one for tourism, then you should apply at the Consulate of the country where you are going for business. If you have the same purpose in all countries, then you should apply at the Consulate of the country in which you will stay the longest. And if you are staying the same length of time, you should apply in at the Consulate of the first country you are entering.
To use the system, the following configuration is required :
You need to enable your computer to open pop-ups by changing your browser settings.
It is not a problem as long as your appointment is confirmed in the system. Simply show up at the time of your appointment.
If you are not able to attend, please free a slot by cancelling your previous appointment and reschedule another one.
To cancel or change an appointment, click here and then choose "changing an appointment".
If your visa has been rejected and unless you can provide further elements modifying your application, this decision will not be changed.
Processing fees are not reimbursed.
You can reach the Visa Section at 312 327 5229 from 02.00 to 04.30 pm from Monday through Friday.
Allow the visa section a couple of days before expecting an answer. Please read carefully our website, you’ll probably find an answer to your question.
No. You need to make an appointment online here.
Please keep a record of the tracking number of the envelope so that you can check online in case you do not receive your passport within three weeks.
Last update : 05/08/2013
