Read General Information before applying.

You must first be selected to take up a position as an «assistant» in a French high school or in a French university.

The applicant must apply for the visa and get it in his/her country of residence before traveling.

You have to apply with the French Consulate in Washington DC, only if you reside in one of the following states :

Deleware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia.

If you do not reside in one of those states, you have to apply with another French Consulate, depending on where you live in the United states. To know where to apply, click here.

A delay may be required.

No processing fee applies.

REQUIREMENTS :

 Passport valid for a period of three months beyond the applicant’s last day of stay in the Schengen states (+ 1 copy of the identification page). Please make sure your passport has a blank page to affix the visa.

 2 long stay application forms completely and clearly filled out in French. Please print in black. Indicate your phone numbers and e-mail address.

  Translation in English of the long stay visa application form.

 2 photographs (more informations about the photograph) . All photos must be recent, identical, passport size - 1,4" x 1,7" (3,5cm x 4,5cm) and showing face front the forehead hairline and ears on a white background, the face must take up 70-80% of the photograph.

 A proof of your address (in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia). If you are neither living nor studying in one of the 6 above mentionned states, you have to apply with another French consulate : click here (BOTH documents requested) :

• copy of your driver’s license or state ID

AND

• original and copy of a utility bill no old than 3 months OR lease agreement OR deed of house/appartment (For bills, are accepted ONLY : water, electricity, resident phone, cable or rent slip. Other bills, for example cellphone, or insurance bills will be declined), showing the name and proving the address of the applicant and should match the driver’s licence/state ID Any other situation is subject to review by the immigration officer of the visa section and may not make you illegible for a visa application until met.

 For non American citizens, a proof of resident status in the US ( green card, valid US visa along with a copy of valid I-20 or valid I-AP66, visas…).

 The "arrêté de nomination" from the Rectorat stamped by the labor Department in France (DDTEFP) (original and 1 copy).

 The visa is free of charge.

IMPORTANT : You can apply by security mail under your own responsibility. Please allow 2 to 3 weeks processing time for all visa applications submitted by mail. If you do so, you have to send us the original passport, along with all the above mentionned (original + copy) documents. You also have to send a self-addressed pre-paid envelope (Express mail…), in order to get your passport back. Please note that this possibility is only offered until september 1st, 2010. Any application received after will be returned to the applicant and will require a personal appreance application with an appointment at the visa office