Josephine92

Hello,

On may 30th i had an appointment at the consulat of France Chicago for a short stay visa in Paris for 2 weeks.

Appointment went well, lady told me it should take 2 weeks to get my response. It s been 3 weeks today and i took a 2 weeks vaccation off from work just for this. My vaccation starts on monday, but still don t know if i am going or not. I have called left my number and name, no response. I emailed them as well. I would like to know if it s refused at least so i could cancel the vacation i took.

Anybody had this type of issue before?

Please help!!

Thanks

Ps: I had all my documents with me at the appointment, i had everything they asked me to bring.

IMDonehere

What is your citizenship?

Josephine92

Congolese

massimop

Is the consulate in Chicago too far away for you to go in person to ask?

Alec

There is usually nothing you can do to get information on when or if your visa will be issued. What seems to have happened is your application has been referred to France for further consideration because of your nationality and/or personal circumstances. No doubt you are an upright, law-abiding citizen, but perhaps reputation of some of your compatriots in the past has flagged up amber alert. If you are married to an EU or US national, that usually speeds up the process. If you are just on a work visa in US, then a delay is possible, unless if it's for business and your application is sponsored by your employer. As it's for a holiday, delay is quite unfortunate but understandable.

Josephine92

Massimop,i actually had to travel to go to my appointment, it s in chicago and i live in kentucky

Josephine92

Alec, i am a permanent resident, i hold a green card

Marija

In case you were using a different phone number:

From the French Embassy in Chicago website:

8.1- I cannot reach you over the phone, what should I do ?
You can reach the Visa Section at 312 327 5229 from 02.00 to 04.30 pm from Monday through Friday.

ira

ttt

Josephine92

Marija, thank, i have been calling the 52 00 number and only spoke to the oprator. I ll call them at 2.

Christina

too bad but you never should have waited until the last minute for something so important

Marija

What a wonderful world it would be if we were all perfect like Christina.

socialworker

Seriously, Christina, what purpose is there in rubbing salt into a wound?

Josephine92

Hey everyone,

I was able to finally reach them via email today, also the operator helped. They sent my passport back today, it s suppose to get here tomorrow, hopefully it' s good news.

I will update.

Thanks a lot.

massimop

Hope it is a good news and whatever the outcome, marija is a heroine.

Micheline

Good luck Josephine92!

Sassafrass

Look at tom_mn's experience. Even when you do everything right, you can have problems with things like visas and passports.

Josephine92

Update:

Hey everyone,

Great news, i got my visa and it s for 30 days. It expires in september, so i have plenty of time to use the 30days.

Thanks to everyone for the help and support.

Special thanks to Marija , you re awesome!

socialworker

So good to hear. Have a great trip!

FuryFluffy

I'm glad that you got your visa in time, Josephine^^
Happened to me several times.