France Visa Information - Nigeria - Lagos - All About Visas - Short Term - Business Visits

	The photograph for each visa applicant must be an unmounted, full face photo, as displayed above
	The photograph must have been taken within the last six months.
	The photograph must be submitted glued to the application form

Photo Size
The photo for each visa applicant submitted must measure:

	3.5 cms x 4.5 cms with the head centered in the frame.
	The head (measured from the top of the hair to the bottom of the chin) should measure about 3 cms

Photo Appearance

	The photograph must be a full-face front view in which the visa applicant is facing the camera directly.
	Face should cover about 60-70 percent of the photo area.
	The photograph MUST be in color and have only a white background. Photos with dark, busy, or patterned backgrounds will not be accepted.
	General, the applicant's head, including both face and hair, should be shown from the crown of the head to the tip of the chin on top and bottom and from hairline side-to-side. It is preferable that ears be exposed

Photograph depicting a person wearing a traditional facemask or veil that does not permit

VISA APPLYING
PROCESS

Applicants are requested to read the following steps carefully before submitting their application at the France visa application center, Lagos.

Step 1

Applicants are required to submit their applications personally or through a representative with proper prescribed authority letter at the VFS France Visa Application centre in Lagos.

Step 2

Make a clear copy of all the original documents, previous UK, US, Canada, Japan and Schengen visas and three clear copies of passport data page.

Step 3

Complete the visa application form. You can download the application form from our website.

Step 4

Pay your visa application fee and service fee at the Sterling Bank teller counter at the Visa Application Centre.

Step 5

Along with your application form and documents mentioned on this site you can come to our application centre or send your representative with prescribed authority letter at the visa application centre between 08.00 AM to 1.00 PM (Monday - Friday, except the holidays observed by the France Consulate General and Federal Government of Nigeria)
Especially for collecting a passport on behalf, a prescribed authority letter (As Given) to be produced at VFS France Visa Application Centre.The print can be taken of this letter after being downloaded and can fill in.
Please be informed,VFS can refuse to handover the passport to a representative if the authority letter is not produced as per the prescribed format.

Step 6

After applying at VFS centre, Applicants need to visit the Consulate General of France, Lagos for Interview and biometric the very next day or the day Consulate prefers. The interview time will be scheduled at VFS centre only.