Official application route
Complete the France-Visas process, obtain its tailored checklist, then follow the appointment process through TLScontact Beirut.
Detailed documents to prepare
Identity and application
- Passport: recognised, issued within the previous 10 years, valid for at least 3 months after planned Schengen departure, with at least 2 blank visa pages. Check national notices before booking.
- Application and photos: the signed country form, compliant recent photographs, and the originals/copies specified by the application centre.
Trip and stay
- Itinerary: round-trip reservation, any relevant inter-Schengen transport, a written purpose of travel and a coherent day-by-day schedule.
- Accommodation: hotel booking, prepaid lodging or property evidence; for a private visit, the destination’s valid host accommodation or invitation document.
- Medical insurance: cover valid throughout Schengen for the planned stay, with at least €30,000 for medical/emergency treatment, hospitalisation and repatriation.
Finances, ties and civil-status evidence
- Funds: evidence of sufficient, accessible funds, their history and lawful source. The Lebanon harmonised list asks for stamped bank movements for the previous 6 months or an accepted alternative; include any withdrawal terms or restrictions that affect access.
- Family register: an officially stamped, up-to-date extract.
- Return ties: documents showing your lawful income and situation in Lebanon—employment, business, study, family responsibilities or other concrete links that genuinely apply to you.
Documents that depend on your situation
- Employee: employment letter with hire date, role, salary and approved absence; last 3 payslips; CNSS registration.
- Company owner: company statutes, commercial registration and 3 months of company statements or corporate tax statements.
- Self-employed or freelancer: syndicate membership card or letter, tax statements and evidence of current business activity.
- Student or retired applicant: enrollment/attendance and scholarship evidence, or pension proof and other resource evidence, as applicable.
- Sponsored, unemployed or homemaker applicant: truthful status declaration, funding evidence and credible economic or social ties suited to the applicant and destination; use the destination’s sponsorship form where one is required.
- Minor: school certificate plus the normal identity documents; for one-parent or unaccompanied travel, the applicable consent, custody, travel-arrangement and parental-funding evidence.
Purpose-specific evidence
- Tourism: organised-tour or activity bookings, or a detailed itinerary with destinations and accommodation.
- Family or friends: invitation identifying the applicant and host, host address, reason and length of stay, host ID/passport or residence permit, and relationship proof where applicable.
- Business: official stamped/signed invitation with the inviting company’s contact and registration details, business purpose, dates and who pays; add sending-company employment or business-relationship evidence.
France-specific documents to add
- France-Visas receipt and the complete personalised checklist generated for your category.
- For a private stay, check whether an attestation d’accueil is required instead of a simple host invitation.
- A valid Lebanese biometric passport: the research source notes that non-biometric 2003-series/RL passports are not accepted.
Before you submit
Use the France-Visas generated list as the controlling checklist. Confirm the current passport and appointment rules directly with the official provider before booking.