France Visit Visa Requirements from Pakistan (2026)

Document checklist

• Valid Pakistani passport, issued within the last 10 years, valid at least 3 months past your return date, with 2 blank pages
• Two biometric photographs, 35x45mm, white background, taken in the last 6 months
• Schengen-compliant travel insurance with a minimum of EUR 30,000 medical cover and repatriation, valid in all Schengen states for every day of the trip
• Confirmed return flight reservation, not a paid ticket
• Accommodation booking covering every night of the stay
• Bank statement for the last 6 months, stamped and signed on every page by the branch
• Employment NOC on company letterhead with approved leave dates, or business registration if self-employed
• Salary slips for the last 3 months, or tax return if self-employed
• Copy of CNIC, front and back
• Day-by-day travel itinerary
• Cover letter explaining the purpose of travel and your ties to Pakistan

What is specific to France

France requires the online pre-application to be completed before the appointment is booked, and the reference number from it must match the file at the counter.

Appointments are handled through VFS rather than Gerry's, which puts France on a different queue from most Schengen missions.

How we prepare the file

We run your documents against the pattern of problems we see on France files: dates that disagree between flights and accommodation, a bank statement missing the branch stamp on one page, photographs outside specification, and insurance wording that does not cover the right territory. Each of those is fixed before submission rather than discovered at the counter.

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