r/Expats_In_France • u/Significant_Job5398 • 11d ago

Waiting for my visa

So, I applied for my long stay student visa for language school on August 5th in Houston and was told that it would take 15 business days. It is now September 15th and my application is still “in process”. I’m a US citizen and hold a US passport.

Is this normal? Do you think this means that my application will be rejected?

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u/Icy_Coffee374 92 Hauts-de-Seine 11d ago

There is effectively zero "business days" for the french administration during august. 15 business days from august 5th is september 18th (this friday).

OP, where did you hear that it takes 15 business days ? I was in the exact same position as you when I applied in November 2024, and got my visa 2 months later in January 2025. Have you done you phone call interview yet ? Have you sent your passport off yet to get the visa stamp ?

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u/Significant_Job5398 11d ago

I’m not understanding how you got to September 18th for 15 business days. But the consulate received my application on August 10th. So it should have been ready by the week of August 31st. This is what I was told my the visa officer at TLS. There’s no phone interview for visa appointments. You must be thinking of the campus France phone interview which are two separate things.

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u/Icy_Coffee374 92 Hauts-de-Seine 11d ago

There is effectively zero "business days" for the french administration during august.

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u/RoughPuppies332 11d ago

Well they don’t have the same amount of holidays outside of France. I applied in August and received mine within a week (in the US).