Can anyone offer any advice please?

Hi can anyone help please;

I have completed a france visa application for Liberal or independant profession.

When I go onto the TLS website to book an appointment this visa type is not listed when filling out the form to book the appointment. I called TLS contact in London and the agent said they cannot talk about visa types and instructed me to read the FAQs.

I said ok take the type of visa out of it. what if the visa I’m applying for is not in the list of options on the tls website. she said cant help you.

So im stuck

And it’s not just the overall category of VLS-TS visas? As in “visa long séjour - dépense titre de séjour”? Of which there are many types.

What are the options you are offered?

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Yes, surely all they want to know here is that you are applying for a vls-ts. As opposed to e.g. a short stay visa.

Yes it’s a type of VLS-TS .

The following is what I selected on the France Visa website;

  • Type of visa requested : Long-stay (> 90 days)
  • Plans : Business
  • Purpose : Liberal or independent profession.

When looking on the TLS contact I only have the following options;

  • Long stay (>90 days) - Business▲

    • Entrepreneur (craftsperson, manufacturer or retailer)
    • Farm operator
    • ICT Posted employee and professional work placement
    • Job search / Business creation
    • Members of a Catholic or Protestant congregation covered by the “Formulaire Unique” (invitation form)
    • Recruitement or posting workers - Language Assistant/ teacher
    • OFII - Posting worker
    • ICT Trainee

Also There is these options;

  • Long stay (>90 days) - Talent Passport - International talent▲

    • Artistic and cultural profession / Talent
    • Business creator / Talent
    • Company representative / Talent
    • Employee on mission / Talent
    • Highly qualified employee EU Blue Card / Talents
    • Employee recruited in an innovative enterprise / Talent
    • Innovative economic project / Talent
    • Investor / Talent
    • Mobility researcher / Talents
    • Person with a national or international reputation / Talent
    • Scientist - Researcher / Talent

thanks in advance.

VLS-TS Entrepreneur/profession libérale is what was on my last visa.

  • Plans : Business
  • Purpose : Liberal or independent profession.

this is the correct category I selected on France visa wizard. Then filled out the form and prepared the supporting documents.

When trying to book an appointment with TLS today I encountered this problem of not being able to find the correct visa type/ purpose of stay.

It is the first option, Entrepreneur, no?
Although it does not mention prof lib in brackets, that is your visa. A VLS TS Entrepreneur.

Another thought: do you have automatic translation turned on? This is a known reason fot the visa websites to display incorrectly. Try with it tutned off.

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Thank you yes must be the one.

My laptop is French. Il check to see the translation. One thing I did realise craftsman in French is artisan…

The reason I didn’t go with it is because if you select that purpose/visa on the France Visa website it requires completely different supporting documents that dont seem relevant to me.

Artisan, retailer, manufacturer will also have very different sets of documents one from the other. But what all these sets of documents have in common, is that they explain the applicant’s proposed business activity and demonstrate their potential to make a success of it.