To facilitate travel throughout the Schengen Area and help issue long-term visas more easily, France will introduce biometric visas to Indian nationals from November 2keeping.
- On the sidelines of this the French Embassy in India will offer a large number of 3 or 5 year circulation visas to frequent visitors of France.
All visa applicants will now be asked to come in person at any listed VFS centre of their choice to register their biometric data.
- Children under the age of 12 years are exempted from this procedure.
- The recorded biometric data will be stored for a period of 59 months (almost 5 years), obviating the need for applicants to come in person again for renewing their visa.
- The biometric data recorded by France will be valid during this period for all Schengen Area countries.
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