France visa status checker

How to check your France application

French visa applications, with tracking determined by where the application was submitted.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Open the France-Visas tracking guide and select the organisation where you lodged the application.
2. Follow the link for your provider. The official guide describes CAPAGO tracking with a file reference and email, TLS account tracking, and VFS tracking with a reference and surname.
3. If you did not use one of those centres, follow the France-Visas user-account route described in the guide. Read the collection instructions when notified.

Choose the correct application type

A tracking update does not itself disclose whether the visa was granted. An overseas-France visa also has destination-specific conditions; do not assume a mainland Schengen permission covers it.

Information to keep ready

Keep your application acknowledgement, submission date, visa category and the name of the submitting office available. The official service determines which identifiers are required. Enter personal information only in that service; VisaWand does not need your passport number, login password or application reference.

If the record cannot be found

Compare the service and reference with your receipt and check the fields requested on the official screen. A technical error or missing result does not establish a decision. Follow the handling office’s help instructions if the record still cannot be retrieved.

After an update or decision

Read the actual notice and any document request, collection instruction or deadline. Passport movement, the validity of an issued permission and progress of a pending application are separate checks. Use the decision notice to confirm the outcome and next action.

Official resources

• France-Visas: follow your application ↗france-visas.gouv.fr
• FCDO France travel advice ↗www.gov.uk

Travel-advice references provide entry and consular context. They do not supply a private application result, and nationality-specific entry advice must not be applied to every passport.

Tracking guidance reviewed 21 October 2026. Follow the official service if its procedure changes.