Hand us the visa stress. We'll hand you the approval.
Fully managed French long-stay visas for Americans. Refused, and you pay nothing.
The French long-stay visa isn't impossible. It's unforgiving. One missing document, one mismatch between your financial summary and your bank statements, one wrong visa category, and you start over. We manage the whole administrative process for you. If your visa is refused, we refund 100% of our fee.
One detail, and you start over
The French long-stay visa process doesn't forgive mistakes. The rules are strict, they're written for a system that wasn't built with you in mind, and the consulate doesn't explain what went wrong. You just get a refusal.
The traps are quiet ones. The wrong visa category for your situation. A financial summary that doesn't line up with your bank statements. A name spelled two different ways across two documents. A missing piece you didn't know was required. Any one of them can sink an application that was otherwise fine.
And a refusal isn't a small setback. It means rebooking an appointment from the US, rebuilding the dossier, and watching your move date slide by months, with a job, a lease, or a school start hanging on it. The cost of getting it wrong is far higher than the cost of getting it right the first time.
That is exactly what we cut through on the $199 call: the right pathway, an honest go or no-go, and how the dossier gets built. You leave with clarity, and if it makes sense, we run the visa from there.
How we run it
One process for every move. You book the call, we take the French side from there.
Confirm the pathway
It starts with a $199 consulting call. You tell us your situation, your household, and your timeline, and we confirm whether your visa type fits and give you a clear go or no-go. You leave with a plan, no pressure to go further.
Build and fix the dossier
Once you decide to work with us, you get a checklist and a secure upload space. We review everything for consistency, map every missing item, and draft your Letter of Intent and financial summary to match consulate expectations.
Prepare the appointment
We prepare your application, guide your TLSContact profile setup and sequencing, and hand you a print-ready, labeled packet for appointment day. You walk in with everything in the right order.
Support through arrival
If the consulate requests more documents, we help you respond quickly and cleanly. After approval and arrival, we support your OFII validation and give you a clear timeline for what comes next.
What you get
The $199 call gets you an honest read on your visa: whether your pathway fits, where the risks are, and exactly how the dossier gets built. You leave with a clear go or no-go. And if you want it handled, Maxime and Aurelio can build the consulate-ready dossier, arrange sworn translations, prep your appointment and support the OFII step, bringing in a licensed immigration lawyer when your case needs one.
Everything we handle
Pathway confirmation
A clear go or no-go on your chosen visa type, and a better route if one exists, decided before your appointment, not after.
Personalized checklist
A document list built for your situation in the correct order, not a generic template.
Gap report
Every missing item, every inconsistency, every risk, each with a fast-fix plan.
Letter of Intent & financial summary
Drafted to match consulate expectations and to present your funds and income in a form that's easy to approve.
Consular-standard dossier
An organized folder structured to French consular standards, ready to print and submit.
TLSContact packet
Profile setup and sequencing, plus a print-ready, labeled packet for appointment day.
Post-arrival support
OFII validation and immigration account setup, with a clear timeline to renewal readiness.
Is this the right fit?
Who builds your dossier, and who backs it up
Maxime & Aurelio manage your visa process full-time and stay your single point of contact from pathway confirmation to OFII validation.
Aurelio is the strategist. He knows the visa categories cold, what each consulate expects, and where applications quietly fail. He confirms your pathway before anything starts, so you're not discovering the wrong category at your appointment.
Maxime runs the operational front: the dossier build, the document review, the TLSContact prep, and the follow-up if the consulate asks for more. He keeps the file clean and consistent so it can be evaluated and approved.
When your case needs legal interpretation, we bring in a licensed professional, already briefed:
We are not your lawyer, and we're clear about that line. When a step needs licensed advice, you get the right professional with a complete file in hand.
Questions, answered
<p dir="auto">On the call we give you an honest go or no-go on your pathway. The $199 call gets you that clarity and a plan, and if you then have us run the dossier and the visa is refused, you do not pay for our work.</p>
<p dir="auto">Because we only take on cases we believe in, and we tell you straight on the call if yours is a stretch. We would rather turn a case down than run one likely to fail.</p>
<p dir="auto">Because we only take on cases we believe in, and we tell you straight on the call if yours is a stretch. We would rather turn a case down than run one likely to fail.</p>
<p dir="auto">No. We map the pathway and handle the dossier and admin. When your case needs a licensed immigration lawyer, we bring in a vetted one, already briefed with your file.</p>
<p dir="auto">Yes, this is common. On the call we untangle the conflicting advice, tell you where you actually stand, and map the clean path forward.</p>
<p dir="auto">Yes. The OFII validation and post-arrival steps are part of the picture. We map the full timeline on the call, before and after you land.</p>
Let's map your visa
Tell us your situation and your timeline. On the $199 call we confirm the right pathway, give you an honest go or no-go, and map exactly how the dossier gets built. You leave with clarity, and if it makes sense, we run it for you from there.
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