Consulate General Of France

A quite pleasant experience. I was unable to address my issue at the consulate but was directed politely and descriptively to the another institution.

Annoying never available constant answering machine on repeating same message which version French English mismatch which does not reflect any kind of serious you can't have an English message which mismatch the French one so not on :-( yuck

The staff on call is not trained, they cannot even answer a simple question, and seemed in a hurry and unwilling to help, even though I had booked an appointment. You'd expect that at least, they could devote 10 min of their precious time. Their standard answer seemed to be "contact the London embassy"., and "we're very busy with the elections right now". Not helpful at all, I wonder why their role is in Edinburgh!

I was jittery after reading all reviews about Edinburgh consulate but to my surprise the process was smooth. Tslcontact has been doing good job. Few pointers from our experience
1. Please keep the document in sequence this saves a lot of time for both the parties.
2. My husband had his visa pic with his glasses on . They thought the glass was having reflection on eye so advised him to get another set of pic from near by Sansbury without his glasses on .
3. Regarding bank statement: they insist on the latest statement so if your bank produce statement in cycle of say 15 days try to get visa appointment on dates which are closer to your last cycle. Example if u have appointment of 15th March they expect bank statement having transaction details at least till 10th March from the current account .
4. You must produce your old passport if you have any. In case of situation like it was stolen etc it's better if you carry police report or proof of disaster. The executive might give u a piece of paper to make your case to London consulate.
5. We bought insurance from Expedia some allianz insurance which consulate lady declined stating it would not be acceptable and advised us to buy insurance available at their counter. So better check on insurance before buying whether it provide information in format stated in checklist.

Went to the French consulate on friday, had a very nice welcome from the lady at reception. She been helpful, polite and it was a pleasure to speak to her. The average note look not very fair at least for this women who s doing a great job.