Long Stay Visa to Monaco
Long Stay Visa to Monaco (for further information, please visit : www.gouv.mc )
Short stay visas for Monaco (under 90 days) come under the Schengen Regulation. Please refer to the Short Stay section.
REQUIREMENTS PER APPLICANT
2 Long Stay Visa application forms duly completed, dated and signed
3 passport size photographs, with 2 pasted on to the forms
1 check-list duly completed
Original documents + 2 copies of :
Valid passport
Police certificate(s) of country or countries of residence of more than one year over the last ten years :
- for Australia, a National Criminal History Record Check (less than three months old) : standard disclosure - police name check - issued by the police authorities of your State or Territory.
- for other countries, in the event of impossibility of obtaining a police certificate in less than two months, applicants must submit evidence of application thereof accompanied by a statutory declaration relating to conviction status and an undertaking to provide the document when available.
Statutory declaration (both in French and English, and duly legalized by a Justice of the Peace) that you have never been bankrupt in Australia as well as any other country you might have been resident in for the last 10 years.
Justification of stay in Monaco :
- if you intend to work : work contract endorsed by the Employment Department of the Principality or official authorisation to create and run a business (if creating a business)
- if you intend to join your husband/wife living in Monaco : marriage certificate delivered by the State or Province Civil Registar + his/her passport (with copy of the Monacan visa if not a national). Documents issued by religious authorities will not be accepted.
- If you intend to move as a resident : certificate from your bank manager attesting that you possess sufficient financial means to live without working in Monaco.
Proof of ownership of property in Monaco, or copy of lease if renting, or Certificate of Board and Lodging (Attestation d’Accueil) issued by the “Sécurité Publique”.
Travel itinerary
For accompanied minors, provide a full birth certificate, and if under 16, a letter attesting enrolment in a school in Monaco
Application should be lodged in person at the Consulate-General of France in Sydney with all the requirements, in the order listed above.
If you intend to ask for your passport to be returned by post, please provide a pre-paid, registered and completely filled out self-addressed envelope (preferably Platinum Express Post).
Processing visa fee : please see list of applicable fees
Important: only credit card will be accepted.
Processing time to obtain the visa : 2 months minimum for a complete application
Last updated 29/4/2010