Foreign holders of ordinary passport Exempt from having to get a visa.. potential acquisition card to stay in France or in the state apply the Schengen agreements

Cases relating to the exemption from the visa duty by:

* Foreign nationality.

* The possible possession of the card stay in France or in the State of the Schengen agreements apply.

* duration of stay.

* Part of the territory of the French Republic intended to stay.

With regard to visas, legal texts divide the territory of the French Republic to 3 sets of differentiated systems where applicable:

* European territories of France, which forms part of the "Schengen area".

* Provinces or regions of the territory overseas (Reunion, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana).

* Communities and regions overseas: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Mayotte, South territory and Polar, San-Martin, San-Barthélemy.

Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.