My close friend lost his mother in India. The sad news reached him on Saturday (Mar 27) late night.
Just couldn't do anything till Monday morning.
His AP expires on April 9th. His EAD expires on April 8th.
Since it was Atlanta Delta was the obvious choice. Subsequently Paris was the stopover and as per the WEB site if you would be traveling on an AP, a transit visa is a must.
When he called them up they said they couldn't issue the visa on the same day. After the situation was explained to them they agreed upon same day issuance.
When my friend his wife reached there they were made to wait for 3 hours.
When all the papers were accepted and credit card was charged for USD 86.00, the person behind the counter says that the AP expires on April 9th. As per the rule it should be valid for 90 days or more on the day of transit.
My friend tried to negotiate but a French rule is a French rule and he gave up (not having enough energy either mentally or physically to fight any longer)
His wife though still had the presence of mind to ask for the money refund and the person behind the counter very coldly showed them the board on the wall, which stated in bold "No refunds under any circumstances"
Besides feeling helpless myself, I cannot think of any good reason, why a country through which you are just transiting would have a law so stupid and though not important at this juncture there is this question of refund.
It's a feeling of getting picked by a suave French thief.
The country to which he is traveling doesn't have any problem and the country which issued this document doesn't have any problem.
I am not posting this to start a debate whether who is right or who is wrong.
Just be careful when any one of you go to the French consulate and ensure that all you papers are in place to avoid such a situation.
Just couldn't do anything till Monday morning.
His AP expires on April 9th. His EAD expires on April 8th.
Since it was Atlanta Delta was the obvious choice. Subsequently Paris was the stopover and as per the WEB site if you would be traveling on an AP, a transit visa is a must.
When he called them up they said they couldn't issue the visa on the same day. After the situation was explained to them they agreed upon same day issuance.
When my friend his wife reached there they were made to wait for 3 hours.
When all the papers were accepted and credit card was charged for USD 86.00, the person behind the counter says that the AP expires on April 9th. As per the rule it should be valid for 90 days or more on the day of transit.
My friend tried to negotiate but a French rule is a French rule and he gave up (not having enough energy either mentally or physically to fight any longer)
His wife though still had the presence of mind to ask for the money refund and the person behind the counter very coldly showed them the board on the wall, which stated in bold "No refunds under any circumstances"
Besides feeling helpless myself, I cannot think of any good reason, why a country through which you are just transiting would have a law so stupid and though not important at this juncture there is this question of refund.
It's a feeling of getting picked by a suave French thief.
The country to which he is traveling doesn't have any problem and the country which issued this document doesn't have any problem.
I am not posting this to start a debate whether who is right or who is wrong.
Just be careful when any one of you go to the French consulate and ensure that all you papers are in place to avoid such a situation.