my husband is in france studying phd on scholarship.i applied with my proper documents in french embassy,but 2 times they returned us back without any reason?i hv 2 sons and we want to join him .
my husband is in france studying phd on scholarship.i applied with my proper documents in french embassy,but 2 times they returned us back without any reason?i hv 2 sons and we want to join him .
There are no family visas in France. People are admitted with individual visas.
Since your husband is a student, the government probably doesn’t want his temporary studies to serve as an excuse to allow an entire family to immigrate. Additionally, as long as you remain abroad, he has a strong incentive to return home after his studies, rather than attempt to remain in France.
You actually are giving insufficient information for anyone to give you sound advice.
From what you write, one can only speculate, and since the French embassy gave no reason for rejecting your application, it sounds as if you are not meeting the criteria now demanded by all countries signatory to the Schengen agreement.
Though your post appears to be from the USA, you do not sound American from your terminology.
What is your exact nationality and in which country are you living at the moment? Are you on a green card in the USA?
There are a number of factors to examine if you are not an EU citizen:
What will you be living on?
Are you able to support yourself financially whilst you are in France without taking a job whilst you are there?
Do you speak fluent French?
Can you afford a health insurance taken in your usual country of residence to cover your and your children’s medical expenses?
Have you a suitable place of residence lined-up for the whole family, the expense of which your husband and yourself can meet?
How long were you applying to stay in France for?
Did you just want to go and see your husband for a short while as a visitor, or did you apply for a long stay visa?
If what you applied for was to move to France to live with your husband on a long term visa, it is not surprising that your application has been rejected.
In view of the fact that your husband is a student and already benefiting from the French state by studying there, the French administration is very unlikely to give residence visas to the rest of the family unless you are wealthy and can support yourself during the duration of you husband’s studies.You personally would not be allowed to get a job as it is now compulsory for non EU citizens not to seek employment whilst residing within the EU. Your children would also be brought up at the expense of the French taxpayer. There is a limit to the generosity of the French state, and if all people who were studying there were allowed to import their family as well, the burden on the French taxpayer, which already is extremely heavy as taxes are very high, would become absolutely intolerable.
Surely your husband must have considered all this when he decided to go and do his Ph D and realised that he would be separated from his family whilst he was doing his research and writing his thesis.
A Ph D normally takes two years and if your husband is already there then he must have completed his first academic year, so effectively you only have to wait less than a year for him to come home which is not an unreasonable time in the circumstances, and may also be why the authorities are not prepared to give you leave to immigrate to France.
It depends wich nationaly you are, and how long time you want to spend in time : Is it only a visa for tousrim ? Did you ask to stay temporary or long term?
To put it crudely, if your husband is on scholarship he cannot pay for your stay (appartment, feeding, schooling for your sons, health) and the French state doesn’t want to pay in his place.