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French long-stay visa refused: appeal (CRRV Nantes) or reapply, checklist

Read the reason checked on the refusal literally, then choose: appeal, reapply, or both.

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• Appeal deadline: 30 days from notification, to the Commission de recours contre les décisions de refus de visa, BP 83609, 44036 Nantes Cedex 01 (registered mail with receipt, several days early)
• Mandatory before any court action; silence for 2 months = rejection; then the administrative court of Nantes within 2 months
• Attach the refusal, the whole dossier and the new evidence that answers the reason checked, in French if possible
• Reapplying is often faster, but the refusal is on file: fix the reason and say what changed in a cover note
• Insufficient means → euro summary, 6 months of statements, income letters; doubts on purpose → rewrite the letter, align public profiles, get a lease; insurance → health policy letter naming France, dates, ceiling; incomplete file → rebuild against the France-Visas list
• Second refusal, prior overstay, criminal record, complex income: see a French immigration lawyer

Sources, checked October 16, 2026: France-Visas (United States page and visa assistant), service-public.fr fiche F302, ANEF, Journal officiel (Assemblée nationale, written question no. 11730). Figures change at least yearly; re-check on the official source the week you file. Practical information, not legal advice.