Quote Originally Posted by scott&ligaya View Post
We had our appt at 0954, arrived early at 0931, were 4th in the queue, time at the window was about three minutes whilst the same guy as last June checked our papers and noticed our last Italian issued schengen visa.... actually then asked us how long we would like the visa for!!!!! we asked for 2 years (cheeky I know but well he did ask) I am not sure what we will get. This consulate does not do the pre recorded.pre paid delivery of passport you have to collect or authorise someone to collect so Ligayas cousin wil collect on the August ..only 8 working days.. i would definitely reccomend this consulate. They are direclty opposite Victoria bus/rail/tube complex so very easy to get to. Bonus is we walked down to Buckingham palace to let my little boy see the changing of the guard. he loved it. I will let you know how long we get and also after we have gone to France on the ferry.
So if I understand this correctly the visa waiting time is only 8 days for the french embassy? If this is right thats pretty good because I'm just looking at the requirements for a spouse of a EU national to get a french issued visa and I'd have to send my passport as well. I was concerned about the delay in the issuing of the visa because i need my passport for work.

What was the time scale before you got your interview, It used to be in the region of 5 weeks before you got your interview, loads of queing and then waiting another 5 weeks before going back down london to find out if they've issued the visa or not