France - General Information
France is a popular tourist destination, over 75 million tourists visit the country every year.
It is officially known as the French Republic and is mainly located in Western Europe. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean.
France shares borders with Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Switzerland and Spain.
France is a developed country. France is the sixth-largest economy in the world.
Paris is the capital of France.
The French Republic is a unitary semi-presidential republic and has strong democratic traditions. The French parliament comprises of a National Assembly and a Senate and is a bicameral legislature.
French Visa Travel Insurance
Do I Need France Travel Insurance?
Many non-U.S. citizens require a visa to visit France, and before the French embassy or consulate can provide the visa, they require France Visa Insurance, popularly known as Schengen Travel Insurance.
France is one of the 27 Schengen countries in Europe; these are all of the countries participating in the Schengen Agreement, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland.
A person can visit the 27 Schengen countries with one Schengen visa and Schengen visa Insurance.
In order to get a French visa, the French embassy/consulate requires Schengen visa travel insurance that is valid in all Schengen countries, and in addition to covering the medical costs, it also should cover the medical evacuation and repatriation costs. French embassy/consulate also requires the confirmation of coverage letter as the proof of coverage to be submitted along with the visa application.
Insubuy ®, LLC. provides the several travel medical insurance plans that meet all the requirements of French visa for insurance. You can get instant quotes and make an instant purchase of the France visa insurance.
Once you purchase the French travel insurance that meets Schengen visa requirements, you will receive the certificate number. In that email, you will see a link 'View Coverage Letter'. Click on it and print the visa letter and take it to the embassy/consulate. It is that simple!