Traveling to Tahiti

[DeeZee 0]

I am hoping to receive my green card around August and planning to travel to Tahiti for our honeymoon on october.

Has anyone traveled there before with their green cards? Do I need to apply a french visa?

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post...

Please give me some advice.

Thank you!

[Neonred 3,562]

Yes, you will need a visa.

Check here http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...ation/index.jsp

[payxibka 10,045]

I am hoping to receive my green card around August and planning to travel to Tahiti for our honeymoon on october.

Has anyone traveled there before with their green cards? Do I need to apply a french visa?

I'm not sure if this is the right forum to post...

Please give me some advice.

Thank you!

Visa needs are based on one's country of citizenship. Other than for a few exceptions (typically for countries immediately surrounding the US), your greencard does not change your visa requirement.

[Cécy 44]

Source: http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article407

Tahiti is part of the TOM (territoires d'Outre Mer)

For a stay of a month or less, citizen from the following countries (see exceptions) do not need a visa ; they only need a passport valid for 3 months after the last day of their stay :

Argentina, Australia (no visa required up to 90 days in French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia), Bolivia , Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, South Corea, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong-Kong * (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Japan, Macao* (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Singapore, Uruguay.

* Citizens from Hong-Kong and Macao need a visa to go to New Caledonia.

Citizens from other countries need a visa to go to these territories.

Read more at the link listed at the top.

If you do go longer than a month then yes you do need a visa.

[MIDUVIL 34]

Source: http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article407

Tahiti is part of the TOM (territoires d'Outre Mer)

For a stay of a month or less, citizen from the following countries (see exceptions) do not need a visa ; they only need a passport valid for 3 months after the last day of their stay :

Argentina, Australia (no visa required up to 90 days in French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia), Bolivia , Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, South Corea, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong-Kong * (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Japan, Macao* (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Singapore, Uruguay.

* Citizens from Hong-Kong and Macao need a visa to go to New Caledonia.

Citizens from other countries need a visa to go to these territories.

Read more at the link listed at the top.

If you do go longer than a month then yes you do need a visa.

If you have a Us passport you can use it, but with your philipines passport, you need a visa.

On the airport they only ask you for your passport, not really your country of citisenship.

Good luck

[Neonred 3,562]

Source: http://www.consulfrance-washington.org/spip.php?article407

Tahiti is part of the TOM (territoires d'Outre Mer)

For a stay of a month or less, citizen from the following countries (see exceptions) do not need a visa ; they only need a passport valid for 3 months after the last day of their stay :

Argentina, Australia (no visa required up to 90 days in French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna and New Caledonia), Bolivia , Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, South Corea, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, United States, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong-Kong * (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Japan, Macao* (titulaires du passeport de la Région administrative spéciale seulement), Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Singapore, Uruguay.

* Citizens from Hong-Kong and Macao need a visa to go to New Caledonia.

Citizens from other countries need a visa to go to these territories.

Read more at the link listed at the top.

If you do go longer than a month then yes you do need a visa.

OP hopes to have their green card by August, so they will not be a US citizen for several years. Yes, as a citizen of the Philippines they will need a visa even for less than a month. They will show the green card on return to the US.

[payxibka 10,045]

On the airport they only ask you for your passport, not really your country of citisenship.

k

since the passport is issued by the country of your citizenship... so it is one and the same....

Edited July 11, 2008 by fwaguy

[MIDUVIL 34]

On the airport they only ask you for your passport, not really your country of citisenship.

k

since the passport is issued by the country of your citizenship... so it is one and the same....

Thank you, so she will need a visa.

[Cécy 44]

OP hopes to have their green card by August, so they will not be a US citizen for several years. Yes, as a citizen of the Philippines they will need a visa even for less than a month. They will show the green card on return to the US.

Looks like my brain stopped working half way through searching the information, I forgot about citizenship.

The link is useful however because it gives instructions on what documents are needed to obtain the visa.

It might be best however to take a look on the website of the French embassy in the Phillipines to see if they mention anything different.

Edited July 11, 2008 by Cécy

[DeeZee 0]

Thank you for all the replies! I was also able to find the link to the french consulate regarding travel to tahiti and the requirements needed to apply for the visa.