The requirement of Visa is dependent on the nationality on in which you are residing. Here are the following three categories -

Category 1 : The Countries that don't require visa for France or Schengen region

Below are given the list of the countries that do not require visa to travel to France either for tourist or business purpose. The duration would be 90 days only for such kind of category. Here is the list of the countries - Andorra. Argentina. Australia. Bermuda. Bolivia. Brazil. Brunei. Bulgaria. Canada. Chile. Costa Rica. Croatia. El Salvador. Guatemala. Honduras. Iceland. Israel. Japan. Liechtenstein. Macau. Malaysia. Mexico. Monaco. New Zealand. Nicaragua. Panama. Paraguay. Romania. San-Marino. Singapore. South Korea. Switzerland. U.S.A. Uruguay. The Vatican. Venezuela, Mauritius, Seychelles, Barbados, Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Christopher and Nevis .

Category 2 - The Countries Which are from EU or EEU or UK which don’t require visa for France and Schengen region

All the people who are from UK and the European Union that is the EU countries do not require a France Visa for tourist or business visit purpose. The duration of this kind of category is also 90 days. Here are the names of the countries that falls under EU and EEA region –
Austria. Belgium. Cyprus. Czech Republic. Denmark. Estonia. Finland. Germany. Great-Britain. Greece. Hungary. Ireland. Italy. Latvia. Lithuania. Luxembourg. Malta. Netherlands. Norway. Poland. Portugal. Slovakia. Slovenia. Spain. Sweden

Category 3 – Here are the names of the counties for which it takes two weeks processing time for Visa

The Visa application processing time for passport holders of the beneath mentioned countries will be merely 2 weeks - Afghanistan. Algeria. Bangladesh. Belarusian. Burma. Burundi. Colombia. Congo (Zaire). Egypt. Indonesia. Iran. Iraq. Jordan. Kuwait. North Korea. Lebanon. Libya. Myanmar. Nigeria. Oman. Pakistan. Palestine. Philippines. Qatar. Rwanda. Somalia. Sudan. Surinam. Syria. Tunisia. United Arab Emirates. Vietnam. Yemen. Zimbabwe.

The Embassy don't accept any documents by post. So it is not possible because the embassy conducts a biometric process for which you need to visit the visa center to submit your documents and they will take your fingerprint for the biometric verification.

Please make a note that if you wish to visit France, then you have to apply for your Schengen visa 3 months in advance from your planned trip.

No, You don’t need to provide the hotel booking or vouchers if you are going on a day trip.