The attestation d’accueil, signed by the host and accompanied by the supporting documents determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, is submitted for validation to the mayor of the commune in which the accommodation is located or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, to the arrondissement mayor, acting as a public official.
It is accompanied by an undertaking from the host to pay, throughout the period of validity of the visa or for a period of three months from the date of the foreigner’s entry into the territory of the States party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, and in the event that the hosted foreigner does not provide this, the costs of the foreigner’s stay in France, limited to the amount of resources required from the foreigner for entry into the territory in the absence of a hosting attestation.