Erasmus students
- Your scholarship certificate
- Your Erasmus certificate (issued by your home university)
- Your European Health Insurance Card (mandatory)
- Your student card (issued by your home university)
- 1 identity photograph
- A civil liability insurance certificate (we advise you to buy one when you are in France)
- A copy of your passport or ID card
- Around €15* (by cash or by cheque)
Non-European exchange students
- Your scholarship certificate (CAPES, EGIDE, etc.)
- If you stay less than three months, you will need to buy private health insurance in your home country for the length of your stay. You need to be able to provide a certificate indicating that health expenses will be covered while you are in France.
- If you stay more than three months, you will have to register with the French national health insurance system (Sécurité Sociale Etudiante). Compulsory affiliation to health coverage in France is free.
- Your student card (issued by your home university)
- 1 identity photograph
- A civil liability insurance certificate (we advise you to buy one when you are in France)
- Your birth certificate (+ certified translation if it is neither in French nor in English).
- A copy of your passport + visa (more information about your visa on page 8)
- Around €15* (by cash or by cheque) + about €215* (for French national health insurance)
*these amounts are likely to change every year
Please note that the original documents are required
Graduating students
- Your original grade transcripts from your home university
- Certified copies of your diplomas (+ certified translations if they are in neither French nor English)
- Your birth certificate (+ certified translation if it is in neither French nor English)
- 1 identity photograph
- A civil liability insurance certificate (we advise you to buy one when you are in France)
- A copy of your passport or ID card (+ visa for non-European students)
- A copy of your OFII letter
You will have to pay for: academic fees: depending on your programme
French national health insurance: about €215* (except students from Europe or Quebec)
Please note that the original documents are required
Visa validation: you have to do this as soon as possible after your arrival in France
After your arrival in France, you will have to validate your long-stay visa on this website: https://administration-etrangers-en-france.interieur.gouv.fr/particuliers/#/
- A copy of the passport pages containing your identity and passport number, its expiry date, and the stamp indicating your date of entry into France (or into the Schengen area)
- An ID picture (with head bare)
- You also have to purchase a tax stamp (about €60) at a tax office or on the website.
Upon receipt, the local office of the OFII will send you a letter acknowledging receipt of the documents, and you will be summoned to the OFII office to validate your visa and undergo a medical examination.
