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 3 months, you will need to buy in your home country a private health insurance for the length of your stay. You should be able to give a certificate indicating that health expenses will be covered while in France.
- If you stay more than 3 months, you will have to register for the National French Health Insurance (Sécurité Sociale Etudiante) and 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 page 8)
- Around 15€* (by cash or by cheque) + about 215€* (for National French 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 neither in French nor in English)
- Your birth certificate (+ certified translations if it is neither in French nor in 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
National French Health Insurance: about 215€* (except European and students from Quebec)
Please note that the original documents are required
Visa validation: you have to do it 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 your bare head)
- You also have to purchase a tax stamp (about 60€) at tax offices, or on the website.
Upon receipt, the local office of the OFII will send you a letter acknowledging receipt of the documents, you will be summoned to the OFII office to validate your VISA and asking you to undergo a medical examination.
