You have been admitted at UCLy? Congratulations!
Visa and residence card in France
- You are a citizen of the EU/EEA or Switzerland
- You are not a citizen of the EU/EEA or Switzerland
- Non-European holding a Europpean residence card
No formalities are necessary regarding your entry and stay in France.
However, do not forget to bring your:
- passport/ID card;
- birth certificate;
- European Health Insurance Card or equivalent
Procedure to apply for the “Student” visa depends on your country of residence and your nationality:
- You live in a country with the Études en France (Campus France) procedure: you will mandatory have to follow the Études en France procedure before applying for the “Student” long stay visa.
Caution: there are deadlines for each Études en France step. Contact your Campus France office to know about the timetables.
- You live in a country without the Études en France procedure: contact the French Embassy/Consulate to have information about the application for the “Student” long stay visa.
Remember to apply for your visa 2 to 3 months before your departure.
Important information
Once in France, it is not possible to extend your stay, obtain a new visa or a residence card when you are holding:
- a tourist visa or if you are exempt from a visa requirement.
Your stay in France/Schengen area is limited to 90 days out of a period of 180 days. - a working-holiday visa, except canadian citizen.
- a VLS-T visa (Temporary Long Term Visa).
- a residence card issued by another UE-country, except holders of a residence with mention “European Blue Card” or “long-term resident – EU“.
In case of visa refusal, UCLy can’t intervene with the French Embassy/Consulate. Their decision remains sovereign.
For more information, please visit the links France-Visas and Campus France:
You are concern by this section if:
- You are citizen of a non-European country
- You have a residence permit issued by a UE-country
- You are coming to UCLy as part of a European programme for mobility (UE-programme or multilateral programme or convention programme between UCLy and a European university)
Your mobility at UCLy lasts less than 90 days:
You don’t need to apply for a visa. Your residence permit issued by another UE-country allows you stay in France for 90 days maximum.
Note that you won’t be able to extend your stay after these 90 days.
Your mobility lasts at Ucly more than 90 days:
Your residence permit issued by another UE-country allows you stay in France for 90 days maximum.
Therefore, if your mobility lasts more than 90 days, you will have to apply for a “student” visa at your local French Consulate/Embassy before your arrival in France.
See tab “You are not a citizen of the EU/EEA or Switzerland” > “You live in a country without the Études en France procedure“.