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Arrived in France on a student visa? You have three months to validate your VLS-TS on the ANEF website. What to have at hand, the fee, the confirmation you receive, what happens if you are late and how to prepare the renewal.
Most guides stop at the visa. This one follows the student to their first week in France: Études en France file, interview, answers, resources, visa, housing, VLS-TS and community, in seven stages.
CVEC, enrolment, visa validation, social security, top-up health cover, bank account, insurance, CAF: the week-by-week checklist for an international student's first month in France, with the pitfalls to avoid.
Looking for a place thousands of kilometres away is exactly the situation scammers prefer. What the visa really requires, which official channels to use first, the most common scams, what a landlord is allowed to ask for and where to stay for the first weeks.
One month before, one week before, the day before, the cabin bag, arrival day and the first 72 hours: everything an international student needs to prepare to go and study in France, with the customs rules on cash, food and medicines.
No Campus France and no visa for students from Mayotte and the overseas territories: Parcoursup, the student social file, LADOM's study mobility passport, aid from the Département, Mahoran associations in mainland France and the first winter, everything to prepare your first year.
Arriving in a country where you know no one is a real ordeal. Here's how to spot, approach and join your compatriots' community, without getting lost in groups of a thousand strangers.
Registering your residence, a bank, health cover, proof of address, a phone, recognised diplomas: the first weeks feel like a maze. Here is a clear order to move forward calmly, and how compatriots who have been through it save you weeks.
The first year of study abroad mixes excitement with loneliness, a tight budget and homesickness. Here's how to hold on, find your student community and lean on those who arrived before you.
Property portals, direct lets, student rooms, flat-shares, social letting agencies: where to rent a flat in Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent, Leuven or Liège when you arrive, what file to prepare, and the scams to spot before you pay a single euro.