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The minimum resources required of international students rise from €615 to €877.50 a month for applications filed since 1 August 2026. Calculation, timing, renewals and what it means for families: what you need to know.
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.
The Campus France campaign for the 2027 intake opens on 1 October 2026. DAP and non-DAP deadlines, answers, final choice, visa: what is confirmed, what varies by country, and what to do each month.
Campus France application fees are only the first line of the budget. Amounts by country taken from official websites, visa, tuition fees, CVEC, VLS-TS validation, the first month on site: every item, with its source.
When answers arrive on Études en France, how to read them, what the final choice commits you to, the steps after the “yes”, and a realistic plan B if all your applications are refused.
For the student visa the amount is fixed, but how you prove it is up to you: scholarship, sponsor, bank deposit, irrevocable transfer or blocked account. A neutral comparison, documents by country, pitfalls and renewal.
After Études en France comes the visa. France-Visas form, appointment at the application centre, documents, fees, processing times and validating the VLS-TS on arrival: the process step by step, and what varies by country.
Resources, study plan, purpose of stay, inconsistent documents: the grounds for refusing a student visa can be read and prevented. And once the refusal has landed, there is an appeal, with a 30-day deadline before the commission in Nantes.
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.