How to get your student visa for France?

The procedure is divided into three steps :

1. You must register through a platform called “Etudes en France” - £100 except for Erasmus students or people with a French baccalaureate (check the conditions below).
2. You need to fill in a visa request on the France-Visas platform (see below for the type of visa you need to require) – £43.18 for students except for Erasmus student
3. You must book an appointment in a TLS Center (London/ Edinburgh /Manchester) to deposit your biometrics. (The appointment must be booked early if possible within the limit of the three months ahead of the programme). – £48.40 booking fees

The whole process can last for up to 6 weeks

First, you need to identify which visa you need :

On the France-Visas website, as a student, you can apply for different visas if you are coming to France for more than 90:

You will need a « Student visa » after registering on Etudes en France if:

• You have been accepted into a graduating programme in France
• You are doing a PhD without a work contract
• You have been accepted into a French Intensive Course
• You are doing a study placement for a semester or a year abroad
• You are doing a study placement + a work placement (you will need to add your internship agreement on Etudes en France)

Be careful:

• If you are doing a study placement for a semester in another country + a study placement for a semester in France: you will have to require your French visa at the French consulate of your first country of studies

You will need a« Student trainee visa » if:

• you are only coming to France for a semester or a year abroad with work placements.

Secondly, you will need to determine whether or not you need to register on Etudes en France.

• If you need a Student Visa, you must first register on Etudes en France.
• If you need a Student-Trainee visa, you can start immediately with your France-Visas application.

In the following document, you will find a step-by-step to guide you throughout the whole procedure.

Please note that the Etudes en France platform is regularly updated; hence, some screenshots can be outdated. We are doing our best to keep our documentation up to date.

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