Study in France:: Complete Process

France is one of the top three study destination for the international students. Studying in France is a unique experience. France has centuries' old universities that offer excellent education in art, innovation, science and technology, and more. France's higher education and research institutions rank among the world's best, such as the Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS Paris) Ecole Polytechnique, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC), Universite Paris-Sorbonne, HEC, INSEAD and many others. This explains why France ranks as one of the world's most preferred destinations for international students. In 2015, the QS team voted Paris the "best international student city" for the third year in a row.

Some of the unique benefits to the Indian students option for France are as below:                             

·        5 year visa after Masters

·        Easy visa process thus no delay and lesser chances of visa cancellation

·        More number of scholarship

·        More number of English taught courses to be introduced

·         Job placement back in India as well

Apart from above long term advantages, other direct benefit to the students are as below

·        Schengen Country

·        Without IELTS

·        Low fee options available

·        Quality Education

·        Paid internship

·        Plenty of Part time jobs available

·        Government Subsidy

·        Multiple Intakes

·        Post study work permit to all the students

·        Free Language course for everyone

·        After masters studies if candidate applies for Business or Visitor visa they are eligible for getting visa upto 5 years

Complete Procedure for France Study Visa

Collect photocopies of below mentioned documents and get it scanned. 

List of Documents to be collected: - 

• First and last page of passport. 
• Resume / C.V 
• All academic documents 10th onwards. 
• Credit certificate and degree certificate if any. 
• 2 Letters of Recommendations. 
• Statement of Purpose 
• Photograph 
• Transcripts 

 Apply in the school providing all the documents. Candidate will get a call from France from Program Manager of that school for interview. It may be either telephonic interview or Skype interview

 Once candidate clears the interview, the school will dispatch the admission letter. 

 Candidate is required to deposit certain amount of fees into school’s bank account. Student will be getting receipt from the school for fees paid

 Candidate is required to pay entire fees from India only before going to France.

 Candidate is required to take an insurance of 3 months.(Equivalent to USD 50000, plan is known as STUDENT STUDY ELITE PLAN). 

 Candidate is required to show required money by the school to embassy. This money has to be minimum 3 months old on candidate bank account. The above balance will include all liquid assets such as cash, fixed deposit, MIs, other savings, LIC policy surrender value.If candidate is opting for student loan then the amount of loan sanction will also be the part of the above balance.

 Third party sponsor are allowed for France. 3 years IT returns of whosoever is the sponsor  has to be included in visa file.

 In case of sponsor a candidate is required to prepare affidavit of support on stamp paper of Rs. 50 and name of the sponsor is to be mentioned in that.

 A candidate has to face two interviews, one will be at Campus France of the respective place and the other interview will be at France Embassy.

 Before interview at Campus France, students are required to do CEF procedure.

 Visa should be filed before at least 21 working days from the expected date of departure