Your Lorraine Welcome Guide
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Thematic: Visa and residence permit
Visas for PhD students and Researchers
A residence permit gives you the right to stay in France. It’s delivered by the Prefecture in your place of residence in France.
European Euraxess Network
The Euraxess centers of the University of Lorraine can assist you in all stages of your stay in Lorraine: formalities for entering and staying in France, help with finding accommodation, enrolling for health cover, opening a bank account, information about your children’s schooling and all aspects of daily life.
Coming to France with a “Student – Mobility Program” residence permit delivered by another European Union (EU) country
This procedure in the context of a european mobility program is also called “Notification of the mobility in France of a foreign student authorized to stay in another EU Member State”
Validating a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit (VLS-TS)
You’ve arrived in France with a VLS-TS, within the 3 months following your arrival, you must validate your visa in order to give it the full value of a residence permit.
Validating a long-stay visa valid as a residence permit for PhD students & researchers
You’ve arrived in France with a VLS-TS; within the 3 months following your arrival, you must validate your visa in order to give it the full value of a residence permit, i.e. so that it will give you the same rights
Residence Permits for PhD students & researchers
If you’re a citizen of a NON-EU country, the residence permit is mandatory.
Once you’re in France, depending on the type of visa you’ve been issued, you must carry out residence formalities in order to be authorized to live in the country with “Student” or “Researcher Talent Passport” status.
Residence permits for students
If you are a citizen of a non-EU country, the residence permit is mandatory.
Once you are in France, depending on the type of visa you have been issued, you must carry out residence formalities in order to be authorized to live in the country as a student.
The visa
– A visa : gives you the right to enter France. It is delivered by the French Consulate in your usual country of residence.
– A residence permit : gives you the right to stay in France. It is delivered by the Prefecture of your place of residence in France.
Help with procedures
Prepare your mobility before your arrival in France! Feel Français is a digital platform to help you with your administrative and relocation formalities in France.