• If your stay in France does not exceed 3 months (90 days), you will have no particular immigration procedures to attend to once in France.
• If your visa indicates “DISPENSE TEMPORAIRE DE TITRE DE SEJOUR”, you will have no particular immigration procedures to attend to once in France.
• If your visa indicates “ETUDIANT CESEDA R311-3 6°”, and you will stay in France for over three months, you will need to register with the local French Office of Immigration and Integration (OFII) upon arrival in France. In order to comply with this requirement, students will need to do the following, as soon as possible after arrival.
Upon your arrival at NEOMA Business School, you must provide the following documents to the HUB:
• OFII form (that you received during your visa request),
• A photocopy of the identity page of your passport,
• A photocopy of your visa,
• A photocopy of the passport page with the stamp certifying your date of entry in France or the Schengen area.
The HUB will send your file to the OFII administration for registration.
You will receive a ‘convocation’ for an appointment at the OFII.
On the day of your appointment, you must present the following documents:
• your passport with the appropriate visa,
• a photocopy of a document proving your residence (rent receipt, lease document, water/gas/electricity/house phone bill in your name, failing this a certificate of accommodation accompanied by an ID document from your landlord),
• an ID photo (front view, bareheaded),
• the 60€ tax fee in the form of tax stamps (that can be bought at tobacco shops or tax offices), or virtual stamps (bought from the website www.timbresofii.fr).
A residence permit will then be given to you in the form of a sticker glued in the passport.
If you wish to visit a foreign country within the Schengen area: your long-stay, multiple entries visa allows you to travel within the Schengen area.
If you wish to visit a country outside the Schengen area, or visit your home country:
– Within 3 months of your arrival in France: Travel is authorized without your OFII sticker, without your certificate of reception of OFII dossier, with a long-stay, multiple-entry visa.
– 3 months after your arrival: you must have the OFII sticker or, failing that, a certificate of reception of the OFII files to travel outside of France. If you have not undergone the OFII formalities before the deadline (3 months after arrival), you will have to apply for a new long-stay visa from the diplomatic or consular services in your home country.
