INTERNATIONAL WELCOME DAYS
International Welcome Days are designed to help you settle in in your new life in France and at NEOMA BS as comfortably as possible.
International Welcome Days take place during the first week of each semester.
Our programmed events will introduce you to our staff and services, and to student life at NEOMA BS.
With the help of our staff and your mentors, your transition will be easy and fun, and definitely unforgettable.
A month before the start of each semester, international students will received a detailed e-mail with all the necessary information about our International Welcome Days (place, date, hours).
Compass Day
Compass Day is different every year. It is meant to help you meet fellow international students, get familiar with your new surroundings, and relax and enjoy this new place that is your new home.
Activities vary, and may include a treasure hunt in town, a photo contest, a laser game, etc.
Once this year’s program is set, you will learn about it in the Travel Plan questionnaire that we will ask you to fill out just before your arrival.
Looking forward to sharing your first days with us here!
Forum
During the International Welcome Days, a Forum will be held to allow you to take care of administrative formalities with our corporate partners on campus grounds!
You will have the possibility to :
• 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.
