If your visa is type ”D” mention “student” and you will stay in France for over three months, you will have to validate it upon your arrival. You will need to follow the procedure below as soon as possible after arrival at NEOMA Business School.
To pay the immigration fee online:
Procedure to validate your visa online
After the payment of the fee, the visa will be validated and you will have to download a certificate confirming that your visa validation has been completed online.
Please keep this certificate carefully with you! You will need it:
This is a compulsory procedure and if students have not validated their file within 3 months of their arrival in France, they will no longer be able to travel in the Schengen area and will be considered as being in an irregular situation on the French territory.
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 validation certificate, with a long-stay, multiple-entry visa.
3 months after your arrival: you must have the validation certificate. If you have not undergone the validation 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.
