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MICEFA is a consortium of most of the Universities of Paris and its region. It was created in 1985 to promote cultural and scientific cooperation between France and North America. Our North American partners include over 80 universities in the United States and Canada. Exchanges last for one semester or an academic year. Two- to four-month exchanges are arranged in the field of Medicine. For the 2008-09 academic year, MICEFA has facilitated the exchange of approximately 450 students and scholars. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:00 |
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New French Student Visa and Residency Card Procedures |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 00:00 |
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New French Student Visa and Residency Card Procedures ISA: VLSTS
As of June 1, 2009 the French government has abolished the old student carte de séjour. It has been replaced by the VLSTS (Visa Long Séjour valant Titre de Séjour).
Students will still register with CampusFrance and make their appointment for a visa at their local French Consulate as before, but student visa processing will no longer be same-day service. The processing can take 2-4 weeks. The new visa will have the following notation: CESEDA R311-3 6°, Limite 60% durée légale.
The consulate will provide the student with a document called Visa de long séjour – Demande d’attestation OFII (Office of French Immigration and Integration). It is IMPERATIVE that the student bring the original of this form with him/her to France. If the OFII form is lost, the student will have to go back to the US to apply for a visa.
Once the student arrives in France, he/she needs to be sure that the immigration officer stamps his/her passport to prove his/her date of arrival. The student may need to ask the immigration officer specifically for the stamp. We also recommend that the student keep his/her boarding pass, it can be used as further proof of the date of entry.
Once the student has arrived in France, they must give their OFII form to the MICEFA. The MICEFA will then send the OFII form and a copy of the student’s passport to the Préfecture de Paris.
The Préfecture will then send each student (via the MICEFA) a convocation for their medical visit. This appointment is assigned by the OFII and is non-changeable. Students need to be sure that they do not miss their medical appointment, as will not be rescheduled. Without the medical visit, the Visa VLSTS is valid for only 3 months.
The student will need to bring the following documents to their medical appointment:
- proof of housing (electricity bill or housing insurance in your name or electricity bill in your landlord’s name + Attestation d’hébergement + copy of landlord’s ID)
- a tax stamp of 55€ (timbre OMI)
Again, the OFII only gives one appointment, which the student must attend. There is no flexibility in this process.
Students cannot legally leave and re-enter France before having completed their medical appointment. Students should NOT plan to travel outside of the France until after their medical appointment and the validation of their Visa VLSTS. |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:02 |
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FRENCH UNIVERSITY CALENDARS: 2009-2010 |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 14:56 |
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Update: Orientation and Language Program January 2010 |
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Fall 2010 students : General Orientation will start on Thursday, September 2, 2010. Meet at the MICEFA (26 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014 Paris) at 9 am to go as a group to the meeting via a walking tour of the Latin Quarter. We will end the walking tour at the University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, Centre Censier campus located at 13 rue de Santeuil, 75005 Paris. The meeting will take place in room 520 from 9h30-12h30. This meeting will provide important information about University registration, housing, practical matters such as banking and the carte de sejour, student restaurants, etc. Your French placement test will be that afternoon, Thursday, Sept. 2 from 13h30-15h00. The test will take place again in Room 520 at the Centre Censier campus of University of Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle, 13 rue Santeuil, 75005, Paris. You will have an Individual Oral exam scheduled on Friday, September 3rd. The Individual Oral Interviews will take place at the University of Paris 3- Centre Censier, meet outside of Room 520. The Preliminary Intensive French Courses and Orientation program will run from Monday, September 6 to Friday, September 24th. Classes will meet four hours daily for and you may receive 3 hours' academic credit for the course. During that time, students should make appointments with Dr. Mireille Prodeau, Academic Director, to discuss their intended academic program at the Université de Paris, to consult course listings and to make known any specific course requirements they may need to fulfill. We will be enrolling you at one of the Parisian universities in the MICEFA consortium, depending on your field of study after consulting with you and the French teachers. You will be receiving your student card after your registration in October. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 30 August 2010 16:21 |
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