Your France
student visa.
Plan each step.

Institutions decide admission; Campus France manages the relevant academic or pre-consular procedure; the competent authorities decide visa and residence matters. An offer, tuition payment or completed Campus France file does not guarantee a visa.

• Check Campus France India's instructions for your study level, programme, residence and application cycle.
• Distinguish applying for admission through the platform from recording an offer already received directly from an institution.
• Follow the actual document, fee, review and interview instructions. Do not assume a fixed interview duration or office arrangement.
• Keep the completion records requested for submission and clarify changes to the course, institution or intake before applying.

• Check whether the course is French-taught or English-taught and which evidence the institution accepts.
• There is no universal IELTS, TOEFL or French-test score for all programmes. Confirm any documented exemption rather than assuming it.
• Check language evidence requested in the relevant admission and visa instructions and keep it consistent with the actual programme.

• Use the application checklist to confirm the housing evidence requested for your circumstances and the period it must cover.
• Keep the address, provider and booking or host details consistent with the evidence. Confirm change or cancellation terms before paying.
• Check any insurance evidence requested for the visa and travel, plus health-cover arrangements after arrival. Do not assume every student must buy the same policy.

• Keep dates and qualifications consistent across your records, application and explanations.
• Explain relevant study or employment gaps accurately using the information requested; do not invent activities or experiences.
• Seek clarification about a discrepancy or previous application issue before submitting rather than hiding it.

• Do not assume a student permission automatically covers a partner, child or parent.
• Check the appropriate route for each person, relationship and funding evidence, application timing and any conditions.
• Work eligibility is a separate question. Nationality, status and route-specific conditions can affect what is permitted.

• France-Visas states that foreign students are generally authorised to work up to 964 hours per year, with different rules for some nationalities and situations.
• Check your actual permission, study circumstances and any conditions before working.
• Work is a supplementary resource. Permission does not guarantee a job or enough income to cover the full study cost.

• Eligible graduates may have a job-search, business-creation or employment-related residence option. Check the qualification, nationality, current permission and application conditions.
• Do not assume the same APS or job-search duration applies to every student. Identify the route appropriate to your circumstances before permission expires.
• A multi-entry short-stay alumni visa is not a general right to live or work in France. Read its purpose and conditions separately.
• Admission or graduation does not guarantee employment, further residence or permanent residence.

• Track admission, Campus France, appointment availability and consular assessment as separate stages.
• Use current official application windows and processing guidance. Estimates are not guaranteed decision dates.
• If your plans change or a decision is delayed, contact the institution about latest arrival or deferral and clarify whether application records must be updated.

• Validate a VLS-TS online within three months of arrival; follow different instructions if another category was issued.
• Retain validation confirmation and complete your institution's enrolment and relevant student-life formalities.
• Check your health-cover arrangements and the current renewal process in time before your permission expires.