French
Visa
European students
| Students from the European Union are not required to apply for a visa or a residence card. Your national identity card will serve this purpose. |
Non European students
Step 1: Obtaining a student visa
All students who plan to study in France for more than six months and who are not citizens of one of the 30 member countries of the European Economic Area, or of Andorra, Monaco, Switzerland, San Marino or the Vatican, must obtain a long-term visa marked étudiant.
Be careful, as with admission to higher education institutions, student residing in the following countries can only obtain student visas through the Campusfrance procedure 
:
Algeria
Argentina
Benin
Brazil
Cameroon
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Congo (Brazzaville)
Korea
United States
Gabon
Guinea
India
Ivory Coast
Japan
Lebanon
Madagascar
Mali
Mauritius
Morocco
Mexico
Russia
Senegal
Syria
Taiwan
Tunisia
Turkey
Vietnam
Step 2
Upon arrival in France, your passport will be stamped by French police at the airport, as well as the document "demande d'attestation OFII". Please bring back both your passport and this stamped document during the integration week at Burgundy School of Business.
The French Consulate has issued you with a long stay visa VLS-TS (visa de long séjour) that exempts you from applying for a residence permit (carte de séjour).
Step 3
Within three months after your arrival date in France, you are required to send to the Dijon OFII office (Direction territorial de l'OFII) through registered delivery post with acknowledgement of receipt (lettre recommandée avec accusé de réception) the completed "demande d'attestation OFII" form with the following photocopies of your passport:
- the ID page (name, surname, date of birth, place of birth, etc…)
- the visa page
- the entry in France stamp page
Step 4: The validation of your visa
The OFII office will send you a letter to give you an appointment there for the validation of your visa (validation de votre visa) and possibly a medical appointment and/or a welcome visit.
You will have to bring the following documents to that appointment to the OFFI office:
- Your passport
- Proof of residence in Dijon (rental receipt, rental contract, fixed phone; water or electricity bill in your name or a certificate of accommodation)
- An ID picture (no hat, no scarf)
- The medical certificate that might have been delivered to you by the certified OFII doctor (if you have already had that visit in your home country)
- OFII special stamps (mentionning on them ANAEM ou OMI) for the amount of €55. Those stamps are not normal postal stamps. They are sold in newsagents and tobacconist shops. Ask for a "timbre fiscal ANEM ou EMI de 55 Euros"