Student visa for France: login to France-Visas!

Since April 7, the France-Visas application offers a new service to international students by allowing to submit digital copies of their supporting document during completion of their online visa application. The new service is first accessible to international students living in a country where visa application is outsourced and available online. This service helps accelerate the transfer to the outsourced service provider.

Digital visa application prerequisites

To complete a digital visa application, you must comply with the following conditions:

• Be an international student applying for studies in France;
• Apply for a long-stay visa for studies only; and
• Live in a country including an outsourced service provider collecting visa applications.

Online visa application steps

If you comply with the prerequisites, you may apply for a student visa by completing the following four steps:

1. Complete your online visa application on France-Visas and transfer your documents;
2. Submit in person your passport and completed form at the collection centre;
3. Follow your online application on the service provider’s website; and
4. Retrieve your passport.

Online visa application: tutorial

To know everything about online visas, the steps and required specifications, watch this video tutorial to be guided in your process.

Digitalising supporting document is meant to simplify visa applications for international students.

Create your account on France-Visas

Complete your online application on France-Visas

Uploading your documents to France-Visas