Chapter II: RESIDENCE PERMITS FOR STUDY PURPOSES

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union and enrolled in a mobility programme in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 may reside in France, after notification of his mobility to the competent administrative authorities, for a maximum period of twelve months, to carry out part of his studies at…

A foreign student who is part of a European Union programme, a multilateral programme involving mobility measures in one or more European Union Member States or an agreement between at least two higher education establishments located in at least two European Union Member States will be issued with a temporary residence permit for a renewable period of up to one year, bearing the words “student-mobility programme”. The holder is authorised…

Foreign students on a programme mentioned in article L. 422-5 who can prove that they have sufficient means of subsistence will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit marked “student-mobility programme”, subject to legal entry into France. The administrative authority may grant this residence permit without the condition set out in article L. 412-1 being applicable.

Higher education institutions are responsible for the preventive health monitoring of foreign students.The conditions for applying this section, in particular with regard to the resources required, the conditions for enrolment in an educational institution and those relating to foreign nationals who have been admitted in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016, are specified by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.