france practical guide_2013 version.pdf

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Your practical “what

to do” guide!

Studying in France?



Content

1. Departure preparation: what to bring

2. Culture awareness

3. Cnous-Crous

4. Transportation5. Communication

6. Inscription universitaire

7. Insurance (Sécurité sociale)

8. Bank account (Compte bancaire)

9. OFII (Office Français de l’Immigration et de

l’Intégration)

10. Lodging and CAF (housing aid)

11. Mailing service: document, package

12. Les bons plans culture



1. PreparationDo

• Bring some necessary medication

• Bring cash enough for the beginning, or better, use credit card

• It can be very cold, bring some sweaters

• Bring some of your school equipment (but not too much)

• Bring mini ricecooker! It helps a lot for many people. And some ready use

seasoning.

• Bring and take care of your important personal and essential documents

Don’t

• Luggage: not exceed 20 kg!

• Avoid to bring any liquids or weapons; Cigarette is limited

Valid passport

Long-term student visa

10 passport sized photos

All documents given with your visa application

2. Culture shock & Homesick: some tips• New atmosphere / new friends

Dont be malu-malu , interact with as many people as possible. The are your

future network. Try new things!

• Missing family? Homesick?Keep comunicate with them. Internet is everywhere, use skype / Yahoo /

BBM / FB / Twitter, or use phonebooth.

• Independent living :You are not anak mama anymore right ?

• Miss the Indonesian Foods? Looking for halal food?

Look for big supermarkets (as Auchan-who has halal product department,

Carrefour, E Leclerc, etc) and asian or maghreb stores for halal product and

some oriental seasoning and spices.

• Indonesian student community : Yes they are very helpful, but try to not stayonly with Indonesians. Have the international connections! :)

• Don’t judge, whether it is good or not! Different country = different culture.

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3. The CNOUS and CROUS

Comptoir CNOUS in Roissy Charles de Gaulle Airport

• Terminal 2F, niveau arrivée, porte 4

• Open from 7.00 to 22.00

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The CNOUS-CROUS will help you in your daily student life.

Check on Internet www.cnous.fr

and ask infos to the International students office before to leave!



4. Transportation• Long-Distance

Plane : there are many cheap flights and promo, check with « comparateur »:

Ebookers : www.ebookers.fr / Go Voyages : www.govoyages.com / Opodo:

www.opodo.fr/ Skyscanner : www.skyscanner.com

Low cost companies: www.ryanair.com , www.easyjet.com

TGV, the fastest train in the world and other trains :

Check schedule and ticket online www.voyages-sncf.com

Discount up to 65 percents using «carte jeune» or book « Prem’s » ticket

For London www.eurostar.com, for Belgium, Hollan www.thalys.com• Bus: Longer time, but cheaper price. Check www.eurolines.com

• Medium Distance

Car: You can use your SIM A in France. To internationalize you SIM A contact :

KORPS LANTAS POLRI Jl. MT Haryono Jakarta Timur

Telp: 021-7948437 . And own an international insurance card.

Motorcycle: under 50 cc no permit is needed

Rent a car: www.hertz.com, www.avis.fr / covoiturage: www.covoiturage.fr

• Short DistanceMonthly subscriptions for metro / bus / tramway, student price

Rent or buy a bicycle

Mobile phone:

Bouygues Telecom, Orange, SFR, Virgin, Universal…

Subscribe for 12 to 18 months (forfait) and get a mobile phone for 1

euro! Or buy a sim card and vouchers.

if you choose a mobile package, read carefully the contract

Phone + Internet + Television :

Many providers! Shop around!

Free, SFR, Orange, Alice…

Many advantages for international calls !

National and International phone card

From fixed phone or public phone

La Poste : postal services for document and package deliveryIT : attention to French keyboard « A.Z.E.R.T.Y. »

5. Communication: mobile phone, internet

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6. University inscription

University year : September – June

Pre-enrolment + Enrolment

2 stages:

1. Administrative enrolment (inscription administrative) to get the « student status » (attestation of enrolment and/or

student card)

Registration fee for a year + Social security (around 200€)

2. Pedagogic enrolment (inscription pédagogique)

courses, schedule

Free

Registration at UFR (Unité de Formation et de Recherche)

- subjects- modules (UE: Unités d’enseignement )

- TP (travaux pratiques), TD (travaux dirigés), CM

(cours magistraux)

- class times

The application procedure is fixed by each university/school. Prepare:

Registration file (dossier d’inscription)

Diplomas and transcripts + translations

Foreign language certificate

Birth certificate + translation

Student social security

Registration sheet for insurance + fees

3-6 French passport-sized photos

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7. Insurrance

Type of Insurrance

• Securité social: health insurance for those staying for a long period

Below 28 years old: special rate at 203 Euros per year

Over 28 years old : different rates depend on social situation

Free for French government scholarship beneficier

• Mutuelle: additional health insurance to support Securité social (for 100%

health cover)

Varied rate depend on insurance coverage starts from 100 Euros per

year

Nasional : la Mutuelle des étudiants (LMDE) http://www.lmde.com/

Regional :

- la MEP (Languedoc- Roussillon, PACA) http://www.mep.fr/

- la MGEL (Alsace, Champagne-Ardenne, Lorraine)

http://www.mgel.fr/

- la SMEBA (Bretagne, Pays-de-la-Loire) http://www.smeba.fr/

- la SMECO (Centre, Poitou-Charentes) http://www.smeco.fr/- la SMENO (Nord, Normandie, Pas-de-Calais, Picardie)

http://www.smeno.com

- la SMERAG (Antilles, Guyane) http://www.smerag.fr/

- la SMEREB (Bourgogne, Franche-Comté) http://www.smereb.fr/

- la SMEREP (région parisienne) http://www.smerep.fr/

- la SMERRA (Auvergne, Rhône-Alpes) http://www.smerra.fr/

- VITTAVI (Aquitaine, Limousin, Midi-Pyrénées)

http://www.vittavi.net/

• assurance “responsabilité civile” for accident. Price at 20-40 Euros.

• « Assurance habitation » for lodging (accomodation), if you are renting an

appartment or a house, it is a must to have this insurance. Price at 20-40

Euros.

How to get?

Securité sociale and MUTUELLE is bought in universities during admission.

Other must be bought in the insurance offices.

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You MUST open an account in a local bank (free or cheap!)

Bring your passport + proof of fixed home address

Less than 28 years old: Comptes jeunes ou étudiants

Chequebook and/or ATM card (free of charge)

Bankcards: Cash points and direct paiement in shops

Some banks:Crédit AgricoleLCLLa Banque Postale

La Caisse d’EpargneSociété généraleBNP ParibasCIC…

8. Banking

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OFII: Office Français de l’immigration et de l’Intégration; www.ofii.fr to validate your

long stay visa .

Complete and send the form when you arrive in France !

Buy an OFII (or OMI, ANAEM) Tax Stamp (55 euros) in bureau de Tabac or Centres des

impôts et du Trésor Public.

Notification from OFII by mail for Medical examination

Documents needed for renewal (to obtain carte de sejour temporaire) do it two

months before the expiration of your longstay visa, at your residency « Préfecture ».

A valid passport (original + 2 copies)

Certificate proof of studies (originals + 2 copies): Social security registration;

Proof of enrolment / pre-enrolment

Certificate proof of permanent home address (original + copies)

Certificate proof of sufficient funding 3 photos

1 stamped addressed envelope

9. OFII: process, OMI/ANAEM stamps, visa extention

If you live in a family house, name of the family

Tower n° N°of the street

Name of the street

House phone number

CityPostal code

Mobile phone number

Visa number Validity from To

Date of entrance in

France

Date of the dayPlace Signature

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You can find lodging through:

Students accomodation services at CROUS

University residence

Or

Private students residence

Renting an appartment

Sharing an appartment (collocation )

Home-stay

To rent a room you must have:

Insurance (assurance habitation)

During your stay in an appartment you may apply for:

APL (Aide Personnalisée au Logement ) or housing aid

Online registration www.caf.fr or CAF office

Useful sites to find lodgings:

www.cnous.fr

www.adele.org

www.colocation.fr

www.appartager.com / www.colocationetudiant.com

10. Loding and CAF (housing aid)

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CAF Form filling guide

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11. Mailing : Documents, package

To send the documents or the package, in France, the nationalpost office is called “La Poste”, you can find it everywhere

throughout the city/town.

-> Check it out the website below

http://www.laposte.fr/

The price is depending on the weight of thedocuments/packages.

If the document is not so urgent, you can find the yellow box

everywhere to put your letter, it’s called ‘boite aux lettres’ .

The letter’s destination is divided by two, inside the city oroutside the city. It’s mentionned in the box.

You can print your own stamp from home :https://boutiqueducourrier.laposte.fr/montimbrenligne

Notes:

To send a postcard to your family or friends in Indonesia, you just need to put one stamp ‘Marianne’ 0,70 euro like this ->

and the post card will arrive in around two weeks!



12. Special rate for students

Student card is a luck. We can get all the special rate as long as we hold the student card.

• Le site de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux

www.rmn.fr

• Les « événements »Les grands évènements

www.nuitdesmusees.culture.fr ; journeesdupatrimoine.culture.fr ;

fetedelamusique.culture.fr ; etc.

Tous les événements culturels dans toutes les régions.

www.lagenda.com

Base de données sur les concerts, artistes et festivals en France.

www.infoconcert.com

Tous les festivals en France et en Europe. www.concertandco.com

Un site incontournable de réductions pour sortir en France : concerts,

théâtre, soirées, enregistrement d’émission, comédie musicale

www.billetreduc.com

• Les bons plans dernière minute

▫ www.lastminute.com

▫ www.sortirautrement.com

▫ www.webguichet.com

▫ www.coupdetheatre.fr

▫ www.leguide.com

Webcity, le cityguide gratuit d’informations locales traitant dessorties, cinéma, invitations, sports, multimédia, emploi, shopping,petites annonces, services…

▫ www.webcity.fr



• Les sites officiels des villes

Rubriques « culture » et « tourisme et patrimoine »▫ www.paris.fr ; www.lyon.fr ; www.toulouse.fr ; etc.

• Les sites officiels des Offices de Tourisme (OT)▫ www.bordeaux-tourisme.com ; www.otstrasbourg.fr ; etc.

• Quelques « spécial régions »

Guide des sorties par ville, en France et en Europe.▫ www.fra.cityvox.fr

Agenda des sorties de Lille à Bruxelles en passant par Roubaix.▫ www.lenord.fr

A Paris, sorties sur le site de la chaîne TV culturelle parisienne etspécial bons plans pour les jeunes▫ www.paris-premiere.fr ; www.jeunes.paris.fr

Le guide des événements et sorties en Bourgogne.▫ www.poursortir.com

Toutes les sorties à Lyon.

▫ www.lyonpoche.comBars, restos, sorties, spectacles de Toulouse aux Pyrénées.▫ www.sudissimo.com

• Cinéma

Toutes les informations sur les films, les bandes d’annonce, etc.▫ www.allocine.fr

Les horaires des séances dans tous les ciné de votre ville

▫ www.google.fr/movies

• Les soirées étudiantes

Les soirées étudiantes classées par école ou université et par dates,

à Paris et en banlieue.

▫ www.lesteufeurs.free.fr

Ou renseignez-vous auprès des « Bureau de la Vie Etudiante » (BDE)

de chaque écoles

Sortez,Voyagez,

Profitez!☺