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1. All students who are non European Union nationals must have a student visa to be enrolled at AUP.

 

2. All students issued a three-month student visa must obtain a valid Carte de Séjour.

 

3. Students must pick up their Carte de Séjour from the Préfecture de Police and present it to the University’s Carte de Séjour officer in the Registrar’s Office within 30 days of the date noted on the Convocation as of when the Carte de Séjour is ready and waiting at the Préfecture de Police. A photocopy will be placed in the student’s permanent file.

 
 
 

Visiting students must present their six-month visa to the University’s Carte de Séjour officer in the Registrar’s Office within these same 30 days, as well as any other students holding other special residence permits.

After obtaining a 6 month visa for your first semester, if a visiting student wishes to remain for a second semester or to transfer to AUP then you will be required to return to your country of residence during the semester break and apply for a student visa which will allow you to apply for a Carte de Séjour on your return. You then become subject to the standard AUP Carte de Séjour policies.

 
 
 
 
When you arrive in France, contact the University’s Carte de Séjour Office in the Registrar’s Office and supply all the documents requested by the Préfecture de Police. It is your responsibility to initiate this process.
 
AUP then provides assistance to you in obtaining your Carte de Séjour by helping you fill out the application, and by delivering the application to the Préfecture de Police.
 
The Préfecture de Police will notify the University when your Carte de Séjour is ready to be picked up.
 
The University will then notify you, and you must go to the Préfecture de Police and pick up the Carte de Séjour immediately.
 
After you pick up your Carte de Séjour, you must present it to the University’s Carte de Séjour officer in the Registrar’s Office within 30 days of the date noted on the Convocation (notification that the Carte de Séjour is ready and waiting at the Préfecture de Police). At AUP, a photocopy will be placed in your permanent file.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

French Laws concerning Students & their Carte de Séjour

 
In accordance with French law, all non-European Union nationals must apply for a Carte de Séjour (residence permit) which gives that person permission to live in France.
 

Students who are not nationals of the European Union receive a three-month student visa, and they are expected to apply for their Carte de Séjour upon arrival in France. This student visa, however, permits the student to enter France only once. This means that until a student has received his or her Carte de Séjour, he or she cannot leave and return to France for personal travel or study trips.

 
 

Visiting students with a six-month student visa are not subject to this law.

 
 
 
 

It is illegal to enter France with a tourist visa with the intention of remaining more than three months.

 

Penalties for failing to comply with AUP's Carte de Séjour Policy

 

If you have not presented your valid Carte de Séjour within the 30 day limit:

 

1. Block your pre-registration and regular registration for the following term until the valid Carte de Séjour is presented to Registrar’s Office.

 

2. Block your grades and transcripts if you have not complied by the end of the semester.

 

Any student who fails to abide by this policy will not benefit from any assistance from the University in regularizing his/her student and residency status in France, and readmission to the University will be made on a case-by-case basis.

 
 
 
 

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