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Non-refundable, even if the visa is refused. Paid by appointment at TLS Contact, on top of the 16,000 FCFA TLS fee. Keep the receipt for the visa application. The old 75,000 FCFA amount, still shown in the FAQ, is out of date.

The payment authorisation arrives in your Études en France inbox. Accepted payment methods on site (cash, card, mobile money) are not specified: ask TLS.

Press release of 03/09/2026. Financial means are still assessed.

Standard rate: €99.

Visa, first permit and renewals. Replaces €615.

By card online or electronic stamp at a tobacconist.

After that, you must apply for a new visa to return to France.

This means the needs-based grant (CROUS): an Eiffel or French government scholarship does not open APL. Exceptions: professional activity, apprentices, professionalisation contracts, refugees, stateless persons, spouses.

Named declaration to the prefecture 2 working days before hiring.

Check L5221-5 again after 31/12/2026.

Criterion: enrolment in a programme leading to a master's degree, or to a level I diploma accredited by the Conférence des grandes écoles (1° of articles D421-6 and D422-13 of CESEDA). The professional bachelor's (2°) does not qualify.

Whether it applies to international students has not been verified.

The 2027-2028 amount is not published yet. Refunds can be requested until 31/05/2027.

Unless there is force majeure or you hold a valid visa.

Service-public says this applies "in general" to students; France-Visas' Cameroon page sets a 6-month limit for all visas. In practice, Campus France gives the visa appointment after your final choice. Allow at least 1 month before departure (D61).

If the consulate does not answer within 2 months, the refusal is implicit. If the CRRV rejects the appeal: 2 months to go to the administrative court of Nantes.

Up to 35 in some cases (higher qualification, contract ended for reasons beyond your control); no limit in others (disability, starting a business, elite athletes).

Without an answer within this time, funding is refused.

With the status of vocational trainee.

Students under 26 living in Île-de-France; not open to professionalisation contracts. During an internship or work-study, the employer refunds at least 50%.

With a financial contribution up to €14,069/year. The health insurance office answers within 2 months. Limits are reviewed every year.

If the bank has not answered 15 days after your request, the refusal stands and you can apply to the Banque de France.

From €10,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies). Above €50,000, proof of origin is mandatory. The declaration is free: online (Dalia), by post or at the border.

Payable online, on top of the application fee. Not the same as the €38 TLScontact service fee for the visa application.

The AVI is one of the four possible proofs, not a requirement. Minimum amount: €877.50 per month (D14).

If you haven't found housing yet, the explanatory letter is one of the accepted documents.

A booking is enough: don't buy a non-refundable ticket before you have the visa.

The only valid sources of information according to Campus France Cameroon. Having two or more Études en France accounts is forbidden.

Up to 964 hours a year (D20). The employer files a named declaration with the prefecture at least 2 working days before hiring. Exceeding the limit can lead to the permit being withdrawn or not renewed.

For reference, in 2026: choices from 19/01 to 12/03, confirmation until 01/04, answers from 02/06. The 2027 dates will be added as soon as they are published.

Fees: 85,000 FCFA + 16,000 FCFA (D01, D43), unless exempt. Interview exemption possible, notably for holders of a French baccalaureate obtained less than 4 years ago.

Paid online during pre-enrolment on passcam.cm, the only official site: MTN Mobile Money, Orange Money, Express Union, Yoomee, Yup or card. The Ministry of Finance denied in January 2026 a rise to 155,000 FCFA.

If nothing is rejected. You are notified by SMS or email and collect it at your enrolment centre (or someone else with a legalised power of attorney). Not collected after 6 months, it goes back to the Border Police.

Under 21: parental authorisation and a certified copy of a parent's or guardian's ID card. Bring the originals on enrolment day. Enrolment in Cameroon: Emi-Immigration police stations in the 10 regional capitals, National Passport Production Centre (Yaoundé), Border Police Directorate.

The tax office has required it for visa applications since 2024. The press reports it is also asked for passports since January 2026: if you already earn an income, generate it on impots.cm with your NIU (help: 8200).

Upload them under "Parcours et diplômes". The lists per level add your ID card (or passport), probatoire and bac (or GCE) transcripts, and proof of the current year.

The list of originals to bring comes with the payment authorisation. Campus France only schedules the interview for files declared complete and submitted.

Required at every level if you studied in English at secondary or higher level. Upload the English version and the translation. Fee and processing time not published: ask on site.

You don't apply directly: the institution that admits you decides to put you forward. Its internal deadline is earlier, ask the programme coordinator. Results in the week of 12/04/2027.

Ask the Cooperation and Cultural Action Service (SCAC): scac.yaounde-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr, (+237) 222 228 425. Online relays mention a call for master's and PhD, to be checked with the SCAC.

France-Visas recommends allowing 1 month between filing a long-stay visa application and the departure date, and accepts no application more than 6 months before departure.

Automatic exemption for French government scholarship holders and needs-based grant holders; institutions can grant other exemptions on request. Engineering schools and schools under other ministries set their own fees: check their website.

For all students since 04/05/2026, work-study students included: a main dish and up to two sides, one meal per service, paid with an Izly account.

It must be stated in the lease and returned when you leave, minus any justified repairs.

Fixed parity. Your bank or transfer service adds its fees and may apply a less favourable rate.

Raised at least every 1 January. Your employer may pay more under its collective agreement.

So in the 1st year €802.82 (18-20), €989.52 (21-25) or €1,867.02 (26 and over). A one-year professional bachelor's counts as a 2nd year; a collective agreement may set more.

Ages 18 to 25 inclusive; students aged 26-27 at the same price. All zones: €35 a month. Scholarship holders: €11 a month.

Be a student and aged 20 to 25 on the first day of the pass. Also €16 for 31 days.

Ages 4 to 25. Lower prices depending on family income.

Ages 11 to 27. Leaflet dated 01/09/2025: 2026-2027 price to be confirmed.

Free pass since 21/12/2023: proof of address, ID and photo.

Students up to 25 inclusive. Metropolitan version: €360 a year.

Price for a pass starting from 01/07/2026.

Lower prices depending on income.

Students aged 18 to 26, valid in the 43 towns of Rennes Métropole; €26.60 a month without commitment.

The official page could not be read automatically: check the price on the M réso website.

ANIL estimates from SeLoger group and leboncoin listings, Q3 2025, unfurnished homes. Furnished flats often cost more. An average benchmark, not a guaranteed price.

Paid with tax stamps. If late, the €180 regularisation visa fee is added (D28).

Informal appeal to the prefect or hierarchical appeal to the Minister of the Interior, or an appeal to the administrative court.

Non-refundable. Some private connected universities also charge their own application fee.

Bring an ID and your file number starting with SN. If the payment isn't validated after 7 days, go to the Campus France office with your receipt or write from your Études en France account.

Opens 01/10/2026. Covers first year (L1, DAP), BUT, master's and architecture, engineering and business schools.

As soon as you receive the payment request email.

Some complete files are not called. The interview takes place at the office you chose: give an address near that office, not your birthplace.

Answers from institutions come on each one's own calendar.

As soon as possible. The procedure ends with an end-of-procedure email.

After admission, you still need to create and complete an Études en France file.

For others, no test unless the institution asks for one.

Future L1: report cards for seconde and première, terminale enrolment certificate. Already graduated: transcripts for the last three years, baccalaureate diploma and transcript.

The appointment comes once your Campus France procedure is complete. SCAC scholarship holders and doctoral students: category « Long séjour (sauf étudiant Campus France) ».

Appointment and processing times can grow: apply early.

Paid at the Enregistrement, Domaines et Timbre office. Valid 4 years, renewable once.

In Dakar, you must book an appointment first.

For a minor: parental authorisation, copy of a parent's ID card and a support certificate.

Master's and research stays. The 2027 call is not open yet: check the dates again once it's published.

Dakar: Km 1 avenue Cheikh Anta Diop, opposite the 4th district police station. Saint-Louis: Institut français, avenue Jean Mermoz. Kaolack: Alliance franco-sénégalaise, 191 rue de France. Ziguinchor: Alliance française, avenue Djignabo (the older offices page still shows the Chamber of Commerce).

Above that, the bank asks for documents supporting the transaction. Anti-money-laundering rules apply in every case.

A rejection must say which supporting documents are missing.

For tuition fees, the « family support » category (D105) also lists tuition fees: ask your bank which one it applies.

Fast transfers go through people tied to an approved bank by an agreement, under its responsibility.

Equivalent in CFA francs. To get foreign currency: a travel ticket outside WAEMU and a valid passport or ID card.

Per application filed, paid online when booking. Non-refundable, unless you decide not to file before your fingerprints are taken. The Premium lounge is optional.

Passports collected without an appointment. Call centre: (+221) 33 860 60 06. On the day: printed confirmation letter, passport with at least 2 blank pages, file sorted in the order of the list, means of payment.

Get your appointment at least 1 month before leaving; you can file up to 6 months before. A civil-status check can take several months.

Filed on site or by post; collected in person (signature and fingerprints). Only for people living in the Paris consulate's district; elsewhere, go to your region's consulate.