Register for health insurance
On the ameli website for international students.
How to do it
- 1Go to etudiant-etranger.ameli.fr and create your application to join French Social Security.
- 2Fill in your details: identity, country of birth, email address, postal address in France, phone number and the start date of your cover (the date your studies begin at your institution).
- 3Upload the required documents online, legible and complete.
- 4Write down the provisional social security number the site gives you and download your provisional certificate of affiliation.
- 5Follow your file in your personal space and re-upload any document flagged as missing or not compliant.
- 6Once you are registered, download your final certificate, apply for your carte Vitale and open your ameli account.
What you need
- Passport (or national ID card)
- Valid residence permit (your VLS-TS)
- Certificate of enrolment for the current year
- RIB or IBAN for your reimbursements
- Civil status document: full copy of your birth certificate or an extract showing parentage
Tips
- Keep your provisional number and provisional certificate safe: you will use them at the doctor's and the pharmacy in the meantime.
- Scan your documents in good quality before you start: an unreadable document holds up your file.
- As soon as you have your ameli account, activate it: this is where you track reimbursements and do other procedures (complémentaire santé solidaire, certificates).
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