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Where can you ask for a visa ?

To fill a file of request for a visa of long stay "student" mention, please, apply to the Consulate of France of your place of residence ; you will be given the list of documents to be supplied. The periods for these steps are variable from one country to another. Get informed soon enough not to miss your start of the academic year.
The request form of visa of long stay can be henceforth downloaded on the site of the Foreign Ministry to be then deposited to the Consulate. To know more about it, you can consult the Internet site of this ministry : www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/ tocome/visas/

The particular case of the Algerian students After several years when they had to write to the Foreign Ministry in France (in Nantes) to ask for their visa, the Algerian students can again apply to the general Consulate of France in Algiers (BP 33C, El Mouradia16070. Internet : www.ccf-dz.org). For further information on the studies in France, also consult the Internet site of the Embassy, co-operation and cultural action service : www.ambafrance-algerie.org or www.ambafrance-dz.org.