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Pre-Departure Orientation Session

2 July 2012, New Delhi

New Delhi | 02 July 2012 Chandigarh | 07 July 2012 Ahmedabad | 08 July 2012 Mumbai | 09 July 2012 Pune | 10 July 2012 Kolkata | 11 July 2012 Chennai | 12 July 2012 Hyderabad | 13 July 2012 Bangalore | 16 July 2012

New Delhi | 02 July 2012 Chandigarh | 07 July 2012 Ahmedabad | 08 July 2012 Mumbai | 09 July 2012 Pune | 10 July 2012 Kolkata | 11 July 2012 Chennai | 12 July 2012 Hyderabad | 13 July 2012 Bangalore | 16 July 2012

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Embassy of France in IndiaCampus France

&Alliance Française de Delhi

Welcomes Scholarship awardees 2012

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In partnership with

COX & KINGS

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

• France and the EU – Geography, Economy, Politics

• Departure Visa Budgeting Packing

• Arrival in France• Living in France – Lifestyle

as an Indian

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

GEOGRAPHY Second largest country

in Europe 65 million people Cool winters and mild

summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean

Coastline: 3 427 km (metropolitan)

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

ECONOMY World's 5th and Europe's 2nd

largest economy by GDPLeading Industries:

Telecommunication Defense & Aerospace Ship building Pharmaceuticals Construction Chemicals Textiles Automobile Luxury products

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

ECONOMY 39 of the 500 biggest companies of the

world World's second largest agricultural

exporter 1/3 of all agricultural land within the EU

World's # 1 tourist destination (79.5 million international tourists in 2011)

Paris – most visited city in the world

World's 18th country by GDP per capita (IMF, 2011)

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

Long Stay Student Visa Visa type: « Visa long séjour valant titre de

séjour » ~VLS/TS catégorie D~After Arrival in France:

OFII immigration Form to be sent to the Préfecture (within 3 months of arrival in France)

Medical exam at local OFII center OFII Stamp on your passport

After this, the visa allows to: Travel in European Union Territory Work up to 20 hours per week (to help you a bit to

finance your stay)Renewal:

after one year, Titre de Sejour to be applied for

Visa

OFII Stamp

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

Renewal of VISA ( for 2nd year of Study) Instead of Visa, student needs

« Titre de Sejour Temporaire »

3 months before expiry of Visa: Contact local “Prefecture” for Renewal

Prefecture provides: « Récépissé » Receipt of Application for

Temporary Titre de Sejour Récépissé + Passport = Valid to travel from

France to India

Titre de Sejour Temporaire

Récépissé

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Pre-Departure Orientation Session 2012

Stay beyond academic year (after finishing 2nd year Masters) Request “Prefecture” for« Autorisation Provisoire de Séjour (APS) »

APS is valid for 6 months beyond “Titre de Sejour”

Can be applied only 4 months before expiry of “Titre de Sejour”

Student must sign a bond declaring: “they will go back to country of origin if no job contract is acquired in these 6 months.”

Autorisation Provisoire de Séjour (APS)