Addresses of Consulates

Atlanta	3475 Piedmont Road N.E. Suite 1840 Atlanta, GA 30305 Telephone: (404) 495-1674 Fax: (404) 495-1661
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
Boston	31 Saint James Avenue Suite 750 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: (617) 832-4400 Fax: (617) 542-8054
Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
Chicago	205 N. Michigan Avenue Suite 3760 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: (312) 327-5201 Fax: (312) 327-5229
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Houston	777 Post Oak Boulevard Suite 600 Houston, TX 77056 Telephone: (713) 572-2799 Fax: (713) 572-2911
Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Los Angeles	10990 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 300 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Telephone: (310) 235-3200
Arizona, California*, Colorado, Nevada****, New Mexico
Miami	Espirito Santo Plaza Suite 1050 1395 Brickell Avenue Miami, FL 33131 Telephone: (305) 403-4150 Fax: (305) 403-4151
Florida**
New Orleans	1340 Poydras Street Suite 1710 New Orleans, LA 70112 Telephone: (504) 523-5772 Fax: (504) 523-3126
Louisiana
New York	934 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10021 Telephone: (212) 606-3600 Fax: (212) 606-3620
Connecticut, New Jersey, New York*****, Puerto Rico
San Francisco	540 Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94108 Telephone: (415) 397-4330 Fax: (415) 433-8357
Alaska, California*, Hawaii***, Idaho, Montana, Nevada****, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
Washington	4101 Reservoir Road N.W. Washington DC, 20007 Telephone: (202) 944-6195 Fax: (202) 944-6148
Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia

* For the following counties in California: Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Los Angeles, Mono, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura: CONTACT LOS ANGELES.

For all other counties in California: CONTACT SAN FRANCISCO.

** Also for the Bahamas, U.S. and British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Anguilla, etc.

*** Also for Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, Guam, North Marianne and American Samoas.

**** For the following counties in Nevada: Churchill, Fallon, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Lyon, Pershing, Storey, Washoe, White Pine, Carson City: CONTACT SAN FRANCISCO.

***** Also for British Bermuda.

Student Visa for France

ATTENTION: Starting March 1, 2007, you MUST enroll with Campus France USA in order to obtain a long stay student visa. Visit www.usa.campusfrance.org to learn more and to register.

In order to remain longer than ninety days, anyone planning to study in France must have a long-term visa. To apply for it, you should write to, or visit, the French Consulate of the region where you reside asking for the proper forms on which to make application and the amount you should remit for the fee. You may not apply for your visa until you have your passport and you have received from us Items 4, 5 and 6 listed in this section. These will be sent to you as soon as we have secured proof of admission from the Paris Universities. You should not apply for the visa more than three months before your departure (although you may ask for the forms and the requirements earlier). Therefore, if you travel with the Junior Year in France group, and if you are an American citizen, do NOT send your application before June 1 (October 15 for Spring semester students).

The Junior Year in France cannot be responsible for the very serious problems, which will arise if you enter France without a visa or with the wrong visa. It is impossible to secure a student visa once you have entered France.

To determine where you have to apply for a student visa, based on your place of residence, please see the table at left. You can access their Web sites at:

http://www.ambafrance-us.org/intheus/consulates.asp

Address your inquiry to: Consulat Général de France à [name of the city], Service des visas.

You will be asked to complete the application in French. Click on the sample application below:

     

On question 24, page 2 of the application, indicate the name and address of the University where you are registered (see the Attestation d'inscription which will be sent to you): the addresses of the universities are:

• Université Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle)
  17, rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris


• Université Paris IV (Paris-Sorbonne)
  1, rue Victor Cousin, 75005 Paris


• Université Paris VII (Denis Diderot)
  2, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris

Some of the Consulates will require that you appear in person to apply for your visa. Bring the items listed below. Other Consulates will allow you to apply by mail. In this case, send the application to the Consulate by certified mail, along with your passport, as the visa is stamped inside the passport, together with the following items, which may vary according to your Consulate:

1. Your passport (signed). It should be valid until at least August 31, 2007.


2. One (or two) visa application forms completed and signed.


3. Photograph(s), passport size, color or black and white (Your consulate will confirm number of photographs required.)


4. Proof of registration at a Paris institution of higher education (sent to you by the Virginia office of the JYF).


5. Notarized statement of financial guarantee (sent to you by the Virginia office of the JYF).


6. Proof of medical and accident insurance coverage (sent to you by the Virginia office of the JYF).


7. Money order or certified check covering the visa fee (if you apply by mail) or cash (only if you apply in person) (approximately $120-$150, fee will vary according to fluctuation of the dollar) (personal checks are not accepted).


8. Stamped, self-addressed envelope. The envelope must be large enough to hold the passport and the documents and carry sufficient postage for their return by certified mail (approximately $2.50 plus postage). Meter postage is not accepted.

IMPORTANT: KEEP COPIES OF ALL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU SEND TO OBTAIN A VISA.

AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE YOUR VISA, PLEASE SEND A PHOTOCOPY TO THE VIRGINIA OFFICE OF THE JUNIOR YEAR IN FRANCE. Keep another copy at home and take a third one to France. You should also take with you the documents which you submitted to receive your visa and which were returned to you. You will notice that your visa may contain a statement to the effect that "the Consul Général of France wishes to remind you that this visa does not in itself grant you the right to enter French territory. It is necessary that you carry the documents used to obtain the visa with you at all times. Border authorities may request that you show these documents upon entry to France. Inability to produce them may prevent you from entering the country."

Bearers of Non-American Passports

Bearers of non-American passports should call the French Consulate for special requirements. Because of eventual delays they should begin their visa application early (the French Consulate recommends that they do so at least three months before the departure date i.e., June 1, or October 15 for Spring semester students) and check with their own consulates with regard to visas for France and travel in Europe outside of France. Students who will travel on passports issued by France, one of the other European Union countries, or Switzerland, Andorra, the Holy See, San Marin and Liechtenstein, do not need visas to study in France; if they have dual nationality, they must secure two passports, one from the European country (to enter France), the other from the United States (to return to the U.S.)

Non-American students who need to apply for their visa at a French consulate in the U.S. should fill out question 19 of the application form and indicate the details of their Green Card, their U.S. visa, or their refugee document.