Residence permit
Students from outside the European Union:
You need to register with the OFII (French Office of Immigration and Integration – Office Français de l’Immigration et de l’Integration) in Nantes:
Upon your arrival in France, please send the form you have been given by the French Embassy + a photocopy of the following pages of your passport:
- page with your passport number
- page with your photo
- page with the date of your arrival in France
- page with your Visa
Address: OFII – 9 rue Bergère – 44000 Nantes
The OFII will send you an acknowledgment of receipt to be stapled to your passport.
The OFII will then invites you to a medical examination in Nantes in order to display a security label in your passport.
Students who will stay at UCO longer than the date on the Visa card will have to ask for a residence permit. Procedures can be done at the International Office.
Insurance
You must take out an insurance before your arrival (property insurance, civil liability, etc.).
Students from the European Union must have the “European health insurance card” obtainable from their own state health authorities.
Banks
It is important to open a current account in France as it will serve you in your daily life. Ask your locale bank for information on how to settle your financial situation before you leave.
Health (European students)
You have to choose a general practitioner linked to the state health scheme and fill in the form “Notification of general practitioner” (“declaration de choix de médecin traitant”) with him.
Price of a medical examination: 23 € at your general practitioner and 27 € minimum at a specialist doctor. This works only for practitioners linked to the state health scheme.
UCO has a health center that can also help you with procedures (prescriptions, medicine, etc.).
You will have to pay the doctor and the pharmacy. Keep all documentary evidences and send them with the photocopy of the European health insurance card with your bank account details to the following address:
CPAM – Service International – 32 rue Louis Gain – 49000 ANGERS
- You will be refunded directly into your bank account.
- There are three university cafeterias in Angers.
Catering
Price of a meal: 3.00 € in 2011/2012. Tickets can be bought directly at the university cafeterias on presentation of your student card.
- Places where you can buy sandwiches are also available on campus (3/4 € per meal).
Associations
The BEC (Cultural Exchanges Office), regrouping several associations, such as The International Relations and Student Support association (RIRE: Relations Internationales – Relais étudiant), welcomes you upon your arrival at the Université Catholique de l’Ouest.
BEC: bec@uco.fr
RIRE: assorire@hotmail.fr
The International family welcome of Anjou (AFIA: Accueil familial international de l’Anjou) gives you the opportunity to meet a French family and to have tea or a meal with them from time to time.
Phone number (from France): 02 41 68 37 75 or 02 41 47 61 55
Phone number (from abroad): 0033 2 41 68 37 75 or 0033 2 41 47 61 55