Certificat de scolarité and student card

Proof that you are enrolled: a certificate of registration or pre-registration from your institution, and the student card that paying your registration fees gets you.

Yes if you are studying. A student residence permit file asks for a certificate of registration, or of pre-registration, produced by the institution itself.

Each academic year, once you have registered with the institution.

From the registration service of your public or private higher education institution. There is no national online service for it.

Registration fees are paid to the institution at enrolment, and it is those fees that entitle you to the student card.

• The prefecture uses the enrolment certificate when you renew a student permit or move to a multi-year card.