Visa

Foreign students who intend to study in China must apply for a student visa (X1 or X2 visa) from the Chinese consulate/embassy. For the application, you will be required to submit the Admission Notice from the university and the JW201 or JW202 Form.

Once you enrolled in the program, we will send out Admission notice and JW 202 form (Visa application form for foreign students) by the address provided by the applicants. With these 2 documents, you can get student visa X2(Short-term study visa) from the Chinese Embassy in your home country.

For students in France, you can access Chinese Visa Application Service Center for more details information and application.
Chinese Visa Application Service Center

For other foreign students please check at the local Chinese Embassy or Consulate for visa application.

First of all, please check to see if you need to apply for a visa.

Please check if you need to go through the pre-consular procedure through the Etudes en France portal.

This procedure is mandatory for citizens of the following countries and regions : Algeria, Argentina, Benin, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, United States, and Vietnam.

If you have to go through the Etudes en France procedure:

• Your admission process for emlyon is separate from the Etudes en France procedure, which is only the pre-consular procedure for your visa application.
• You will have to create your account on Etudes en France and chose the option “I am accepted.”
• You will then have to provide your admission letter from emlyon.
• You will need to provide:
  • Your passport
  • Enrollment letter/admission letter from emlyon

Once the pre-consular procedure through Etudes en France is complete and validated, you will be able to start your visa application.

Visa application process
For most of emlyon’s programs, you will need to apply for a long stay study Visa (of more than 90 days).
Depending on your country of application, the process differs. You can check here how you will have to apply: france-visas.gouv.fr
Please note that you need to start the process at least 3 months before your date of arrival in France.