My next steps

You are now preparing for your arrival in France and there are several things you need to check before leaving.

• Make sure to apply for a visa if necessary (this needs to be done several months in advance)
• Make sure to bring your passport (or ID card for EU citizens)
• Make a copy of your passport, French visa and all other important documents and save them as a PDF document for safety
• Make sure that your current passport is valid for at least six months after your return date
• Bring an original version of your birth certificate and a certified translation in French (with filiation)
• Book a temporary accommodation for your first few nights in Lyon
• Contact your bank to ensure that you can withdraw money in France
• Make sure to have some cash available for your arrival (avoid large amounts for safety)
• Research in advance how to easily access the campus
• Check that your phone works for the first few days once you are in France
• Keep emergency contact information with you
• Bring important medical records (if you have an ongoing medical condition for example) and a copy of your vaccination records
• Have a valid European Health Insurance Card (for European students only)
• Bring the original of your English tests (if any)
• Bring the original of your diploma and transcripts with you (not a copy)
• Bring a plug adaptator if necessary

Please note the that French administration (Préfecture, CAF housing benefits... does not accept birth certificates translated into French in a foreign country (even by the Alliance Française – with China as an exception). You must have your birth certificate translated into French by sworn translators in France. Should your birth certificate be written in a rare language (for example: Hindi), you must have your birth certificate translated into English in your country of origin and then into French.

Before your arrival on campus, you must complete your online registration (IAEL). By the first half of June, you will receive an email in which you will find the link to access the IAEL platform, as well as your login info and password.

To help you finalize your online registration, workshops are organized on Zoom from June to August. Regularly check this webpage to know when the future sessions will take place and to register.

In the integration process, you have to:

• verify all the information
• verify and fill in all sections
• pay a social contribution named CVEC* (campus and student life contribution) and give us a certificate of payment (you can pay through the following link: http://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/, from June 1, 2020)
  La Cotisation Vie Etudiante et de Campus (CVEC) is a contribution supporting admission and social, health, cultural, sport support. It will help also to consolidate health prevention and education activities, provided for the students (regarding the art. L.841-5 of the National Code). This is now mandatory for every student in France who register in higher education. To pay for the contribution and get more information, use the following link: http://cvec.etudiant.gouv.fr/.
• indicate the name of your Third Party Liability
  A third party liability insurance is mandatory to register in Further and Higher Education in France. It takes over from your secondary school insurance.
  A third party liability refers to the type of insurance that protects the insured from legal liability claims presented by third parties. Payment is not made to the insured, but rather to someone suffering a loss who is not a party included in the insurance contract. It protects customers (insured) when they cause harm to someone else or cause damages to properties and they are legally held responsible.
• indicate the means of payment of your tuition fees
  In order to find more information and details about means of payment and what is expected from you, you can use the “Help” button.

Should you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us:
Lyon-Ecully campus: iael@em-lyon.com.
Paris campus: iael75@em-lyon.com.

This is a mandatory administrative step you’ll need to take prior to your arrival on campus.