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Gud day are u still into this?

I am still waiting oh, when did u submit

jide4lagos:
Chief, how far? Is your Visa out? E bi like say na Abuja sure pass ooo. I have submitted in Lagos also since.

Provided u have gotten an admission and u have the fund that covers ur tuition, living expenses of urself and that of ur child, u are gud to go.

Macdeo001:
Hello house, can I apply for a france student visa? I have a baby, and I will love to take her along. Is this visible?

Congratulations, what's up with student visa?, If a business visa can be granted in 5 working days, two weeks is not too short for a student visa. I am just anxious. Submitted 23rd of July.

HRprof:
I just receive my visa
I summited on the 2nd August in Lagos and got my Visa stamped on 9th August received today by UPS
valid for 6 months till march next year
I'm travelling by October. meanwhile is business visa
Just package your Visa application you will get it.
wish everyone good luck

From my experience, if u are applying for a tourist visa, that means u are going for site seeing. So u need to book for tours, not just one, both free, pay when u get there and pay b4 booking. You need this to let them know u are actually going for tourism.

Mummywifey:
Hello , did you have to do a reservation for tours or you used just a planned itinerary . Can I send you an email please

Yes, booking. Com is ok

Mummywifey:
Sorry I don’t understand your reply, are you saying booking.com is okay

Booking is on top, go ahead with booking.com
quote author=Mummywifey post=104351839]Hello

Has anyone use booking.com to book for hotel for France visa. I heard some schengen countries reject visa for those who use booking.com[/quote]

Pls is there anybody presently schooling in Université of Grenoble Alpes? I have decided to get an accommodation outside the CROUS apartments, I have been trying to get the attention of some landlords or caretakers both on studapart and Leboncoin , but no response from them. Pls somebody schooling there at the moment should help me out on this. A shared apartment or furnished studio that is of close proximity to the school will be OK by me.

God bless you, pls I sent u a PM.

Most sensible landlords would only ask you for a full months rent as deposit (refundable when you move out) , and the rent for the month in which you plan to move in (prorated by how many days in the month you are committing to stay in the house for the first month). I used an agency, so I had to pay extra administrative fees - but if you are not going through agency but normal landlord, they may require guarantor and the guarantee agencies usually ask for almost the same amount in fees (about 200-300 EUR).

you may be lucky and find a lnadlord who wants to skip the whole admin/guarantor fees aspect, but keep in mind that these houses sometimes may not be up to standard, but beggars can't be choosers I guess.[/quote]

Pls how many months rent will they ask me to pay at the beginning for an accommodation outside the CROUS?


Hi Josh, congrats to you. I used colocation city and just signed the lease last week. However you can use other colocation agencies like immojeune, colocatere, or even appartager for your search - most of them don’t require a French guarantor. If you want to use a private landlord please keep in mind that they would ask for a French guarantor, and sometimes they reject even visale, garantie and the other guarantor agencies. Not all though but you can try.

Lastly, if you don’t want to go the route of private accommodation (which can be relatively expensive) you can try to lobby for CROUS apartments from the 9th of July onwards, except you are on scholarship as they usually prioritize those. The only downside was the earliest date for me was too far, and if it was not satisfactory enough I would have to go private and most of the juicy accommodations would have been snatched up.

To make it worse, the accommodation confirmation portal for my school closes on the 15th of July so that would have been cutting it too close.

Hope this helps.[/quote]

@Laishat, thank u for your msg.


Hi Josh, congrats to you. I used colocation city and just signed the lease last week. However you can use other colocation agencies like immojeune, colocatere, or even appartager for your search - most of them don’t require a French guarantor. If you want to use a private landlord please keep in mind that they would ask for a French guarantor, and sometimes they reject even visale, garantie and the other guarantor agencies. Not all though but you can try.

Lastly, if you don’t want to go the route of private accommodation (which can be relatively expensive) you can try to lobby for CROUS apartments from the 9th of July onwards, except you are on scholarship as they usually prioritize those. The only downside was the earliest date for me was too far, and if it was not satisfactory enough I would have to go private and most of the juicy accommodations would have been snatched up.

To make it worse, the accommodation confirmation portal for my school closes on the 15th of July so that would have been cutting it too close.

Hope this helps.[/quote]

Greetings to everyone here, I have been a silent reader all this while. U guys are wonderful. I just got admitted to University of Grenoble Alpes for a masters program. Pls can anyone direct me on how to secure an accommodation because this is needed in order for me to forge ahead. Pls help a brother.