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CAMPUSFRANCE APPLICATION GUIDE

This process will take approximately 30 minutes. You can save it and come back to it later if needed. (Please use a PC because the program

is not set up for Macs or Safari). Be sure to read the entire guide because there are important instructions on the last page.

Register for CampusFrance by going to http://usa.campusfrance.org/en/1.html.

1. Click on Registration in the pink box entitled “My CampusFrance” on the right of the screen.

2. The form that appears is your personal information (don't panic, it is in English!).

o The password must be 8 characters. Make note of your password!

o CampusFrance e-mails will NOT be sent to your personal e-mail address. They will be sent directly to your

CampusFrance inbox which means you will need to log-in to CampusFrance and check your messages regularly.

o Birth date should be Day/Month/Year (JJ/MM/AAAA)

o Be sure to use your permanent address, not your college address.

o If you do not have a passport yet, you can enter a random number. You must contact CampusFrance with your passport

number once you receive it.

o Click Validate once you are finished with the personal information.

o Note: If you live in CA, a page will pop up asking you to check the French Consulate in your area. There is a Consulate

in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Please contact CampusFrance to register for your chosen consulate.

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3. Once you submit the form, a page will come up telling you that you have created an account. Print this form for your records.

4. The site will take you to a login screen. Login using your e-mail address and password which you created above. Click se

connecter.

5. You are then brought to your application and personal site. This page allows you to communicate directly with CampusFrance

and complete your application.

6. Start by clicking on CampusFrance Form under “My File” on the left of the screen. You will be completing the sections on

education, linguistic skills and goals.

7. The first tab is "Education". It is asking you about your previous education.

o First, let’s complete the section at the bottom. Select the year you graduated high school.

o For “Are you in one of the following cases?” You only need to complete the first two questions – “high school

diploma” and “others”. Please choose “study abroad” under others. Do not answer the scholarship or cooperation

project questions.

o Under "your activities" it is asking about your post-secondary education.

o Click on the + and another screen will pop up. Select “Post Secondary studies” and more fields will appear.

o Complete the fields on your home institution.

o Click NEXT and more fields will appear.

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o Complete the requested information. You are only required to complete the fields followed by a *. In the

“evaluation period” field, this is asking how many times per year you receive official grades from your

college/university. Unique means once a year.

o You are NOT REQUIRED to enter your grades.

o Click Save and you will go back to the main Education page. You may have to enter your year of graduation from high

school again.

o Click Validate

8. The next tab is "Linguistic Skill"

o The first two sections on “list your stays in France” and “Linguistics Exams/Test” are NOT required.

o If you want, you can add your previous stays in France by clicking on + under "List of your stays in France."

o If you have taken an official French language exam (TCF, TEF,DELF/DALF, for example), you may enter this in the

“Linguistics Exams/Test” section by clicking on +. Otherwise, leave blank.

o At the bottom, under “French Language Competency”, answer questions appropriately. All questions must be

answered. If English is your first language, be sure to select “first language” in the drop down menu.

o Click Validate

9. The next tab is "Goals."

o The photo is not necessary. The other boxes must have something written in them; however, it can be brief and it can

be in English. You are only required to write one sentence. (for resume, you can simply write that you do not have

one). You do not have to complete the bottom box in white.

10. Click Validate.

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11. The next tab is "Validation of my file's CampusFrance form." If COMPLETE is listed next to each section, you can submit

it. Once your application is submitted you cannot make changes to it. If INCOMPLETE is listed next to a section, go back to

that section and complete it.

12. This is all you need to complete on the ONLINE portion of the application. You are not required to do anything with

“required documents” or “my procedures”. You now just need to mail CampusFrance the rest of your materials.

13. In order to receive your confirmation email, YOU MUST ALSO MAIL CampusFrance:

o $70 money order (they do not accept checks) written out to "Maison Francaise-CampusFrance" (Please note your

CampusFrance ID number on your money order) AND a

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o COPY of your attestation that you received from IAU in your acceptance e-mail. The attestation is written in French

with your name and date of birth. Write your CampusFrance ID number at the top.

14. Mail all items to:

CampusFrance

French Embassy

4101 Reservoir Road NW

Washington D.C 20007

15. A confirmation email will be sent to your CampusFrance mailbox within 3 weeks from the postmark on the envelope. You must

log-in to your CampusFrance account to check your messages. CampusFrance will not be sending any messages to your

personal e-mail account so you must log-in to CampusFrance to find messages. Once you receive the confirmation e-mail,

PRINT IT and take it with you to the consulate.

16. If you have any problems with the CampusFrance application, contact CampusFrance directly by sending them a message through

your CampusFrance message center.

17. MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT AT THE CONSULATE NOW! Do not wait to make your appointment at the consulate

because they fill up very quickly. Go online to your consulate website to make your appointment now and give yourself three

weeks from today to receive your CampusFrance e-mail confirmation (as long as you are mailing everything today). You can find

your local consulate by going to http://ambafrance-us.org/spip.php?rubrique=2 and clicking on the state of your permanent

residence at the bottom. We have had students arrive late to the program because they waited until the last minute to apply to

CampusFrance and make their consulate appointment. There is no way to expedite the process which is why it is VERY

IMPORTANT to complete everything upon acceptance to the program.