How to submit an application for APS or CdS RECE inside and outside France?

Inside France 

The process is online or offline (by appointment or by post) depending on your local prefecture. This information can be easily found on the website of the prefecture.

Some prefectures might ask you to send an email with all your relevant details, especially your 10-digit student resident permit number. Please refer to section 2 in the following article, How To Contact The Prefecture In Your City?

List of Prefectures

Here are a few examples, click the respective links below and follow the process.

List of Documents required

The various documents required to apply in France,

• Copy of your Passport.
• Copy of your birth certificate – apostilled & translated.
• Copy of a valid student resident permit.
• Copy of address proof: Please refer to Address proof documents for Resident Permits: Justificatif de domicile.
• Tax stamp of 75€ for CdS RECE (not applicable for APS Master given to Indians, etc).
• Regarding Health Insurance, Copy of valid Attestation des droits from Ameli website. It explains the social security coverage.
• Copy of your Master’s degree or an equivalent certification. If the degree is not yet available, you can start the APS application using the course completion certificate (attestation de reussite). But the APS may not be issued during the RDV, without the final degree certificate.
• If PhD: Confirmation from the research organisation that the research work has been completed (thesis diploma for
  doctoral students or certificate from the research centre). Note: if your work has not yet been completed when you submit your application, you must provide a certificate indicating the expected date of completion. You can provide confirmation of completion of the work at a later date.
• Signed copy of the “Contrat d’engagement à respecter les principes de la République”.